Number 2

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,227 draws, 5 from 1–42.

243times drawn · chance expected 265 −1.45σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

58longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 243 times in 2,227 draws against 265.1 expected, −1.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 243 times in 2,227 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 3 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 smallest220 · chance 219.3
2nd smallest23 · chance 23.7
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 23.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 30 31 41 22 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-08	7	1st	2 10 17 27 41
2026-10-01	7	1st	2 21 22 32 41
2026-09-24	12	1st	2 6 16 32 40
2026-09-12	9	1st	2 6 26 31

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-16	8	1st	2 18 28 35 40
2026-01-08	5	1st	2 15 16 30 40
2026-01-03	8	1st	2 9 20 32 39
2025-12-26	1	1st	2 9 12 36 37
2025-12-25	28	1st	2 5 16 21 41
2025-11-27	3	1st	2 5 11 12 30
2025-11-24	8	1st	2 17 21 23 35
2025-11-16	10	1st	2 16 29 32 35
2025-11-06	10	1st	2 20 25 30 32
2025-10-27	3	1st	2 7 15 23 33
2025-10-24	3	1st	2 3 29 30 38
2025-10-21	2	1st	2 19 35 36 41
2025-10-19	14	1st	2 6 21 30 35
2025-10-05	7	1st	2 8 23 26 32
2025-09-28	6	1st	2 36 38 40 41
2025-09-22	11	1st	2 23 30 33 40
2025-09-11	13	1st	2 21 29 32 41
2025-08-29	24	1st	2 16 17 21 39
2025-08-05	31	1st	2 4 8 21 32
2025-07-05	23	1st	2 15 16 26 29
2025-06-12	9	1st	2 12 19 27 33
2025-06-03	23	1st	2 7 8 18 22
2025-05-11	2	1st	2 13 18 28 31
2025-05-09	22	1st	2 14 15 24 36
2025-04-17	11	1st	2 20 24 26 28
2025-04-06	1	1st	2 8 11 15 31
2025-04-05	13	1st	2 15 18 29 30
2025-03-23	15	1st	2 5 8 11 36
2025-03-08	3	1st	2 3 20 25 42
2025-03-05	13	1st	2 12 16 29 30
2025-02-20	3	1st	2 13 31 39 41
2025-02-17	4	2nd	1 2 17 20 39
2025-02-13	1	1st	2 11 13 19 36
2025-02-12	8	1st	2 11 16 29 32
2025-02-04	4	1st	2 3 13 30 37
2025-01-31	4	1st	2 25 28 32 39
2025-01-27	10	1st	2 9 20 22 42
2025-01-17	3	1st	2 12 13 17 21
2025-01-14	13	1st	2 13 14 19 40
2025-01-01	42	1st	2 6 16 21 35
2024-11-20	18	1st	2 5 10 16 30
2024-11-02	3	1st	2 17 19 29 40
2024-10-30	4	1st	2 12 14 28 40
2024-10-26	8	1st	2 7 12 19 42
2024-10-18	37	1st	2 24 32 36 41
2024-09-11	1	1st	2 13 21 32 39
2024-09-10	1	1st	2 5 8 23 27
2024-09-09	2	1st	2 17 22 37 40
2024-09-07	13	1st	2 5 10 16 33
2024-08-25	3	1st	2 3 17 24 30
2024-08-22	2	1st	2 3 12 17 34
2024-08-20	3	1st	2 16 19 27 37
2024-08-17	22	2nd	1 2 14 21 22
2024-07-26	12	2nd	1 2 19 31 35
2024-07-14	3	1st	2 4 12 15 31
2024-07-11	11	2nd	1 2 25 34 39
2024-06-30	11	1st	2 17 20 24 42
2024-06-19	28	1st	2 6 22 24 27
2024-05-22	2	2nd	1 2 7 17 35
2024-05-20	11	1st	2 7 37 38 39
2024-05-09	58	1st	2 9 29 33 34
2024-03-12	22	2nd	1 2 15 30 31
2024-02-19	2	1st	2 7 19 38 40
2024-02-17	1	1st	2 22 30 38 42
2024-02-16	5	1st	2 12 14 15 31
2024-02-11	34	1st	2 21 28 35 39
2024-01-08	5	1st	2 17 22 23 35
2024-01-03	9	1st	2 24 26 27 41
2023-12-25	17	1st	2 8 10 36 40
2023-12-08	2	1st	2 18 19 22 42
2023-12-06	22	1st	2 4 26 29 40
2023-11-14	12	1st	2 4 22 26 41
2023-11-02	4	2nd	1 2 8 12 31
2023-10-29	4	1st	2 12 17 18 37
2023-10-25	15	1st	2 11 14 17 40
2023-10-10	4	1st	2 12 19 28 33
2023-10-06	7	2nd	1 2 10 17 37
2023-09-29	9	1st	2 4 29 35 38
2023-09-20	7	1st	2 3 17 34 35
2023-09-13	5	1st	2 8 16 31 33
2023-09-08	9	1st	2 4 14 28 33
2023-08-30	2	1st	2 8 31 33 36
2023-08-28	4	1st	2 11 22 24 31
2023-08-24	4	1st	2 9 10 32 37
2023-08-20	3	1st	2 6 13 15 32
2023-08-17	4	1st	2 7 8 31 34
2023-08-13	3	1st	2 6 11 27 42
2023-08-10	11	1st	2 13 21 23 27
2023-07-30	2	2nd	1 2 16 38 40
2023-07-28	26	1st	2 13 19 20 30
2023-07-02	1	1st	2 11 16 25 42
2023-07-01	4	1st	2 9 34 36 41
2023-06-27	12	1st	2 8 16 19 21
2023-06-15	9	1st	2 13 29 31 35
2023-06-06	2	1st	2 12 19 31 42
2023-06-04	9	1st	2 3 22 26 39
2023-05-26	3	1st	2 9 30 31 42
2023-05-23	3	1st	2 13 16 41 42
2023-05-20	2	1st	2 8 12 16 20
2023-05-18	6	1st	2 10 19 20 23
2023-05-12	9	1st	2 9 10 22 41
2023-05-03	16	2nd	1 2 12 29 30
2023-04-17	4	1st	2 13 18 29 40
2023-04-13	7	1st	2 5 20 21 30
2023-04-06	1	1st	2 25 30 31 36
2023-04-05	3	1st	2 3 25 28 30
2023-04-02	23	1st	2 7 24 37 40
2023-03-10	1	1st	2 22 26 35 41
2023-03-09	13	1st	2 15 25 28 32
2023-02-24	4	1st	2 16 23 29 41
2023-02-20	4	1st	2 23 25 27 41
2023-02-16	1	1st	2 11 14 36 41
2023-02-15	1	1st	2 9 11 14 39
2023-02-14	7	1st	2 13 18 25 37
2023-02-07	1	1st	2 7 11 12 30
2023-02-06	1	1st	2 3 6 19 20
2023-02-05	10	1st	2 27 28 33 39
2023-01-26	2	1st	2 4 6 12 27
2023-01-24	3	1st	2 23 27 34 35
2023-01-21	13	1st	2 12 13 20 21
2023-01-08	1	2nd	1 2 4 22 27
2023-01-07	16	1st	2 10 28 32 34
2022-12-22	1	1st	2 5 15 19 27
2022-12-21	12	1st	2 22 23 31 39
2022-12-09	15	1st	2 8 9 25 28
2022-11-24	3	1st	2 22 27 32 40
2022-11-21	9	2nd	1 2 18 23 36
2022-11-12	21	1st	2 23 28 29 42
2022-10-22	6	1st	2 3 23 25 28
2022-10-16	5	1st	2 20 24 31 35
2022-10-11	8	1st	2 11 18 23 34
2022-10-03	15	1st	2 6 28 34 35
2022-09-18	3	1st	2 18 26 32 39
2022-09-15	2	1st	2 4 11 15 33
2022-09-13	19	1st	2 10 11 32 37
2022-08-25	6	1st	2 14 16 29 34
2022-08-19	6	1st	2 16 28 31 33
2022-08-13	1	2nd	1 2 13 22 30
2022-08-12	41	2nd	1 2 7 10 34
2022-07-02	8	1st	2 4 7 11 40
2022-06-24	3	2nd	1 2 12 16 20
2022-06-21	6	1st	2 5 23 40 42
2022-06-15	2	1st	2 7 10 15 39
2022-06-13	4	1st	2 10 28 38 40
2022-06-09	7	1st	2 7 21 24 32
2022-06-02	2	1st	2 3 14 19 33
2022-05-31	12	1st	2 6 29 33 34
2022-05-19	5	1st	2 12 15 17 26
2022-05-14	11	1st	2 10 18 28 34
2022-05-03	25	1st	2 16 18 19 42
2022-04-08	2	1st	2 6 8 16 42
2022-04-06	5	1st	2 22 23 26 38
2022-04-01	4	1st	2 3 5 18 39
2022-03-28	33	1st	2 23 31 34 38
2022-02-23	14	1st	2 6 16 34 41
2022-02-09	14	2nd	1 2 15 27 29
2022-01-26	12	1st	2 3 24 30 37
2022-01-14	9	1st	2 3 22 39 42
2022-01-05	20	1st	2 5 14 16 23
2021-12-16	1	1st	2 4 6 10 13
2021-12-15	9	1st	2 8 13 21 40
2021-12-06	7	1st	2 14 19 26 31
2021-11-29	5	1st	2 19 20 24 28
2021-11-24	11	2nd	1 2 4 18 42
2021-11-13	9	1st	2 6 12 22 25
2021-11-04	21	1st	2 16 25 37 38
2021-10-14	4	1st	2 11 12 33 42
2021-10-10	1	2nd	1 2 16 17 36
2021-10-09	3	1st	2 23 31 37 39
2021-10-06	1	1st	2 5 8 27 34
2021-10-05	6	1st	2 6 11 30 35
2021-09-29	17	1st	2 10 25 33 35
2021-09-12	6	1st	2 4 11 15 38
2021-09-06	16	1st	2 8 14 20 23
2021-08-21	2	1st	2 14 27 35 38
2021-08-19	29	1st	2 13 14 18 28
2021-07-21	2	1st	2 9 13 23 31
2021-07-19	4	1st	2 6 21 26 41
2021-07-15	7	1st	2 14 17 29 30
2021-07-08	2	1st	2 8 16 27 41
2021-07-06	9	1st	2 14 21 29 38
2021-06-27	9	1st	2 8 32 39 41
2021-06-18	8	1st	2 15 27 38 41
2021-06-10	6	1st	2 11 12 38 41
2021-06-04	12	1st	2 27 36 37 39
2021-05-23	2	1st	2 4 8 12 41
2021-05-21	8	1st	2 7 11 18 20
2021-05-13	8	1st	2 8 15 31 38
2021-05-05	16	1st	2 10 20 30 40
2021-04-19	1	1st	2 23 26 30 38
2021-04-18	6	1st	2 6 15 16 32
2021-04-12	4	1st	2 14 31 37 42
2021-04-08	5	1st	2 3 4 32 37
2021-04-03	14	1st	2 6 11 15 29
2021-03-20	7	1st	2 6 9 24 39
2021-03-13	22	1st	2 3 4 19 24
2021-02-19	1	1st	2 3 4 26 34
2021-02-18	1	1st	2 26 34 41 42
2021-02-17	8	1st	2 21 32 35 36
2021-02-09	3	1st	2 10 22 25 26
2021-02-06	4	1st	2 22 26 28 34
2021-02-02	2	1st	2 19 21 29 30
2021-01-31	45	1st	2 11 13 22 33
2020-12-17	2	1st	2 16 31 33 39
2020-12-15	1	2nd	1 2 7 27 30
2020-12-14	5	1st	2 7 13 20 38
2020-12-09	2	1st	2 7 27 32 41
2020-12-07	2	1st	2 14 22 27 30
2020-12-05	5	2nd	1 2 6 11 35
2020-11-30	5	1st	2 9 15 27 39
2020-11-25	8	1st	2 9 19 39 41
2020-11-17	8	1st	2 7 8 16 33
2020-11-09	10	2nd	1 2 12 21 32
2020-10-30	5	1st	2 5 14 24 30
2020-10-25	17	1st	2 5 22 25 31
2020-10-08	12	1st	2 3 14 36 37
2020-09-26	5	1st	2 5 31 32 33
2020-09-21	3	1st	2 15 23 28 36
2020-09-18	—	1st	2 10 22 33 39