Number 2

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

204times drawn · chance expected 188 +1.25σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 57% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

32longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 204 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, +1.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 204 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 5 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 smallest174 · chance 181.9
2nd smallest30 · chance 22.1
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 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 18 22 1 15 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2026-10-06	10	1st	2 4 6 20 36
2026-09-26	6	2nd	1 2 25 30 34
2026-09-20	6	1st	2 13 18 19 33
2026-09-14	11	1st	2

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-11	7	1st	2 10 11 30 33
2026-04-04	6	1st	2 16 19 20 35
2026-03-29	1	1st	2 9 29 30 37
2026-03-28	4	1st	2 4 6 24 27
2026-03-24	12	1st	2 21 31 32 33
2026-03-12	12	1st	2 9 27 28 32
2026-02-28	11	1st	2 12 27 33 34
2026-02-17	1	2nd	1 2 6 18 22
2026-02-16	4	1st	2 4 8 20 37
2026-02-12	26	1st	2 11 17 18 19
2026-01-17	9	1st	2 6 12 28 36
2026-01-08	3	1st	2 6 17 22 31
2026-01-05	2	1st	2 5 29 37 38
2026-01-03	1	2nd	1 2 10 24 28
2026-01-02	3	1st	2 5 22 29 31
2025-12-30	28	1st	2 3 11 24 33
2025-12-02	2	1st	2 9 18 26 27
2025-11-30	8	1st	2 20 23 32 35
2025-11-22	1	1st	2 6 8 36 37
2025-11-21	7	1st	2 6 20 29 38
2025-11-14	6	1st	2 9 10 18 24
2025-11-08	5	1st	2 7 15 27 28
2025-11-03	2	1st	2 6 7 16 25
2025-11-01	15	1st	2 5 14 23 37
2025-10-17	4	1st	2 3 5 7 22
2025-10-13	3	1st	2 11 13 24 33
2025-10-10	5	2nd	1 2 6 14 22
2025-10-05	9	2nd	1 2 21 22 28
2025-09-26	4	1st	2 19 21 26 34
2025-09-22	4	1st	2 18 27 28 38
2025-09-18	22	1st	2 14 16 17 35
2025-08-27	15	1st	2 5 7 30 38
2025-08-12	10	1st	2 8 21 24 36
2025-08-02	12	1st	2 6 11 24 25
2025-07-21	7	1st	2 6 11 14 36
2025-07-14	10	2nd	1 2 4 19 35
2025-07-04	6	1st	2 4 8 10 22
2025-06-28	12	1st	2 7 9 11 35
2025-06-16	6	1st	2 3 12 18 27
2025-06-10	1	2nd	1 2 9 12 38
2025-06-09	21	1st	2 7 13 18 32
2025-05-19	3	1st	2 19 22 31 38
2025-05-16	4	1st	2 15 20 25 27
2025-05-12	1	1st	2 5 11 31 37
2025-05-11	2	2nd	1 2 21 22 31
2025-05-09	1	1st	2 3 5 25 31
2025-05-08	19	1st	2 14 23 25 31
2025-04-19	2	1st	2 3 8 16 25
2025-04-17	4	1st	2 4 11 22 31
2025-04-13	9	1st	2 13 15 28 31
2025-04-04	1	2nd	1 2 15 20 28
2025-04-03	2	1st	2 3 6 28 32
2025-04-01	4	1st	2 3 10 20 34
2025-03-28	3	1st	2 6 12 18 24
2025-03-25	2	1st	2 10 16 17 27
2025-03-23	5	2nd	1 2 14 26 27
2025-03-18	6	1st	2 10 23 33 35
2025-03-12	5	1st	2 15 28 30 33
2025-03-07	8	1st	2 8 9 23 33
2025-02-27	3	1st	2 10 17 30 31
2025-02-24	2	1st	2 9 10 20 22
2025-02-22	3	1st	2 5 11 14 33
2025-02-19	4	1st	2 4 5 6 9
2025-02-15	6	1st	2 12 13 23 35
2025-02-09	1	2nd	1 2 6 9 27
2025-02-08	7	1st	2 3 4 10 36
2025-02-01	9	1st	2 8 9 19 33
2025-01-23	2	1st	2 17 19 32 38
2025-01-21	8	1st	2 18 20 29 38
2025-01-13	2	2nd	1 2 12 15 32
2025-01-11	12	1st	2 8 11 22 29
2024-12-30	2	1st	2 13 19 27 38
2024-12-28	9	1st	2 17 22 26 29
2024-12-19	8	1st	2 7 23 31 33
2024-12-11	7	1st	2 8 9 30 35
2024-12-04	2	1st	2 11 15 19 26
2024-12-02	8	1st	2 5 14 15 36
2024-11-24	32	1st	2 7 8 12 17
2024-10-23	8	2nd	1 2 4 23 29
2024-10-15	7	1st	2 5 21 30 32
2024-10-08	5	1st	2 11 13 14 19
2024-10-03	7	2nd	1 2 6 28 34
2024-09-26	20	1st	2 9 24 28 29
2024-09-06	6	1st	2 9 13 33 38
2024-08-31	14	1st	2 15 26 27 29
2024-08-17	16	1st	2 8 12 18 22
2024-08-01	10	1st	2 25 27 28 38
2024-07-22	10	1st	2 15 19 24 34
2024-07-12	1	1st	2 4 10 18 19
2024-07-11	1	1st	2 8 18 26 30
2024-07-10	9	1st	2 5 15 21 25
2024-07-01	1	1st	2 7 10 12 24
2024-06-30	6	1st	2 14 15 20 30
2024-06-24	1	1st	2 10 11 13 24
2024-06-23	29	1st	2 8 17 20 29
2024-05-25	1	2nd	1 2 11 25 32
2024-05-24	12	1st	2 4 11 14 21
2024-05-12	5	1st	2 11 15 19 38
2024-05-07	2	1st	2 3 8 18 30
2024-05-05	11	1st	2 12 13 27 37
2024-04-24	4	1st	2 14 19 23 31
2024-04-20	13	1st	2 7 10 15 22
2024-04-07	1	1st	2 9 16 26 35
2024-04-06	14	1st	2 3 12 22 26
2024-03-23	2	1st	2 6 8 29 33
2024-03-21	9	1st	2 5 16 31 38
2024-03-12	6	1st	2 16 18 22 36
2024-03-06	21	1st	2 7 10 15 27
2024-02-14	5	1st	2 17 26 32 35
2024-02-09	6	2nd	1 2 22 28 33
2024-02-03	18	1st	2 11 14 22 25
2024-01-16	5	2nd	1 2 14 20 22
2024-01-11	2	1st	2 8 17 27 35
2024-01-09	6	1st	2 23 25 31 33
2024-01-03	10	1st	2 4 22 27 36
2023-12-24	6	2nd	1 2 9 30 35
2023-12-18	5	2nd	1 2 9 18 21
2023-12-13	2	1st	2 3 7 31 38
2023-12-11	5	1st	2 7 22 29 34
2023-12-06	11	2nd	1 2 9 13 33
2023-11-25	10	1st	2 21 27 33 36
2023-11-15	10	1st	2 11 12 13 37
2023-11-05	11	1st	2 14 27 35 37
2023-10-25	6	1st	2 6 11 25 36
2023-10-19	4	1st	2 11 19 25 29
2023-10-15	7	1st	2 7 14 27 37
2023-10-08	3	2nd	1 2 7 14 33
2023-10-05	15	1st	2 3 7 14 31
2023-09-20	3	1st	2 6 15 28 36
2023-09-17	7	1st	2 10 14 21 22
2023-09-10	10	1st	2 17 27 33 38
2023-08-31	1	1st	2 6 13 15 18
2023-08-30	5	2nd	1 2 3 13 30
2023-08-25	2	2nd	1 2 28 36 37
2023-08-23	10	1st	2 5 11 19 22
2023-08-13	3	1st	2 13 22 23 26
2023-08-10	10	1st	2 5 6 30 33
2023-07-31	2	1st	2 5 12 14 18
2023-07-29	8	1st	2 6 9 20 38
2023-07-21	8	1st	2 9 11 16 33
2023-07-13	11	1st	2 3 5 8 31
2023-07-02	6	1st	2 14 16 19 32
2023-06-26	1	1st	2 5 9 18 27
2023-06-25	6	2nd	1 2 3 15 28
2023-06-19	3	1st	2 18 24 30 36
2023-06-16	9	1st	2 8 18 22 29
2023-06-07	5	1st	2 10 13 15 18
2023-06-02	4	1st	2 7 11 28 33
2023-05-29	9	1st	2 12 13 24 25
2023-05-20	3	1st	2 20 27 30 37
2023-05-17	13	1st	2 6 9 15 29
2023-05-04	3	1st	2 3 8 26 35
2023-05-01	11	2nd	1 2 19 20 27
2023-04-20	1	1st	2 5 23 25 37
2023-04-19	2	1st	2 18 19 34 38
2023-04-17	12	1st	2 9 29 33 38
2023-04-05	6	1st	2 18 22 30 38
2023-03-30	2	1st	2 3 23 25 28
2023-03-28	7	1st	2 3 6 12 14
2023-03-21	4	1st	2 8 10 19 23
2023-03-17	2	1st	2 13 15 27 28
2023-03-15	8	1st	2 26 29 31 35
2023-03-07	4	1st	2 3 19 30 32
2023-03-03	2	1st	2 21 24 33 37
2023-03-01	7	1st	2 15 31 32 36
2023-02-22	5	1st	2 12 19 33 36
2023-02-17	10	1st	2 19 22 23 35
2023-02-07	4	1st	2 13 18 19 20
2023-02-03	5	2nd	1 2 13 30 32
2023-01-29	3	1st	2 9 12 15 17
2023-01-26	2	1st	2 18 19 20 27
2023-01-24	10	1st	2 19 23 33 35
2023-01-14	4	2nd	1 2 14 28 31
2023-01-10	14	1st	2 5 19 26 27
2022-12-27	4	1st	2 6 8 26 37
2022-12-23	13	1st	2 15 21 24 25
2022-12-10	1	2nd	1 2 11 18 23
2022-12-09	1	1st	2 4 6 15 27
2022-12-08	19	1st	2 4 17 28 35
2022-11-19	—	1st	2 5 29 32 33