Number 2

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

306times drawn · chance expected 322 −0.93σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

50longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 306 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, −0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 306 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 5 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 smallest278 · chance 274.1
2nd smallest28 · chance 31.9
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 31.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 22 30 45 23 28

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, 2 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	1	1st	2 7 18 23 27 46
2026-09-26	1	1st	2 3 6 8 19 36
2026-09-23	21	1st	2 4 10 18 20 28
2026-08-05	6	2nd	1 2 28 35 48 49
2026-07-22	24	1st	2 9 25 32 36 48
2026-05-27	2	1st	2 4 9 26 39 48
2026-05-23	15	1st	2 4 18 20 22 25
2026-04-18	6	1st	2 15 17 18 30 44
2026-04-04	26	1st	2 18 25 33 36 43
2026-02-02	16	1st	2 3 16 28 29 45
2025-12-27	5	1st	2 4 12 24 43 47
2025-12-15	11	1st	2 8 22 24 29 37
2025-11-19	8	1st	2 8 16 33 37 48
2025-11-01	3	1st	2 3 6 19 22 46
2025-10-25	9	1st	2 4 8 17 32 39
2025-10-04	2	1st	2 10 13 31 37 41
2025-09-29	5	1st	2 16 23 25 28 31
2025-09-17	15	1st	2 7 10 18 30 32
2025-08-13	8	1st	2 16 25 35 42 43
2025-07-26	2	1st	2 4 28 31 36 43
2025-07-21	22	1st	2 6 20 33 40 49
2025-05-31	27	1st	2 8 11 16 31 47
2025-03-29	6	1st	2 8 21 23 30 45
2025-03-15	14	1st	2 23 30 40 42 43

The other 282 appearances

2025-02-10	19	1st	2 25 29 30 39 40
2024-12-28	3	1st	2 19 22 28 30 31
2024-12-21	1	1st	2 4 7 20 27 41
2024-12-18	8	1st	2 10 23 29 32 48
2024-11-30	2	1st	2 18 20 34 45 48
2024-11-25	11	1st	2 10 15 29 38 41
2024-10-30	9	2nd	1 2 6 18 38 43
2024-10-09	1	1st	2 5 9 15 25 28
2024-10-07	3	1st	2 18 19 27 28 42
2024-09-30	3	1st	2 6 12 22 36 38
2024-09-23	1	1st	2 5 15 23 36 44
2024-09-21	1	1st	2 13 21 42 43 49
2024-09-18	3	1st	2 12 21 32 33 49
2024-09-11	2	1st	2 10 19 36 38 49
2024-09-07	36	1st	2 5 6 24 32 36
2024-06-15	8	1st	2 7 8 10 23 26
2024-05-27	2	1st	2 3 18 22 33 49
2024-05-22	10	1st	2 16 23 33 34 38
2024-04-29	12	1st	2 13 23 29 37 39
2024-04-01	6	1st	2 14 16 19 23 41
2024-03-18	34	1st	2 15 23 29 31 34
2023-12-30	4	1st	2 4 23 31 43 45
2023-12-20	11	1st	2 5 10 11 34 39
2023-11-25	4	1st	2 14 29 31 35 49
2023-11-15	19	1st	2 6 10 22 33 41
2023-10-02	7	1st	2 7 11 15 27 40
2023-09-16	10	1st	2 17 26 38 40 45
2023-08-23	7	1st	2 20 23 30 43 48
2023-08-07	13	1st	2 9 14 17 29 47
2023-07-08	6	1st	2 3 16 20 40 47
2023-06-24	4	1st	2 14 31 39 40 42
2023-06-14	17	2nd	1 2 18 32 40 49
2023-05-06	1	1st	2 3 10 28 33 41
2023-05-03	5	1st	2 16 18 29 30 32
2023-04-22	12	1st	2 9 15 22 24 37
2023-03-25	4	1st	2 11 17 34 41 45
2023-03-15	3	1st	2 11 12 22 38 45
2023-03-08	2	1st	2 6 14 15 32 40
2023-03-04	9	1st	2 3 15 19 37 40
2023-02-11	1	1st	2 21 27 30 34 49
2023-02-08	3	1st	2 17 18 23 28 35
2023-02-01	1	1st	2 5 15 29 43 49
2023-01-30	4	1st	2 21 22 30 42 45
2023-01-21	1	1st	2 26 27 30 35 43
2023-01-18	1	1st	2 13 15 18 29 40
2023-01-16	10	1st	2 6 8 23 36 46
2022-12-24	5	1st	2 4 26 28 33 35
2022-12-12	10	1st	2 8 16 39 41 49
2022-11-19	3	1st	2 5 10 35 45 48
2022-11-12	9	1st	2 12 20 27 40 49
2022-10-22	4	1st	2 11 13 21 24 46
2022-10-12	2	1st	2 14 25 38 45 46
2022-10-08	6	2nd	1 2 36 42 44 45
2022-09-24	4	1st	2 12 20 24 32 45
2022-09-14	8	2nd	1 2 3 4 13 37
2022-08-27	15	1st	2 9 17 21 22 31
2022-07-23	17	1st	2 3 8 23 32 38
2022-06-13	12	1st	2 6 16 23 31 34
2022-05-16	9	1st	2 19 20 22 41 49
2022-04-25	1	1st	2 31 34 40 42 45
2022-04-23	2	1st	2 7 18 34 36 38
2022-04-18	2	2nd	1 2 16 20 43 46
2022-04-13	7	2nd	1 2 4 34 42 44
2022-03-28	5	1st	2 4 15 19 26 27
2022-03-16	9	1st	2 14 43 44 45 46
2022-02-23	11	1st	2 13 22 25 35 47
2022-01-29	8	1st	2 9 20 38 39 42
2022-01-10	9	1st	2 4 15 27 35 37
2021-12-20	24	1st	2 13 25 36 37 45
2021-10-25	4	1st	2 20 27 46 47 49
2021-10-16	2	1st	2 4 23 39 41 47
2021-10-11	9	1st	2 6 26 32 34 45
2021-09-20	2	1st	2 11 26 39 45 47
2021-09-15	3	1st	2 9 18 21 35 37
2021-09-08	23	1st	2 7 20 25 36 43
2021-07-17	2	1st	2 6 11 20 26 39
2021-07-12	24	1st	2 8 17 22 36 37
2021-05-17	1	1st	2 27 28 32 40 49
2021-05-15	18	1st	2 13 15 29 42 48
2021-04-03	8	1st	2 3 12 13 20 30
2021-03-15	1	1st	2 15 17 22 23 40
2021-03-13	2	1st	2 6 18 22 37 44
2021-03-08	14	1st	2 10 17 29 42 48
2021-02-03	12	2nd	1 2 12 14 17 43
2021-01-06	1	1st	2 12 20 43 46 48
2021-01-04	2	1st	2 16 23 24 30 36
2020-12-30	3	1st	2 8 10 14 31 47
2020-12-23	43	1st	2 8 11 12 15 34
2020-09-14	3	1st	2 7 26 28 39 44
2020-09-07	24	1st	2 14 15 28 30 39
2020-07-13	9	1st	2 31 40 41 42 47
2020-06-22	21	1st	2 12 25 26 31 32
2020-05-04	10	1st	2 6 30 31 40 42
2020-04-11	20	1st	2 3 11 12 16 28
2020-02-24	1	1st	2 10 13 18 21 42
2020-02-22	5	1st	2 8 9 38 39 45
2020-02-10	8	1st	2 4 15 34 47 49
2020-01-22	4	1st	2 4 14 19 27 30
2020-01-13	13	2nd	1 2 13 14 24 38
2019-12-14	4	1st	2 4 6 25 30 44
2019-12-04	5	1st	2 14 16 23 32 34
2019-11-23	7	1st	2 22 30 33 45 47
2019-11-06	7	1st	2 9 15 36 43 44
2019-10-21	2	1st	2 17 19 23 31 39
2019-10-16	3	1st	2 9 14 31 39 45
2019-10-09	3	1st	2 3 8 14 30 49
2019-10-02	2	1st	2 6 15 20 45 47
2019-09-28	9	1st	2 6 7 15 16 47
2019-09-07	5	1st	2 3 7 12 24 27
2019-08-26	3	1st	2 4 11 30 37 46
2019-08-19	1	2nd	1 2 8 24 36 40
2019-08-17	5	1st	2 13 23 28 29 47
2019-08-05	4	1st	2 7 13 22 27 48
2019-07-27	2	1st	2 4 10 17 23 48
2019-07-22	1	1st	2 7 9 34 42 43
2019-07-20	5	1st	2 11 20 30 38 46
2019-07-08	8	1st	2 15 17 20 36 44
2019-06-19	6	1st	2 9 21 30 36 42
2019-06-05	25	1st	2 12 17 30 37 47
2019-04-08	3	1st	2 16 24 31 40 46
2019-04-01	3	1st	2 5 10 12 48 49
2019-03-25	9	1st	2 12 33 34 39 48
2019-03-04	10	1st	2 11 13 34 39 47
2019-02-09	9	1st	2 21 22 34 40 46
2019-01-19	1	1st	2 15 21 37 42 49
2019-01-16	3	1st	2 3 20 29 40 45
2019-01-09	3	1st	2 12 15 33 38 42
2019-01-02	12	2nd	1 2 4 8 9 34
2018-12-05	19	1st	2 12 18 24 28 46
2018-10-22	33	1st	2 14 15 17 34 46
2018-08-06	3	1st	2 3 9 14 16 38
2018-07-30	9	1st	2 6 15 22 40 48
2018-07-09	3	1st	2 7 17 22 36 45
2018-07-02	1	1st	2 6 42 45 48 49
2018-06-30	8	1st	2 28 36 44 47 48
2018-06-11	7	1st	2 8 20 23 28 46
2018-05-26	4	1st	2 13 15 30 31 33
2018-05-16	13	1st	2 3 10 22 33 35
2018-04-16	10	1st	2 5 21 35 36 44
2018-03-24	11	1st	2 5 7 27 33 38
2018-02-26	6	1st	2 3 9 13 39 48
2018-02-12	19	1st	2 15 21 25 33 36
2017-12-30	2	1st	2 5 16 18 20 22
2017-12-25	10	1st	2 9 20 25 44 48
2017-12-02	10	1st	2 10 13 27 40 47
2017-11-08	9	1st	2 9 15 26 28 33
2017-10-18	10	1st	2 13 38 41 46 48
2017-09-25	15	1st	2 6 13 28 44 47
2017-08-21	3	2nd	1 2 9 30 40 44
2017-08-14	2	1st	2 30 31 36 38 41
2017-08-09	3	1st	2 4 5 12 29 31
2017-08-02	6	1st	2 3 4 15 17 23
2017-07-19	6	1st	2 11 13 23 33 37
2017-07-05	16	2nd	1 2 13 15 20 36
2017-05-29	10	1st	2 9 11 28 41 48
2017-05-06	1	2nd	1 2 21 27 29 32
2017-05-03	1	1st	2 8 30 35 40 47
2017-05-01	12	1st	2 6 8 25 29 48
2017-04-03	5	1st	2 18 24 26 32 37
2017-03-22	8	1st	2 20 24 41 43 49
2017-03-04	9	1st	2 26 28 32 39 44
2017-02-11	8	1st	2 7 14 15 24 48
2017-01-23	5	1st	2 3 10 13 25 28
2017-01-11	20	1st	2 29 43 45 46 49
2016-11-26	32	1st	2 17 25 26 34 38
2016-09-12	16	1st	2 5 16 22 34 45
2016-08-06	5	1st	2 9 20 22 36 47
2016-07-25	31	1st	2 3 5 12 13 18
2016-05-14	7	1st	2 18 35 36 42 47
2016-04-27	26	1st	2 3 21 25 28 33
2016-02-27	3	1st	2 19 21 27 43 45
2016-02-20	1	1st	2 10 25 28 35 43
2016-02-17	2	1st	2 17 22 30 37 44
2016-02-13	2	1st	2 3 6 19 34 39
2016-02-08	2	1st	2 18 30 38 39 45
2016-02-03	11	1st	2 4 8 20 32 41
2016-01-09	4	1st	2 17 22 43 47 48
2015-12-30	3	1st	2 3 6 21 23 40
2015-12-23	10	1st	2 26 34 35 36 47
2015-11-30	2	1st	2 5 12 33 36 48
2015-11-25	9	2nd	1 2 3 26 34 36
2015-11-04	7	1st	2 14 20 31 32 47
2015-10-19	7	1st	2 18 19 27 35 39
2015-10-03	4	1st	2 3 6 7 21 23
2015-09-23	22	1st	2 3 22 32 40 41
2015-08-03	13	1st	2 8 39 46 48 49
2015-07-04	4	1st	2 15 21 32 33 46
2015-06-24	3	1st	2 22 36 37 40 45
2015-06-17	1	1st	2 9 17 33 39 49
2015-06-15	1	2nd	1 2 7 17 41 42
2015-06-13	2	1st	2 4 9 19 21 29
2015-06-08	32	1st	2 8 17 33 40 41
2015-03-25	25	1st	2 14 16 20 21 37
2015-01-26	11	1st	2 6 15 24 47 49
2014-12-31	5	1st	2 6 13 27 35 39
2014-12-20	2	1st	2 4 22 31 34 45
2014-12-15	18	1st	2 6 15 23 28 32
2014-11-03	18	1st	2 15 19 27 41 47
2014-09-22	3	1st	2 11 16 30 32 35
2014-09-15	13	1st	2 9 13 19 21 33
2014-08-16	5	1st	2 5 23 34 38 43
2014-08-04	5	1st	2 12 21 28 32 44
2014-07-23	7	1st	2 11 25 36 44 45
2014-07-07	18	1st	2 13 14 19 23 45
2014-05-26	50	1st	2 16 21 32 33 44
2014-01-29	1	1st	2 13 19 27 28 33
2014-01-27	10	2nd	1 2 27 40 41 44
2014-01-04	12	1st	2 19 33 35 44 48
2013-12-07	7	1st	2 4 17 21 36 42
2013-11-20	10	1st	2 4 19 21 29 47
2013-10-28	27	1st	2 9 10 32 41 43
2013-08-26	23	1st	2 20 22 25 32 34
2013-07-03	4	1st	2 5 19 21 28 45
2013-06-24	15	1st	2 11 18 19 27 29
2013-05-20	4	1st	2 6 12 16 17 23
2013-05-11	9	1st	2 3 11 17 27 37
2013-04-20	12	2nd	1 2 10 16 35 44
2013-03-23	3	1st	2 4 7 26 28 31
2013-03-16	2	1st	2 14 23 30 33 47
2013-03-11	4	1st	2 15 25 28 33 47
2013-03-02	11	1st	2 12 29 31 40 42
2013-02-04	3	1st	2 12 15 34 38 49
2013-01-28	25	1st	2 11 19 30 34 39
2012-12-01	2	1st	2 3 13 33 40 48
2012-11-26	15	1st	2 8 9 28 39 47
2012-10-22	4	1st	2 16 18 35 42 43
2012-10-13	20	1st	2 10 18 22 44 47
2012-08-27	12	1st	2 9 10 30 33 41
2012-07-30	22	2nd	1 2 5 32 34 45
2012-06-09	14	2nd	1 2 3 16 37 42
2012-05-07	11	1st	2 3 29 30 33 44
2012-04-11	8	1st	2 4 18 32 33 45
2012-03-24	9	1st	2 6 12 35 40 44
2012-03-03	6	2nd	1 2 37 38 43 48
2012-02-18	5	1st	2 19 29 39 43 44
2012-02-06	5	1st	2 10 28 34 43 46
2012-01-25	3	2nd	1 2 4 7 34 36
2012-01-18	3	1st	2 6 21 25 43 47
2012-01-11	9	1st	2 5 26 30 37 38
2011-12-21	12	1st	2 14 16 17 37 40
2011-11-23	8	1st	2 24 30 36 45 49
2011-11-05	2	1st	2 15 22 30 31 48
2011-10-31	12	1st	2 6 13 22 36 42
2011-10-03	1	1st	2 6 8 15 39 43
2011-10-01	11	1st	2 14 18 28 29 43
2011-09-05	3	1st	2 7 27 31 37 48
2011-08-29	14	2nd	1 2 7 20 22 31
2011-07-27	4	1st	2 5 21 25 26 46
2011-07-18	1	1st	2 3 8 28 33 36
2011-07-16	7	1st	2 12 20 22 38 44
2011-06-29	10	1st	2 6 26 33 41 47
2011-06-06	9	1st	2 4 9 23 25 35
2011-05-16	22	1st	2 5 13 32 33 49
2011-03-26	3	1st	2 5 11 14 27 43
2011-03-19	3	1st	2 5 14 15 23 32
2011-03-12	2	1st	2 4 6 21 26 41
2011-03-07	4	1st	2 3 24 37 39 45
2011-02-26	10	1st	2 16 19 36 39 41
2011-02-02	9	2nd	1 2 15 27 44 46
2011-01-12	24	1st	2 22 40 41 43 45
2010-11-17	4	1st	2 3 8 13 22 23
2010-11-08	1	1st	2 17 18 19 27 28
2010-11-06	5	1st	2 10 16 17 21 30
2010-10-25	7	1st	2 4 7 23 33 38
2010-10-09	2	1st	2 5 12 26 44 46
2010-10-04	6	2nd	1 2 8 20 22 34
2010-09-20	18	2nd	1 2 13 23 28 46
2010-08-09	7	1st	2 11 21 31 34 37
2010-07-24	1	1st	2 20 24 32 37 42
2010-07-21	3	1st	2 9 36 37 42 48
2010-07-14	4	1st	2 6 17 19 26 40
2010-07-05	4	1st	2 5 30 32 35 41
2010-06-26	35	2nd	1 2 8 26 39 49
2010-04-05	7	1st	2 9 13 20 21 32
2010-03-20	4	1st	2 4 16 34 45 47
2010-03-10	2	1st	2 12 13 22 26 42
2010-03-06	6	2nd	1 2 10 17 39 47
2010-02-20	3	1st	2 7 8 20 22 31
2010-02-13	1	1st	2 26 28 34 45 47
2010-02-10	6	1st	2 8 10 21 44 47
2010-01-27	7	1st	2 7 13 27 30 35
2010-01-11	—	1st	2 4 31 32 35 38

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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