Number 2

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

158times drawn · chance expected 174 −1.32σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

33longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 158 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −1.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 31 times, counted separately.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 158 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 1 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 smallest136 · chance 137.7
2nd smallest22 · chance 20.3
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 20.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 23 26 39 7 29

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, 2 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	1	1st	2 6 7 14 30 35
2026-10-03	8	2nd	1 2 6 12 13 17
2026-09-05	1	1st	2 7 8 17 21 22
2026-09-02	11	1st	2 15 19 20 24 40
2026-07-25	1	2nd	1 2 5 21 26 33
2026-07-22	4	1st	2 8 11 12 26 36
2026-07-08	11	2nd	1 2 14 26 36 37
2026-05-30	12	1st	2 13 16 17 22 31
2026-04-18	10	2nd	1 2 15 20 23 26
2026-03-14	1	2nd	1 2 10 13 17 39
2026-03-11	3	1st	2 3 6 24 25 38
2026-02-28	4	1st	2 3 4 5 8 35
2026-02-14	13	1st	2 6 12 16 17 25
2025-12-31	4	1st	2 6 10 22 30 31
2025-12-17	17	1st	2 5 26 28 29 30
2025-10-18	3	2nd	1 2 15 29 34 40
2025-10-08	2	1st	2 10 11 14 15 33
2025-10-01	1	1st	2 21 25 26 27 37
2025-09-27	10	1st	2 6 20 24 32 33
2025-08-23	16	1st	2 4 14 20 23 32
2025-06-28	5	1st	2 3 7 10 27 37
2025-06-11	7	1st	2 3 7 13 38 39
2025-05-17	7	1st	2 6 7 10 24 38
2025-04-23	1	2nd	1 2 4 8 9 10

The other 134 appearances

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

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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