Number 1

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

168times drawn · chance expected 174 −0.49σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

36longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 168 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 168 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 2 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 1 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 smallest168 · chance 168.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 26 34 5 6 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 40. 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	15	1st	1 2 6 12 13 17
2026-08-12	5	1st	1 15 22 24 29 30
2026-07-25	5	1st	1 2 5 21 26 33
2026-07-08

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: 1 is drawn with probability 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-29	7	1st	1 18 22 32 34 36
2025-03-05	1	1st	1 13 16 20 29 36
2025-03-01	5	1st	1 5 26 28 36 39
2025-02-12	4	1st	1 12 25 32 38 39
2025-01-29	12	1st	1 6 26 28 32 33
2024-12-18	2	1st	1 11 14 38 39 40
2024-12-11	2	1st	1 12 24 25 29 30
2024-12-04	1	1st	1 6 7 28 32 36
2024-11-30	2	1st	1 8 15 17 22 31
2024-11-23	1	1st	1 8 10 28 37 38
2024-11-20	5	1st	1 7 13 16 22 29
2024-11-02	1	1st	1 13 18 19 26 29
2024-10-30	2	1st	1 6 21 25 27 32
2024-10-23	16	1st	1 5 10 15 17 26
2024-08-28	1	1st	1 12 23 25 27 38
2024-08-24	20	1st	1 13 14 19 27 32
2024-06-15	11	1st	1 2 22 30 32 36
2024-05-08	2	1st	1 3 14 24 34 35
2024-05-01	2	1st	1 14 20 31 36 39
2024-04-24	5	1st	1 17 19 21 34 40
2024-04-06	11	1st	1 17 21 23 25 28
2024-02-28	5	1st	1 9 16 18 20 23
2024-02-10	7	1st	1 10 23 26 28 34
2024-01-17	7	1st	1 11 13 15 36 39
2023-12-23	5	1st	1 8 12 17 21 36
2023-12-06	3	1st	1 19 26 27 28 32
2023-11-25	3	1st	1 4 13 14 18 27
2023-11-15	10	1st	1 7 14 22 29 30
2023-10-11	2	1st	1 10 16 17 18 23
2023-10-04	9	1st	1 2 18 22 35 40
2023-09-02	14	1st	1 4 6 15 18 25
2023-07-15	8	1st	1 5 19 31 32 36
2023-06-17	7	1st	1 11 12 15 23 34
2023-05-24	2	1st	1 3 11 20 37 38
2023-05-17	2	1st	1 9 13 24 30 33
2023-05-10	11	1st	1 2 15 18 22 26
2023-04-01	3	1st	1 3 10 25 26 30
2023-03-22	18	1st	1 7 14 16 20 37
2023-01-18	9	1st	1 2 21 23 32 33
2022-12-17	5	1st	1 3 6 9 10 26
2022-11-30	5	1st	1 11 16 17 20 28
2022-11-12	1	1st	1 2 7 15 33 40
2022-11-09	6	1st	1 5 22 25 30 31
2022-10-19	1	1st	1 13 19 31 35 39
2022-10-15	5	1st	1 5 17 18 21 25
2022-09-28	11	1st	1 9 10 18 25 39
2022-08-20	5	1st	1 11 16 24 34 36
2022-08-03	2	1st	1 5 7 10 24 32
2022-07-27	10	1st	1 25 28 30 35 37
2022-06-22	1	1st	1 5 9 24 28 37
2022-06-18	14	1st	1 2 7 11 25 28
2022-04-30	3	1st	1 21 24 26 28 32
2022-04-20	1	1st	1 11 12 14 38 40
2022-04-16	13	1st	1 2 10 14 27 31
2022-03-02	1	1st	1 19 23 29 38 39
2022-02-26	7	1st	1 15 21 31 34 39
2022-02-02	4	1st	1 14 24 28 32 36
2022-01-19	4	1st	1 3 11 34 35 39
2022-01-05	12	1st	1 18 19 21 24 37
2021-11-24	2	1st	1 21 31 32 39 40
2021-11-17	15	1st	1 5 13 14 19 30
2021-09-25	1	1st	1 6 11 19 32 39
2021-09-22	5	1st	1 5 14 24 31 37
2021-09-04	14	1st	1 4 13 20 21 36
2021-07-17	2	1st	1 19 20 23 26 40
2021-07-10	3	1st	1 4 11 15 18 39
2021-06-30	22	1st	1 11 15 17 23 34
2021-04-14	4	1st	1 5 24 34 36 37
2021-03-31	3	1st	1 2 16 18 21 32
2021-03-20	1	1st	1 9 23 29 31 34
2021-03-17	10	1st	1 5 21 22 30 33
2021-02-10	16	1st	1 3 13 15 30 31
2020-12-16	4	1st	1 18 21 26 29 30
2020-12-02	11	1st	1 18 27 28 34 38
2020-10-24	1	1st	1 12 25 26 35 38
2020-10-21	2	1st	1 5 19 26 35 38
2020-10-14	13	1st	1 11 12 24 29 38
2020-08-29	7	1st	1 14 21 22 24 37
2020-08-05	4	1st	1 6 26 31 34 35
2020-07-22	18	1st	1 9 11 18 24 33
2020-05-20	3	1st	1 3 26 35 36 40
2020-05-09	7	1st	1 7 12 14 22 24
2020-04-15	6	1st	1 4 6 8 23 27
2020-03-25	3	1st	1 5 10 17 20 32
2020-03-14	29	1st	1 8 21 22 29 31
2019-12-04	4	1st	1 3 4 8 18 34
2019-11-20	7	1st	1 7 8 13 26 34
2019-10-26	5	1st	1 16 22 25 28 40
2019-10-09	2	1st	1 4 5 17 21 39
2019-10-02	3	1st	1 12 13 23 33 34
2019-09-21	7	1st	1 7 25 32 37 40
2019-08-28	11	1st	1 9 17 19 33 35
2019-07-20	13	1st	1 2 4 9 14 40
2019-06-05	3	1st	1 21 36 37 38 39
2019-05-25	2	1st	1 6 13 29 32 40
2019-05-18	10	1st	1 14 32 33 35 39
2019-04-13	5	1st	1 13 19 22 24 40
2019-03-27	5	1st	1 6 7 19 25 34
2019-03-09	1	1st	1 4 20 25 34 38
2019-03-06	9	1st	1 7 18 25 27 30
2019-02-02	4	1st	1 3 9 12 22 26
2019-01-19	2	1st	1 2 18 27 29 39
2019-01-12	4	1st	1 6 8 13 30 31
2018-12-29	16	1st	1 7 19 22 34 39
2018-11-03	7	1st	1 6 19 25 26 29
2018-10-10	25	1st	1 2 12 16 36 37
2018-07-14	2	1st	1 12 13 27 34 37
2018-07-07	4	1st	1 3 15 32 38 40
2018-06-23	22	1st	1 7 10 18 37 40
2018-04-07	4	1st	1 10 12 26 33 38
2018-03-24	12	1st	1 2 5 23 25 32
2018-02-10	2	1st	1 8 11 14 15 40
2018-02-03	10	1st	1 8 22 24 27 28
2017-12-30	1	1st	1 6 8 16 21 40
2017-12-27	4	1st	1 4 10 16 31 33
2017-12-13	3	1st	1 17 25 26 28 30
2017-12-02	10	1st	1 3 8 15 20 26
2017-10-28	16	1st	1 3 9 13 20 30
2017-09-02	4	1st	1 19 22 24 25 40
2017-08-19	8	1st	1 5 13 17 23 35
2017-07-22	3	1st	1 16 23 25 37 40
2017-07-12	36	1st	1 2 9 26 36 39
2017-03-08	1	1st	1 4 6 23 37 39
2017-03-04	12	1st	1 6 7 8 26 30
2017-01-21	1	1st	1 17 27 28 32 34
2017-01-18	5	1st	1 9 13 15 24 37
2016-12-31	3	1st	1 5 26 30 36 37
2016-12-21	5	1st	1 14 27 30 35 39
2016-12-03	2	1st	1 7 19 27 28 39
2016-11-26	4	1st	1 6 10 19 34 38
2016-11-12	11	1st	1 5 7 25 26 40
2016-10-05	11	1st	1 6 14 22 30 34
2016-08-27	1	1st	1 3 11 13 21 22
2016-08-24	1	1st	1 5 22 24 30 32
2016-08-20	12	1st	1 5 6 24 29 36
2016-07-09	9	1st	1 2 6 9 20 30
2016-06-08	4	1st	1 2 3 20 29 36
2016-05-25	7	1st	1 3 4 8 16 23
2016-04-30	18	1st	1 7 28 29 34 40
2016-02-27	17	1st	1 6 21 27 28 32
2015-12-30	8	1st	1 13 16 20 21 33
2015-12-02	21	1st	1 6 12 16 21 38
2015-09-19	5	1st	1 5 12 15 17 34
2015-09-02	—	1st	1 7 8 17 21 33