Number 1

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

217times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.43σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

46longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 217 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 217 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 6 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 smallest217 · chance 217.0
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 22.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 2 46 49 7 15

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
2026-09-19	17	1st	1 11 24 26 32 33
2026-07-22	8	1st	1 2 34 35 38 49
2026-06-24	1	1st	1 8 12 24 26 27
2026-06-20	10	1st

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.

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