Number 14

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

130times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.37σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

53longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 130 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 130 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 3 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 14 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 smallest31 · chance 30.1
2nd smallest61 · chance 56.0
3rd smallest35 · chance 34.7
4th smallest3 · chance 8.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 38 7 20 21 29

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, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-01	5	2nd	13 14 38 40 42
2026-09-14	1	3rd	7 10 14 25 38
2026-09-10	13	1st	14 22 32 35 39
2026-07-27	2	2nd	6 14 34

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: 14 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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