Number 2

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

135times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.09σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

39longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 135 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 135 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 15 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 2 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 smallest123 · chance 122.7
2nd smallest12 · chance 12.3
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 12.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 42 37 8 21 44

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, 2 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-20	9	1st	2 11 35 41 42
2026-07-20	2	1st	2 12 14 31 38
2026-07-13	1	1st	2 11 32 37 38
2026-07-09	1	1st	2 4 16

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

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