Number 7

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

128times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.55σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

46longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 4 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 7 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 smallest65 · chance 69.6
2nd smallest50 · chance 47.7
3rd smallest12 · chance 9.9
4th smallest1 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 25 11 14 3 20

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	4	1st	7 13 28 39 42
2026-09-14	6	1st	7 10 14 25 38
2026-08-24	11	1st	7 11 25 30 37
2026-07-16	12	2nd	1 7 20

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

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