Number 1

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

297times drawn · chance expected 322 −1.47σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 297 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, −1.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 297 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 55 · 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 smallest297 · chance 297.0
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 30.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 38 46 5 39 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-07	1	1st	1 20 38 46 47 49
2026-10-05	7	1st	1 17 24 39 42 48
2026-09-19	15	1st	1 31 35 45 48 49
2026-08-15	1	1st	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-02	45	1st	1 4 10 23 32 48
2025-02-17	13	1st	1 7 12 19 25 44
2025-01-18	19	1st	1 18 24 31 35 47
2024-12-04	1	1st	1 16 20 25 33 40
2024-12-02	4	1st	1 6 7 19 46 47
2024-11-23	9	1st	1 3 6 26 27 31
2024-11-02	1	1st	1 13 17 25 33 43
2024-10-30	19	1st	1 2 6 18 38 43
2024-09-16	17	1st	1 6 17 24 28 40
2024-08-07	4	1st	1 8 16 21 36 46
2024-07-29	13	1st	1 4 6 7 32 33
2024-06-29	8	1st	1 13 14 31 45 49
2024-06-10	3	1st	1 9 13 15 20 28
2024-06-03	4	1st	1 16 17 23 33 34
2024-05-25	2	1st	1 14 16 21 33 34
2024-05-20	1	1st	1 9 11 16 35 40
2024-05-18	13	1st	1 5 13 14 26 35
2024-04-17	1	1st	1 10 12 19 22 36
2024-04-15	15	1st	1 9 14 16 18 42
2024-03-11	6	1st	1 36 38 41 42 46
2024-02-26	12	1st	1 18 25 32 35 42
2024-01-29	4	1st	1 3 33 39 41 43
2024-01-20	4	1st	1 5 27 31 42 46
2024-01-10	2	1st	1 4 12 15 20 37
2024-01-06	16	1st	1 3 15 32 39 49
2023-11-29	11	1st	1 6 25 41 43 47
2023-11-04	4	1st	1 10 19 34 36 40
2023-10-25	12	1st	1 6 8 18 28 39
2023-09-27	6	1st	1 11 16 17 19 48
2023-09-13	1	1st	1 9 10 16 22 24
2023-09-11	22	1st	1 9 14 18 21 44
2023-07-22	5	1st	1 9 23 26 43 46
2023-07-10	3	1st	1 5 16 35 40 45
2023-07-03	8	1st	1 5 20 28 39 45
2023-06-14	2	1st	1 2 18 32 40 49
2023-06-10	3	1st	1 4 9 24 34 38
2023-06-03	25	1st	1 14 22 30 32 36
2023-04-05	10	1st	1 7 13 20 47 49
2023-03-13	3	1st	1 6 9 29 44 46
2023-03-06	5	1st	1 3 14 26 37 48
2023-02-22	27	1st	1 16 18 27 38 48
2022-12-21	13	1st	1 6 27 28 42 48
2022-11-21	7	1st	1 4 6 20 25 29
2022-11-05	9	1st	1 3 5 25 30 41
2022-10-15	3	1st	1 8 9 17 28 38
2022-10-08	2	1st	1 2 36 42 44 45
2022-10-03	8	1st	1 4 26 34 43 49
2022-09-14	4	1st	1 2 3 4 13 37
2022-09-05	3	1st	1 7 15 26 27 46
2022-08-29	4	1st	1 8 16 32 41 49
2022-08-20	2	1st	1 7 13 28 40 45
2022-08-15	6	1st	1 11 31 32 36 39
2022-08-01	7	1st	1 6 12 22 29 30
2022-07-16	3	1st	1 14 19 32 38 49
2022-07-09	22	1st	1 10 23 24 25 32
2022-05-18	6	1st	1 7 17 20 34 43
2022-05-04	3	1st	1 13 14 16 38 47
2022-04-27	4	1st	1 17 28 32 41 48
2022-04-18	2	1st	1 2 16 20 43 46
2022-04-13	20	1st	1 2 4 34 42 44
2022-02-26	3	1st	1 10 16 20 23 36
2022-02-19	6	1st	1 12 22 29 32 49
2022-02-05	34	1st	1 4 15 32 40 43
2021-11-17	2	1st	1 7 10 36 44 46
2021-11-13	30	1st	1 19 32 37 45 48
2021-09-04	3	1st	1 12 16 39 46 47
2021-08-28	13	1st	1 10 12 13 30 40
2021-07-28	11	1st	1 3 17 29 36 39
2021-07-03	17	1st	1 7 22 31 46 48
2021-05-24	7	1st	1 14 19 40 46 47
2021-05-08	11	1st	1 8 19 31 46 49
2021-04-12	1	1st	1 8 21 31 32 35
2021-04-10	28	1st	1 22 27 30 31 44
2021-02-03	17	1st	1 2 12 14 17 43
2020-12-26	3	1st	1 10 23 24 30 38
2020-12-19	36	1st	1 6 20 35 42 46
2020-09-26	4	1st	1 15 19 21 23 38
2020-09-16	2	1st	1 5 15 19 38 40
2020-09-12	54	1st	1 13 17 31 39 43
2020-05-09	7	1st	1 4 13 19 26 30
2020-04-22	1	1st	1 23 25 29 41 45
2020-04-20	7	1st	1 3 5 7 31 39
2020-04-04	3	1st	1 3 15 26 35 43
2020-03-28	12	1st	1 7 16 27 29 40
2020-02-29	1	1st	1 13 14 20 39 41
2020-02-26	19	1st	1 23 24 28 45 48
2020-01-13	4	1st	1 2 13 14 24 38
2020-01-04	10	1st	1 9 10 14 23 37
2019-12-11	16	1st	1 15 24 27 29 40
2019-11-04	1	1st	1 3 8 20 38 45
2019-11-02	25	1st	1 16 26 30 41 47
2019-09-04	7	1st	1 9 10 16 17 20
2019-08-19	11	1st	1 2 8 24 36 40
2019-07-24	18	1st	1 11 13 28 29 47
2019-06-12	4	1st	1 8 11 28 38 49
2019-06-03	4	1st	1 6 14 22 41 48
2019-05-25	7	1st	1 17 28 30 40 47
2019-05-08	8	1st	1 11 12 22 26 30
2019-04-20	9	1st	1 18 28 32 37 43
2019-03-30	3	1st	1 11 32 33 38 43
2019-03-23	4	1st	1 8 16 18 38 44
2019-03-13	30	1st	1 4 12 32 38 39
2019-01-02	5	1st	1 2 4 8 9 34
2018-12-22	6	1st	1 3 6 15 29 43
2018-12-08	17	1st	1 13 18 22 31 34
2018-10-29	2	1st	1 7 18 21 38 44
2018-10-24	3	1st	1 17 20 35 38 46
2018-10-17	1	1st	1 8 12 19 26 34
2018-10-15	5	1st	1 4 9 19 37 38
2018-10-03	10	1st	1 10 13 20 23 49
2018-09-10	9	1st	1 7 9 23 31 46
2018-08-20	20	1st	1 11 14 19 39 46
2018-07-04	27	1st	1 5 22 30 35 42
2018-05-02	8	1st	1 16 21 32 40 41
2018-04-14	1	1st	1 4 12 14 36 38
2018-04-11	4	1st	1 6 11 34 42 45
2018-04-02	3	1st	1 3 5 30 45 48
2018-03-26	2	1st	1 3 6 30 33 37
2018-03-21	1	1st	1 5 15 31 42 43
2018-03-19	10	1st	1 5 19 39 45 47
2018-02-24	7	1st	1 12 23 27 34 47
2018-02-07	4	1st	1 16 22 29 30 35
2018-01-29	18	1st	1 13 32 36 38 43
2017-12-18	2	1st	1 17 22 30 43 49
2017-12-13	1	1st	1 7 8 9 26 31
2017-12-11	11	1st	1 6 12 19 39 41
2017-11-15	1	1st	1 5 32 36 38 46
2017-11-13	3	1st	1 6 19 28 39 44
2017-11-06	10	1st	1 3 5 19 24 33
2017-10-14	3	1st	1 18 26 34 44 49
2017-10-07	16	1st	1 10 12 18 30 33
2017-08-30	4	1st	1 8 17 45 46 48
2017-08-21	9	1st	1 2 9 30 40 44
2017-07-31	11	1st	1 26 27 31 36 49
2017-07-05	2	1st	1 2 13 15 20 36
2017-07-01	13	1st	1 8 9 21 22 30
2017-05-31	4	1st	1 6 19 27 33 47
2017-05-22	7	1st	1 5 16 21 29 47
2017-05-06	7	1st	1 2 21 27 29 32
2017-04-19	2	1st	1 8 9 11 19 42
2017-04-15	55	1st	1 5 8 16 23 38
2016-12-07	8	1st	1 13 22 24 34 45
2016-11-19	8	1st	1 16 20 23 25 35
2016-10-31	7	1st	1 32 39 45 46 47
2016-10-15	6	1st	1 4 5 29 44 49
2016-10-01	3	1st	1 13 22 39 41 44
2016-09-24	29	1st	1 9 13 27 31 38
2016-07-18	10	1st	1 5 28 30 33 34
2016-06-25	21	1st	1 17 20 21 22 44
2016-05-07	5	1st	1 19 21 35 43 44
2016-04-25	2	1st	1 9 11 14 21 32
2016-04-20	3	1st	1 21 22 30 37 45
2016-04-13	6	1st	1 3 7 11 33 39
2016-03-30	3	1st	1 11 30 43 47 49
2016-03-23	2	1st	1 5 9 19 25 49
2016-03-19	6	1st	1 7 15 38 40 47
2016-03-05	19	1st	1 14 15 18 25 27
2016-01-20	8	1st	1 11 15 17 34 42
2016-01-02	3	1st	1 6 9 35 39 47
2015-12-26	13	1st	1 3 13 25 33 41
2015-11-25	3	1st	1 2 3 26 34 36
2015-11-18	4	1st	1 8 12 29 31 39
2015-11-09	4	1st	1 16 25 35 43 46
2015-10-31	1	1st	1 3 24 30 31 48
2015-10-28	14	1st	1 11 15 32 37 46
2015-09-26	8	1st	1 4 18 23 34 44
2015-09-07	1	1st	1 3 17 26 41 46
2015-09-05	11	1st	1 3 14 32 35 38
2015-08-10	5	1st	1 35 36 41 42 44
2015-07-29	17	1st	1 5 9 31 43 45
2015-06-20	2	1st	1 3 26 29 31 37
2015-06-15	8	1st	1 2 7 17 41 42
2015-05-27	6	1st	1 3 20 24 35 38
2015-05-13	42	1st	1 13 18 32 36 43
2015-02-04	7	1st	1 7 9 12 17 48
2015-01-19	1	1st	1 8 35 39 40 41
2015-01-17	5	1st	1 8 11 18 35 37
2015-01-05	12	1st	1 9 12 20 27 31
2014-12-08	7	1st	1 5 11 13 35 39
2014-11-22	3	1st	1 5 17 26 32 48
2014-11-15	4	1st	1 17 20 32 34 46
2014-11-05	8	1st	1 16 27 32 35 47
2014-10-18	3	1st	1 13 20 21 27 42
2014-10-11	3	1st	1 14 21 28 44 47
2014-10-04	2	1st	1 4 20 24 29 33
2014-09-29	25	1st	1 8 15 39 47 48
2014-08-02	1	1st	1 20 22 38 44 46
2014-07-30	24	1st	1 11 16 20 45 49
2014-06-04	2	1st	1 9 17 19 33 45
2014-05-31	7	1st	1 14 18 29 36 49
2014-05-14	3	1st	1 15 24 37 39 45
2014-05-07	15	1st	1 23 26 29 34 44
2014-04-02	8	1st	1 4 12 19 31 39
2014-03-15	6	1st	1 9 23 28 37 39
2014-03-01	14	1st	1 6 21 31 40 46
2014-01-27	3	1st	1 2 27 40 41 44
2014-01-20	5	1st	1 11 12 26 30 39
2014-01-08	15	1st	1 5 22 26 29 39
2013-12-04	11	1st	1 5 15 18 23 38
2013-11-09	2	1st	1 7 28 36 42 47
2013-11-04	13	1st	1 8 19 32 37 49
2013-10-05	18	1st	1 28 31 34 37 41
2013-08-24	5	1st	1 8 25 31 37 48
2013-08-12	18	1st	1 6 30 36 40 46
2013-07-01	10	1st	1 5 9 11 19 27
2013-06-08	21	1st	1 4 6 33 46 48
2013-04-20	34	1st	1 2 10 16 35 44
2013-01-30	6	1st	1 10 13 39 42 44
2013-01-16	11	1st	1 14 20 24 28 48
2012-12-22	17	1st	1 13 23 24 25 27
2012-11-12	2	1st	1 9 14 18 30 45
2012-11-07	3	1st	1 5 34 38 44 48
2012-10-31	3	1st	1 7 17 27 28 43
2012-10-24	15	1st	1 9 20 34 35 42
2012-09-19	4	1st	1 5 12 13 43 46
2012-09-10	4	1st	1 12 20 23 32 33
2012-09-01	5	1st	1 5 7 18 28 34
2012-08-20	9	1st	1 8 12 18 23 43
2012-07-30	13	1st	1 2 5 32 34 45
2012-06-30	9	1st	1 7 9 10 30 46
2012-06-09	1	1st	1 2 3 16 37 42
2012-06-06	15	1st	1 9 13 23 29 34
2012-05-02	7	1st	1 9 29 30 41 49
2012-04-16	3	1st	1 5 10 12 14 46
2012-04-09	8	1st	1 9 20 21 25 28
2012-03-21	8	1st	1 14 18 22 40 49
2012-03-03	7	1st	1 2 37 38 43 48
2012-02-15	9	1st	1 3 7 25 27 29
2012-01-25	4	1st	1 2 4 7 34 36
2012-01-16	20	1st	1 19 36 39 41 48
2011-11-30	14	1st	1 11 18 21 33 38
2011-10-29	15	1st	1 5 10 19 21 47
2011-09-24	6	1st	1 24 28 40 43 47
2011-09-10	5	1st	1 3 19 24 26 48
2011-08-29	7	1st	1 2 7 20 22 31
2011-08-13	8	1st	1 6 7 21 27 37
2011-07-25	6	1st	1 21 24 26 31 41
2011-07-11	1	1st	1 21 24 26 47 48
2011-07-09	2	1st	1 4 8 9 29 48
2011-07-04	5	1st	1 5 21 29 38 45
2011-06-22	8	1st	1 3 15 23 26 41
2011-06-04	17	1st	1 4 6 17 24 26
2011-04-25	2	1st	1 12 28 30 43 45
2011-04-20	13	1st	1 13 41 43 46 49
2011-03-21	19	1st	1 9 23 31 34 40
2011-02-05	1	1st	1 14 24 31 39 48
2011-02-02	5	1st	1 2 15 27 44 46
2011-01-22	3	1st	1 7 13 25 33 45
2011-01-15	2	1st	1 4 6 9 34 46
2011-01-10	11	1st	1 7 8 12 37 44
2010-12-15	5	1st	1 15 38 43 44 47
2010-12-04	5	1st	1 11 33 34 38 40
2010-11-22	4	1st	1 3 12 25 40 42
2010-11-13	6	1st	1 5 11 15 31 45
2010-10-30	1	1st	1 5 15 19 21 41
2010-10-27	7	1st	1 9 21 22 32 47
2010-10-11	3	1st	1 8 16 26 34 37
2010-10-04	5	1st	1 2 8 20 22 34
2010-09-22	1	1st	1 8 23 30 33 47
2010-09-20	1	1st	1 2 13 23 28 46
2010-09-18	29	1st	1 17 27 33 43 49
2010-07-12	7	1st	1 14 22 41 47 48
2010-06-26	2	1st	1 2 8 26 39 49
2010-06-21	4	1st	1 9 18 30 36 46
2010-06-12	12	1st	1 4 14 22 28 38
2010-05-15	10	1st	1 11 14 17 31 35
2010-04-21	1	1st	1 13 20 26 45 49
2010-04-19	4	1st	1 25 28 33 37 46
2010-04-10	1	1st	1 14 16 23 36 38
2010-04-07	3	1st	1 8 27 29 40 44
2010-03-31	8	1st	1 8 9 14 34 49
2010-03-13	3	1st	1 12 35 39 40 41
2010-03-06	—	1st	1 2 10 17 39 47