Number 7

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

254times drawn · chance expected 265 −0.73σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

53longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 254 times in 2,227 draws against 265.1 expected, −0.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 254 times in 2,227 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 11 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 7 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 smallest132 · chance 131.3
2nd smallest98 · chance 98.5
3rd smallest21 · chance 22.4
4th smallest3 · chance 1.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 20 1 15 41 40

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	2	3rd	5 6 7 16 29
2026-09-28	1	2nd	6 7 14 24 37
2026-09-27	7	1st	7 18 20 23 32
2026-09-20	2	2nd	1 7 8 15

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: 7 is drawn with probability 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-02	19	1st	7 23 30 33 39
2026-04-13	15	1st	7 8 13 18 20
2026-03-29	11	1st	7 18 19 26 36
2026-03-18	4	2nd	6 7 33 39 41
2026-03-14	1	1st	7 20 31 35 37
2026-03-13	11	1st	7 8 11 20 39
2026-03-02	16	1st	7 27 30 33 38
2026-02-14	13	2nd	3 7 21 23 31
2026-02-01	4	1st	7 10 21 25 28
2026-01-28	1	1st	7 12 18 20 26
2026-01-27	8	3rd	1 3 7 21 27
2026-01-19	1	2nd	6 7 15 33 39
2026-01-18	11	1st	7 10 14 30 32
2026-01-07	11	1st	7 18 20 25 26
2025-12-27	10	1st	7 9 20 22 25
2025-12-17	4	1st	7 12 13 26 30
2025-12-13	3	2nd	5 7 26 32 34
2025-12-10	6	2nd	5 7 12 30 35
2025-12-04	2	1st	7 12 17 19 36
2025-12-02	3	1st	7 16 23 35 41
2025-11-29	3	2nd	3 7 13 22 35
2025-11-26	1	1st	7 12 22 28 39
2025-11-25	2	2nd	5 7 25 26 40
2025-11-23	6	1st	7 17 21 22 42
2025-11-17	4	1st	7 8 18 38 40
2025-11-13	17	1st	7 12 17 18 35
2025-10-27	1	2nd	2 7 15 23 33
2025-10-26	1	1st	7 20 32 41 42
2025-10-25	35	1st	7 14 31 37 42
2025-09-20	2	2nd	1 7 35 38 41
2025-09-18	9	1st	7 26 32 36 39
2025-09-09	5	1st	7 12 16 31 40
2025-09-04	34	2nd	3 7 13 20 24
2025-08-01	2	1st	7 14 18 22 38
2025-07-30	13	1st	7 15 16 17 23
2025-07-17	11	2nd	1 7 15 22 41
2025-07-06	6	1st	7 19 28 38 42
2025-06-30	13	1st	7 8 17 22 39
2025-06-17	10	2nd	1 7 29 35 39
2025-06-07	4	1st	7 22 24 32 40
2025-06-03	5	2nd	2 7 8 18 22
2025-05-29	7	2nd	5 7 10 28 30
2025-05-22	5	2nd	4 7 8 12 38
2025-05-17	3	2nd	5 7 10 20 21
2025-05-14	8	1st	7 9 10 23 38
2025-05-06	2	2nd	5 7 17 19 35
2025-05-04	8	1st	7 14 20 33 34
2025-04-26	2	2nd	4 7 20 37 40
2025-04-24	1	2nd	4 7 13 14 37
2025-04-23	15	1st	7 9 11 14 31
2025-04-08	5	1st	7 15 18 29 40
2025-04-03	3	1st	7 18 29 31 41
2025-03-31	7	1st	7 10 25 33 41
2025-03-24	6	2nd	3 7 27 38 39
2025-03-18	6	3rd	3 6 7 18 38
2025-03-12	1	1st	7 8 17 24 40
2025-03-11	15	4th	1 3 6 7 25
2025-02-24	8	1st	7 10 24 35 42
2025-02-16	21	1st	7 10 25 28 29
2025-01-26	3	1st	7 9 29 30 41
2025-01-23	1	1st	7 8 24 27 30
2025-01-22	6	3rd	1 3 7 17 40
2025-01-16	17	1st	7 18 30 32 33
2024-12-30	6	2nd	5 7 23 31 32
2024-12-24	1	1st	7 10 11 15 40
2024-12-23	10	1st	7 12 13 18 31
2024-12-13	4	1st	7 9 15 20 34
2024-12-09	9	1st	7 18 28 31 33
2024-11-30	29	1st	7 10 14 22 32
2024-11-01	6	1st	7 22 31 41 42
2024-10-26	11	2nd	2 7 12 19 42
2024-10-15	7	1st	7 9 10 11 36
2024-10-08	4	2nd	1 7 8 13 15
2024-10-04	47	2nd	1 7 12 29 40
2024-08-18	26	3rd	1 5 7 13 35
2024-07-23	7	1st	7 19 21 26 39
2024-07-16	12	1st	7 12 15 20 37
2024-07-04	18	1st	7 12 15 31 35
2024-06-16	2	2nd	4 7 24 26 28
2024-06-14	9	2nd	1 7 12 18 30
2024-06-05	14	2nd	4 7 22 37 39
2024-05-22	1	3rd	1 2 7 17 35
2024-05-21	1	2nd	3 7 21 31 33
2024-05-20	3	2nd	2 7 37 38 39
2024-05-17	5	1st	7 10 19 22 35
2024-05-12	12	2nd	6 7 17 24 37
2024-04-30	13	1st	7 10 33 37 39
2024-04-17	10	1st	7 16 18 22 41
2024-04-07	30	2nd	3 7 8 10 20
2024-03-08	1	2nd	5 7 21 30 33
2024-03-07	4	1st	7 12 17 20 41
2024-03-03	1	1st	7 17 20 30 33
2024-03-02	4	1st	7 21 24 28 33
2024-02-27	1	2nd	4 7 11 19 29
2024-02-26	7	1st	7 12 19 39 40
2024-02-19	4	2nd	2 7 19 38 40
2024-02-15	14	1st	7 22 29 32 40
2024-02-01	6	2nd	3 7 25 29 38
2024-01-26	25	1st	7 10 18 20 22
2024-01-01	10	1st	7 19 27 36 39
2023-12-22	9	1st	7 33 34 36 39
2023-12-13	11	1st	7 9 29 36 42
2023-12-02	3	2nd	4 7 28 38 42
2023-11-29	3	1st	7 12 14 16 33
2023-11-26	43	2nd	5 7 9 32 41
2023-10-14	2	2nd	4 7 15 23 32
2023-10-12	1	1st	7 15 17 20 24
2023-10-11	11	2nd	4 7 10 16 21
2023-09-30	2	1st	7 16 20 30 35
2023-09-28	7	2nd	4 7 16 26 28
2023-09-21	17	2nd	6 7 14 38 39
2023-09-04	1	2nd	1 7 13 23 29
2023-09-03	15	3rd	5 6 7 11 27
2023-08-19	2	1st	7 14 21 29 41
2023-08-17	33	2nd	2 7 8 31 34
2023-07-15	8	2nd	4 7 24 25 35
2023-07-07	1	2nd	5 7 13 18 42
2023-07-06	7	1st	7 12 15 21 26
2023-06-29	18	1st	7 8 11 25 42
2023-06-11	3	1st	7 29 35 39 41
2023-06-08	10	2nd	3 7 13 16 41
2023-05-29	15	2nd	1 7 16 22 26
2023-05-14	24	1st	7 9 13 20 41
2023-04-20	1	2nd	5 7 25 27 28
2023-04-19	8	2nd	1 7 11 20 40
2023-04-11	1	2nd	5 7 22 34 35
2023-04-10	2	1st	7 8 9 36 38
2023-04-08	6	2nd	1 7 8 15 17
2023-04-02	26	2nd	2 7 24 37 40
2023-03-07	8	4th	1 4 6 7 36
2023-02-27	8	1st	7 16 19 36 41
2023-02-19	2	2nd	1 7 13 24 41
2023-02-17	5	1st	7 12 16 23 33
2023-02-12	5	4th	1 3 6 7 13
2023-02-07	4	2nd	2 7 11 12 30
2023-02-03	19	1st	7 23 31 36 41
2023-01-15	1	1st	7 22 34 40 41
2023-01-14	3	1st	7 9 14 24 37
2023-01-11	32	1st	7 18 23 36 39
2022-12-10	7	2nd	6 7 23 24 33
2022-12-03	5	1st	7 10 14 26 36
2022-11-28	10	1st	7 8 15 17 30
2022-11-18	22	2nd	1 7 26 34 39
2022-10-27	2	2nd	6 7 11 39 40
2022-10-25	20	2nd	5 7 28 33 37
2022-10-05	7	1st	7 10 29 31 37
2022-09-28	3	2nd	1 7 11 15 28
2022-09-25	6	1st	7 9 26 35 41
2022-09-19	5	2nd	1 7 17 22 40
2022-09-14	12	1st	7 17 20 22 41
2022-09-02	4	1st	7 13 30 36 41
2022-08-29	17	2nd	1 7 10 20 27
2022-08-12	5	3rd	1 2 7 10 34
2022-08-07	1	2nd	1 7 19 29 42
2022-08-06	1	1st	7 17 23 28 29
2022-08-05	2	3rd	3 4 7 11 20
2022-08-03	2	1st	7 20 30 32 39
2022-08-01	1	2nd	3 7 17 36 38
2022-07-31	14	1st	7 27 28 35 41
2022-07-17	1	1st	7 20 23 27 34
2022-07-16	5	1st	7 10 17 27 42
2022-07-11	6	2nd	6 7 17 19 38
2022-07-05	3	1st	7 11 13 15 41
2022-07-02	17	3rd	2 4 7 11 40
2022-06-15	6	2nd	2 7 10 15 39
2022-06-09	3	2nd	2 7 21 24 32
2022-06-06	16	2nd	1 7 10 12 20
2022-05-21	9	2nd	5 7 8 15 26
2022-05-12	8	1st	7 8 10 12 28
2022-05-04	17	1st	7 12 31 32 42
2022-04-17	3	1st	7 10 14 26 34
2022-04-14	1	1st	7 19 25 37 42
2022-04-13	22	2nd	5 7 8 24 28
2022-03-22	1	2nd	4 7 8 9 35
2022-03-21	34	3rd	4 6 7 15 28
2022-02-15	23	2nd	1 7 13 21 27
2022-01-23	1	1st	7 15 29 40 42
2022-01-22	24	3rd	3 4 7 10 25
2021-12-29	12	2nd	4 7 10 16 39
2021-12-17	9	1st	7 10 29 36 42
2021-12-08	22	1st	7 24 31 35 42
2021-11-16	5	1st	7 20 24 30 40
2021-11-11	3	1st	7 15 25 38 39
2021-11-08	16	3rd	1 6 7 18 32
2021-10-23	2	2nd	3 7 15 38 42
2021-10-21	10	1st	7 16 19 26 33
2021-10-11	3	2nd	3 7 14 27 38
2021-10-08	13	1st	7 8 26 35 36
2021-09-25	3	1st	7 11 12 23 29
2021-09-22	5	1st	7 9 16 20 30
2021-09-17	8	1st	7 11 30 36 40
2021-09-09	12	2nd	3 7 8 16 25
2021-08-28	2	2nd	3 7 23 40 42
2021-08-26	4	1st	7 21 35 37 41
2021-08-22	4	1st	7 15 16 30 41
2021-08-18	4	1st	7 28 32 36 40
2021-08-14	53	1st	7 16 17 24 35
2021-06-22	7	2nd	1 7 33 41 42
2021-06-15	12	1st	7 9 10 21 29
2021-06-03	1	1st	7 20 24 32 38
2021-06-02	12	1st	7 13 15 28 34
2021-05-21	20	2nd	2 7 11 18 20
2021-05-01	22	2nd	4 7 22 31 34
2021-04-09	7	2nd	5 7 15 28 33
2021-04-02	1	2nd	5 7 18 22 40
2021-04-01	13	1st	7 21 26 29 38
2021-03-19	8	1st	7 10 25 37 41
2021-03-11	5	2nd	4 7 16 22 33
2021-03-06	18	1st	7 19 27 33 36
2021-02-16	13	2nd	6 7 14 18 34
2021-02-03	18	1st	7 14 16 36 40
2021-01-16	5	1st	7 22 29 31 37
2021-01-11	21	1st	7 10 19 26 36
2020-12-21	6	1st	7 13 16 26 31
2020-12-15	1	3rd	1 2 7 27 30
2020-12-14	1	2nd	2 7 13 20 38
2020-12-13	4	1st	7 10 15 41 42
2020-12-09	16	2nd	2 7 27 32 41
2020-11-23	6	2nd	1 7 29 34 40
2020-11-17	3	2nd	2 7 8 16 33
2020-11-14	3	1st	7 18 21 23 30
2020-11-11	3	1st	7 16 17 23 37
2020-11-08	4	2nd	4 7 9 37 39
2020-11-04	7	3rd	1 4 7 15 25
2020-10-28	7	1st	7 18 22 35 37
2020-10-21	19	2nd	3 7 15 31 36
2020-10-02	15	2nd	5 7 10 31 39
2020-09-17	2	1st	7 20 29 35 39
2020-09-15	7	3rd	3 4 7 11 32
2020-09-08	—	1st	7 24 33 36 41