Number 4

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

331times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.56σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 331 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 331 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 7 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 4 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 smallest245 · chance 236.2
2nd smallest81 · chance 86.4
3rd smallest4 · chance 8.2
4th smallest1 · chance 0.2
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 34.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 12 16 33 48 29

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, 4 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	20	2nd	2 4 10 18 20 28
2026-08-08	11	1st	4 5 20 23 27 46
2026-07-13	20	1st	4 6 31 32 45 48
2026-05-27	2	2nd	2

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: 4 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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