Number 46

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

234times drawn · chance expected 211 +1.68σ

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

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

53longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 234 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +1.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 234 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 46 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.1
4th smallest8 · chance 5.8
5th smallest59 · chance 61.1
6th smallest167 · chance 167.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 21 35 27 1 22

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, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-16	11	6th	13 14 27 31 41 46
2026-08-08	4	6th	13 17 18 28 45 46
2026-07-25	16	6th	13 16 22 32 42 46
2026-05-30	1	5th

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

2024-11-27	7	5th	2 14 23 45 46 48
2024-11-02	2	6th	11 19 28 35 38 46
2024-10-26	2	4th	28 33 43 46 47 49
2024-10-19	1	6th	14 18 25 33 40 46
2024-10-16	10	5th	5 9 10 20 46 48
2024-09-11	19	6th	3 17 27 30 42 46
2024-07-06	5	6th	4 13 26 32 41 46
2024-06-19	53	4th	3 8 43 46 47 49
2023-12-16	16	6th	2 10 32 35 42 46
2023-10-21	4	6th	4 9 31 34 44 46
2023-10-07	1	6th	17 19 22 30 32 46
2023-10-04	1	6th	1 7 16 28 44 46
2023-09-30	6	6th	14 16 24 26 35 46
2023-09-09	1	6th	1 5 25 32 33 46
2023-09-06	9	6th	1 4 15 34 35 46
2023-08-05	7	6th	11 26 34 35 43 46
2023-07-12	3	6th	19 24 38 41 43 46
2023-07-01	4	5th	8 10 22 28 46 47
2023-06-17	18	6th	2 14 21 27 43 46
2023-04-15	2	6th	3 16 24 26 40 46
2023-04-08	21	5th	11 15 19 25 46 47
2023-01-25	9	6th	2 18 21 29 33 46
2022-12-24	9	6th	1 2 31 36 42 46
2022-11-23	15	5th	1 15 23 29 46 47
2022-10-01	7	5th	13 23 32 38 46 48
2022-09-07	2	6th	4 5 8 27 34 46
2022-08-31	8	6th	4 6 22 26 35 46
2022-08-03	1	6th	4 24 30 37 44 46
2022-07-30	16	6th	6 14 16 18 27 46
2022-06-04	17	6th	12 21 24 35 43 46
2022-04-06	1	5th	11 12 21 28 46 49
2022-04-02	3	6th	6 7 15 21 23 46
2022-03-23	27	6th	1 2 5 18 35 46
2021-12-18	1	6th	7 9 16 30 34 46
2021-12-15	4	6th	18 26 32 36 40 46
2021-12-01	9	6th	7 11 23 28 41 46
2021-10-30	1	6th	9 21 33 40 44 46
2021-10-27	20	5th	3 6 20 27 46 48
2021-08-18	28	6th	3 29 34 37 40 46
2021-05-12	2	5th	1 11 15 42 46 49
2021-05-05	5	6th	6 10 23 25 28 46
2021-04-17	10	5th	17 31 32 38 46 47
2021-03-13	1	4th	29 32 45 46 48 49
2021-03-10	3	6th	6 8 31 32 36 46
2021-02-27	6	6th	12 17 33 40 41 46
2021-02-06	3	6th	4 8 25 40 43 46
2021-01-27	4	6th	4 6 35 36 41 46
2021-01-13	16	5th	4 14 20 21 46 48
2020-11-18	1	5th	2 5 8 39 46 47
2020-11-14	2	6th	8 11 19 36 37 46
2020-11-07	38	6th	6 15 28 41 44 46
2020-06-27	12	6th	7 20 21 22 45 46
2020-05-16	14	6th	1 4 20 33 37 46
2020-03-28	10	4th	4 18 37 46 48 49
2020-02-22	4	6th	3 17 18 31 32 46
2020-02-08	6	5th	4 15 35 38 46 49
2020-01-18	12	6th	6 15 19 36 38 46
2019-12-07	4	6th	11 21 22 23 36 46
2019-11-23	1	6th	7 11 23 37 41 46
2019-11-20	5	6th	5 13 32 37 44 46
2019-11-02	1	6th	13 36 38 42 45 46
2019-10-30	1	6th	11 29 31 36 43 46
2019-10-26	1	6th	1 5 13 27 30 46
2019-10-23	11	6th	1 21 35 43 45 46
2019-09-14	2	5th	11 18 19 26 46 47
2019-09-07	10	5th	15 26 31 44 46 49
2019-08-03	2	6th	17 20 27 29 32 46
2019-07-27	2	6th	6 12 14 16 45 46
2019-07-20	8	6th	8 21 33 37 42 46
2019-06-22	9	5th	21 27 39 45 46 47
2019-05-22	11	6th	21 34 35 38 41 46
2019-04-13	4	6th	11 27 35 36 37 46
2019-03-30	5	6th	1 9 23 42 43 46
2019-03-13	1	6th	5 17 25 37 45 46
2019-03-09	3	6th	17 18 28 32 44 46
2019-02-27	3	6th	3 9 22 28 31 46
2019-02-16	15	6th	10 25 28 37 40 46
2018-12-26	1	6th	4 23 29 35 44 46
2018-12-22	2	5th	6 8 11 34 46 49
2018-12-15	1	6th	8 10 29 30 32 46
2018-12-12	10	6th	13 20 25 30 34 46
2018-11-07	3	6th	17 27 33 36 41 46
2018-10-27	1	6th	27 32 40 41 44 46
2018-10-24	4	6th	20 23 29 35 37 46
2018-10-10	2	5th	1 35 39 40 46 49
2018-10-03	14	6th	1 12 15 18 22 46
2018-08-15	8	5th	10 11 17 22 46 47
2018-07-18	2	6th	23 27 32 40 44 46
2018-07-11	5	6th	11 17 20 30 45 46
2018-06-23	9	6th	12 22 35 39 41 46
2018-05-23	1	5th	4 22 39 44 46 49
2018-05-19	16	5th	24 28 36 43 46 49
2018-03-24	2	6th	15 25 26 31 35 46
2018-03-17	4	6th	13 18 25 32 40 46
2018-03-03	2	6th	14 18 20 23 36 46
2018-02-24	17	4th	7 23 24 46 47 48
2017-12-27	8	6th	6 10 37 39 40 46
2017-11-29	1	6th	20 21 23 31 39 46
2017-11-25	3	6th	15 27 33 38 43 46
2017-11-15	4	6th	9 13 16 36 43 46
2017-11-01	27	6th	20 29 36 39 45 46
2017-07-29	5	6th	14 16 17 27 33 46
2017-07-12	2	6th	5 13 23 24 36 46
2017-07-05	22	6th	1 8 25 29 36 46
2017-04-19	3	5th	8 28 32 45 46 47
2017-04-08	7	5th	1 6 28 37 46 49
2017-03-15	3	6th	3 7 22 42 44 46
2017-03-04	10	6th	7 20 27 35 45 46
2017-01-28	3	6th	1 2 14 20 34 46
2017-01-18	2	6th	14 22 30 41 45 46
2017-01-11	3	5th	8 14 17 44 46 48
2016-12-31	8	6th	5 14 32 38 44 46
2016-12-03	1	5th	26 34 35 39 46 47
2016-11-30	2	6th	7 10 13 26 32 46
2016-11-23	14	6th	1 6 26 37 38 46
2016-10-05	6	6th	7 23 31 33 45 46
2016-09-14	6	5th	1 4 8 20 46 49
2016-08-24	7	6th	1 32 36 40 45 46
2016-07-30	3	5th	2 23 24 45 46 49
2016-07-20	3	5th	11 31 37 38 46 47
2016-07-09	7	5th	11 15 22 39 46 48
2016-06-15	2	6th	7 18 26 34 41 46
2016-06-08	12	6th	14 22 39 42 45 46
2016-04-27	4	6th	5 9 14 24 27 46
2016-04-13	2	6th	2 4 10 12 38 46
2016-04-06	3	5th	5 9 13 41 46 48
2016-03-26	6	5th	6 14 41 44 46 47
2016-03-05	1	6th	2 16 19 33 38 46
2016-03-02	6	6th	11 13 17 32 37 46
2016-02-10	7	6th	6 12 22 27 45 46
2016-01-16	3	6th	15 31 35 37 44 46
2016-01-06	3	6th	18 23 33 34 39 46
2015-12-26	16	6th	2 6 26 31 44 46
2015-10-31	1	6th	19 26 34 38 39 46
2015-10-28	2	6th	21 32 37 39 44 46
2015-10-21	1	5th	6 15 30 43 46 49
2015-10-17	15	6th	6 16 21 32 39 46
2015-08-26	1	5th	6 10 12 26 46 47
2015-08-22	1	5th	15 30 38 42 46 49
2015-08-19	5	6th	13 28 38 39 40 46
2015-08-01	2	5th	12 17 19 31 46 48
2015-07-25	6	6th	2 3 5 19 33 46
2015-07-04	13	6th	10 12 28 31 38 46
2015-05-20	21	6th	1 4 25 39 44 46
2015-03-07	1	6th	18 22 25 32 44 46
2015-03-04	19	6th	18 22 29 34 35 46
2014-12-27	2	6th	8 30 35 37 38 46
2014-12-20	15	6th	3 4 5 16 21 46
2014-10-29	40	5th	18 22 25 31 46 47
2014-06-11	12	5th	11 17 21 25 46 47
2014-04-30	14	6th	7 13 14 21 39 46
2014-03-12	8	6th	3 13 14 19 25 46
2014-02-12	4	6th	5 8 15 16 18 46
2014-01-29	5	6th	1 2 3 4 27 46
2014-01-11	3	6th	9 22 26 34 42 46
2014-01-01	12	6th	29 30 35 36 37 46
2013-11-20	3	6th	13 19 27 41 43 46
2013-11-09	1	4th	3 14 33 46 48 49
2013-11-06	2	6th	4 11 27 32 43 46
2013-10-30	10	6th	1 8 15 32 40 46
2013-09-25	7	5th	4 8 20 31 46 48
2013-08-31	11	5th	3 9 22 23 46 49
2013-07-24	5	6th	2 6 12 21 27 46
2013-07-06	17	5th	2 26 39 40 46 48
2013-05-08	5	6th	1 7 19 21 24 46
2013-04-20	2	6th	5 16 27 32 42 46
2013-04-13	5	6th	11 16 23 27 28 46
2013-03-27	1	6th	11 21 24 26 33 46
2013-03-23	5	5th	7 14 29 43 46 47
2013-03-06	7	6th	1 19 28 31 41 46
2013-02-09	3	6th	10 23 25 32 40 46
2013-01-30	3	6th	15 34 36 39 42 46
2013-01-19	1	5th	5 7 25 33 46 49
2013-01-16	27	6th	21 23 26 27 40 46
2012-10-13	2	6th	23 34 35 40 43 46
2012-10-06	9	6th	10 24 29 32 35 46
2012-09-05	24	6th	10 16 27 40 43 46
2012-06-13	10	6th	12 20 23 25 36 46
2012-05-09	2	6th	21 31 32 37 38 46
2012-05-02	12	6th	6 21 24 37 44 46
2012-03-21	11	6th	9 22 24 32 34 46
2012-02-11	2	6th	6 8 25 26 33 46
2012-02-04	15	5th	11 12 18 27 46 47
2011-12-14	3	6th	6 7 10 16 29 46
2011-12-03	6	6th	2 15 16 25 36 46
2011-11-12	1	6th	6 10 21 23 39 46
2011-11-09	1	5th	12 18 28 31 46 47
2011-11-05	1	5th	2 18 33 45 46 48
2011-11-02	13	5th	7 16 26 38 46 49
2011-09-17	9	6th	5 19 22 30 32 46
2011-08-17	13	6th	8 14 20 26 38 46
2011-07-02	5	5th	8 21 27 28 46 49
2011-06-15	1	6th	2 12 28 31 40 46
2011-06-11	2	6th	1 2 17 27 40 46
2011-06-04	8	6th	7 9 16 32 36 46
2011-05-07	3	6th	2 5 14 27 30 46
2011-04-27	1	6th	1 17 20 37 41 46
2011-04-23	24	6th	4 5 30 35 42 46
2011-01-29	1	6th	8 9 10 21 35 46
2011-01-26	9	4th	2 20 30 46 47 49
2010-12-25	28	6th	3 8 18 19 28 46
2010-09-18	1	5th	11 19 30 33 46 47
2010-09-15	1	6th	3 14 22 26 32 46
2010-09-11	17	5th	11 14 21 43 46 47
2010-07-14	10	6th	8 23 37 40 43 46
2010-06-09	5	6th	5 8 17 29 35 46
2010-05-22	1	5th	11 21 22 43 46 48
2010-05-19	4	6th	9 10 29 33 34 46
2010-05-05	3	5th	9 23 29 43 46 49
2010-04-24	—	4th	10 31 44 46 47 49