Number 1

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

139times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.46σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

55longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.46σ. 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 139 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.7 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 smallest139 · chance 139.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 7 35 45 11 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-05	4	1st	1 15 23 26 40
2026-09-21	19	1st	1 15 26 29 39
2026-07-16	4	1st	1 7 20 30 38
2026-07-02	3	1st	1 5 31

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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