Number 2

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

237times drawn · chance expected 246 −0.64σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

44longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 237 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 237 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 18 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 2 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest195 · chance 209.1
2nd smallest42 · chance 27.9
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 35 10 25 12 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 35. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-08	8	1st	2 3 26 32 33
2026-07-11	4	2nd	1 2 10 18 20
2026-06-27	1	1st	2 21 25 30 32
2026-06-24	1	1st	2 12 13

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 2 is drawn with probability 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-02	17	1st	2 10 20 25 26
2025-02-01	25	1st	2 5 17 24 33
2024-11-06	7	1st	2 5 9 13 28
2024-10-12	13	1st	2 4 10 17 25
2024-08-28	10	1st	2 16 21 23 24
2024-07-24	7	1st	2 15 31 32 34
2024-06-29	4	1st	2 6 23 29 33
2024-06-15	17	1st	2 10 19 25 34
2024-04-17	9	1st	2 4 11 25 27
2024-03-16	7	1st	2 15 17 21 24
2024-02-21	2	1st	2 5 6 10 20
2024-02-14	2	1st	2 10 19 25 28
2024-02-07	8	1st	2 5 9 27 30
2024-01-10	7	1st	2 28 30 31 32
2023-12-16	8	1st	2 7 9 13 34
2023-11-18	6	1st	2 7 14 15 28
2023-10-28	1	1st	2 10 12 21 34
2023-10-25	4	1st	2 7 10 13 35
2023-10-11	5	1st	2 7 8 16 28
2023-09-23	6	1st	2 5 9 14 23
2023-09-02	19	1st	2 9 28 30 35
2023-06-28	15	1st	2 11 17 29 30
2023-05-06	6	1st	2 9 10 14 32
2023-04-15	5	1st	2 5 16 18 28
2023-03-29	7	1st	2 15 16 19 21
2023-03-04	4	2nd	1 2 9 19 21
2023-02-18	10	2nd	1 2 18 27 31
2023-01-14	2	1st	2 10 17 27 34
2023-01-07	3	1st	2 23 24 28 32
2022-12-28	1	1st	2 7 9 15 22
2022-12-24	3	1st	2 10 19 31 33
2022-12-14	1	1st	2 12 21 27 33
2022-12-10	3	2nd	1 2 5 7 26
2022-11-30	7	1st	2 6 9 13 19
2022-11-05	25	1st	2 3 7 17 23
2022-08-10	2	1st	2 10 12 24 30
2022-08-03	3	2nd	1 2 11 23 30
2022-07-23	13	1st	2 5 10 21 22
2022-06-08	2	1st	2 8 17 23 32
2022-06-01	1	1st	2 3 4 25 32
2022-05-28	8	1st	2 5 17 30 35
2022-04-30	1	1st	2 10 19 25 35
2022-04-27	5	2nd	1 2 9 10 14
2022-04-09	2	1st	2 9 12 21 28
2022-04-02	4	1st	2 4 15 21 33
2022-03-19	13	1st	2 17 18 21 22
2022-02-02	3	1st	2 12 13 18 35
2022-01-22	3	1st	2 7 10 11 30
2022-01-12	3	1st	2 6 27 30 35
2022-01-01	3	1st	2 10 16 25 29
2021-12-22	10	2nd	1 2 5 6 24
2021-11-17	18	1st	2 14 28 33 35
2021-09-15	3	1st	2 4 16 28 29
2021-09-04	14	1st	2 6 32 34 35
2021-07-17	4	1st	2 9 22 23 31
2021-07-03	11	1st	2 5 15 16 20
2021-05-26	13	1st	2 23 24 32 35
2021-04-10	5	1st	2 8 18 19 25
2021-03-24	9	1st	2 4 6 24 28
2021-02-20	8	1st	2 6 11 23 33
2021-01-23	7	2nd	1 2 3 7 31
2020-12-30	11	2nd	1 2 15 16 35
2020-11-21	7	1st	2 10 13 23 26
2020-10-28	1	1st	2 12 20 23 24
2020-10-24	1	1st	2 14 18 20 28
2020-10-21	2	1st	2 5 22 28 30
2020-10-14	2	2nd	1 2 9 23 31
2020-10-07	2	2nd	1 2 9 13 22
2020-09-30	8	1st	2 9 12 14 20
2020-09-02	1	1st	2 7 10 18 32
2020-08-29	5	1st	2 7 9 11 31
2020-08-12	2	1st	2 3 7 8 29
2020-08-05	19	1st	2 3 7 14 28
2020-05-30	7	1st	2 3 11 16 35
2020-05-06	9	1st	2 5 10 21 22
2020-04-04	15	1st	2 14 16 22 23
2020-02-12	6	2nd	1 2 10 19 35
2020-01-22	3	1st	2 4 15 17 19
2020-01-11	1	1st	2 12 19 27 28
2020-01-08	16	1st	2 5 25 28 35
2019-11-13	1	1st	2 23 26 28 30
2019-11-09	12	1st	2 3 12 16 28
2019-09-28	9	1st	2 13 14 27 35
2019-08-28	1	1st	2 8 31 33 34
2019-08-24	19	1st	2 3 14 21 25
2019-06-19	1	1st	2 4 7 12 21
2019-06-15	1	2nd	1 2 14 22 35
2019-06-12	4	1st	2 3 7 20 32
2019-05-29	12	1st	2 3 20 25 27
2019-04-17	11	2nd	1 2 16 25 26
2019-03-09	4	1st	2 8 10 12 20
2019-02-23	8	1st	2 3 14 29 32
2019-01-26	1	2nd	1 2 18 28 34
2019-01-23	7	1st	2 8 27 32 35
2018-12-29	5	1st	2 3 28 29 32
2018-12-12	22	2nd	1 2 4 11 15
2018-09-26	6	1st	2 7 12 23 32
2018-09-05	3	1st	2 12 27 28 34
2018-08-25	13	1st	2 11 12 14 19
2018-07-11	19	1st	2 25 30 32 35
2018-05-05	3	1st	2 25 30 33 34
2018-04-25	10	2nd	1 2 30 31 32
2018-03-21	31	1st	2 11 20 26 34
2017-12-02	7	1st	2 5 6 11 35
2017-11-08	3	2nd	1 2 12 14 23
2017-10-28	4	1st	2 4 15 21 26
2017-10-14	5	1st	2 3 5 12 25
2017-09-27	10	1st	2 15 23 25 26
2017-08-23	13	1st	2 6 11 19 31
2017-07-08	5	1st	2 10 18 22 35
2017-06-21	3	1st	2 3 4 30 31
2017-06-10	8	2nd	1 2 12 14 30
2017-05-13	1	1st	2 11 18 26 32
2017-05-10	2	1st	2 5 21 26 27
2017-05-03	9	1st	2 9 12 30 32
2017-04-01	11	1st	2 8 16 17 27
2017-02-22	7	2nd	1 2 5 10 19
2017-01-28	19	1st	2 17 20 22 30
2016-11-23	9	2nd	1 2 5 10 12
2016-10-22	6	1st	2 9 11 15 30
2016-10-01	3	1st	2 6 12 25 31
2016-09-21	1	1st	2 23 30 33 35
2016-09-17	1	2nd	1 2 4 25 35
2016-09-14	3	1st	2 3 11 23 35
2016-09-03	1	1st	2 6 7 12 24
2016-08-31	44	1st	2 13 20 27 29
2016-03-30	1	1st	2 4 19 26 31
2016-03-26	11	1st	2 6 9 20 22
2016-02-17	5	1st	2 3 11 23 25
2016-01-30	5	1st	2 4 12 19 24
2016-01-13	5	1st	2 3 7 16 28
2015-12-26	10	1st	2 4 20 21 34
2015-11-21	12	1st	2 4 5 7 19
2015-10-10	9	1st	2 3 15 18 25
2015-09-09	15	1st	2 5 13 20 27
2015-07-18	3	1st	2 8 20 30 35
2015-07-08	7	1st	2 15 18 20 21
2015-06-13	1	1st	2 5 25 30 33
2015-06-10	7	1st	2 6 13 32 33
2015-05-16	6	1st	2 4 9 12 18
2015-04-25	6	1st	2 18 30 32 33
2015-04-04	6	1st	2 8 10 13 30
2015-03-14	15	1st	2 4 20 22 28
2015-01-21	2	2nd	1 2 17 34 35
2015-01-14	3	1st	2 4 8 13 24
2015-01-03	7	1st	2 11 22 31 33
2014-12-10	10	1st	2 10 16 17 35
2014-11-05	1	1st	2 6 22 29 33
2014-11-01	2	1st	2 15 16 26 31
2014-10-25	15	2nd	1 2 7 13 23
2014-09-03	18	1st	2 5 11 12 20
2014-07-02	5	1st	2 5 18 27 29
2014-06-14	1	2nd	1 2 10 24 31
2014-06-11	2	2nd	1 2 10 19 27
2014-06-04	4	1st	2 8 20 30 31
2014-05-21	5	1st	2 10 15 16 33
2014-05-03	1	1st	2 9 13 18 21
2014-04-30	9	1st	2 9 18 20 35
2014-03-29	1	1st	2 4 8 12 19
2014-03-26	2	1st	2 8 9 14 17
2014-03-19	15	1st	2 12 13 25 32
2014-01-25	6	1st	2 23 24 25 26
2014-01-04	5	1st	2 6 24 27 28
2013-12-18	6	1st	2 7 11 20 24
2013-11-27	1	1st	2 4 20 26 33
2013-11-23	5	1st	2 6 10 19 32
2013-11-06	4	1st	2 4 12 23 32
2013-10-23	8	1st	2 3 13 23 28
2013-09-25	9	1st	2 12 22 23 29
2013-08-24	12	1st	2 10 28 30 32
2013-07-13	3	1st	2 10 19 20 33
2013-07-03	6	1st	2 11 17 25 32
2013-06-12	8	1st	2 4 7 21 35
2013-05-15	4	2nd	1 2 3 7 25
2013-05-01	6	1st	2 9 12 25 26
2013-04-10	17	1st	2 14 15 20 28
2013-02-09	13	1st	2 9 19 21 32
2012-12-26	8	1st	2 3 5 25 30
2012-11-28	37	1st	2 20 21 31 35
2012-07-21	1	1st	2 3 5 9 24
2012-07-18	1	1st	2 15 19 22 27
2012-07-14	8	1st	2 5 16 28 29
2012-06-16	4	2nd	1 2 16 20 21
2012-06-02	7	1st	2 15 17 22 26
2012-05-09	4	1st	2 14 21 29 34
2012-04-25	5	1st	2 6 7 8 31
2012-04-07	2	1st	2 11 12 17 33
2012-03-31	6	1st	2 3 9 26 30
2012-03-10	14	2nd	1 2 9 31 33
2012-01-21	8	1st	2 20 21 23 32
2011-12-24	9	1st	2 15 17 24 30
2011-11-23	31	2nd	1 2 8 12 35
2011-08-06	5	1st	2 22 27 28 35
2011-07-20	8	1st	2 9 21 23 24
2011-06-22	12	1st	2 4 5 13 27
2011-05-11	13	2nd	1 2 14 25 32
2011-03-26	4	1st	2 12 14 25 30
2011-03-12	5	1st	2 7 29 30 35
2011-02-23	3	1st	2 6 9 17 22
2011-02-12	6	1st	2 14 17 25 35
2011-01-22	3	2nd	1 2 7 15 35
2011-01-12	8	2nd	1 2 9 19 27
2010-12-15	14	2nd	1 2 6 17 18
2010-10-27	10	1st	2 13 17 19 31
2010-09-22	11	1st	2 7 14 16 31
2010-08-14	1	2nd	1 2 8 10 19
2010-08-11	8	1st	2 4 19 22 32
2010-07-14	13	1st	2 8 25 28 30
2010-05-29	1	1st	2 9 12 24 35
2010-05-26	1	1st	2 8 22 24 25
2010-05-22	3	1st	2 11 12 22 33
2010-05-12	3	1st	2 10 18 20 24
2010-05-01	—	1st	2 6 22 23 24