Number 45

In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

91times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.61σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

57longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 11 times, counted separately.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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 45 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 0.2
4th smallest3 · chance 4.2
5th smallest31 · chance 28.9
6th smallest57 · chance 57.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 27 39 3 19 23

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, 45 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 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-07-22	4	6th	11 13 27 30 31 45
2017-07-08	9	6th	5 33 36 38 40 45
2017-06-07	29	6th	1 3 13 28 32 45
2017-02-25	17	6th

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

2015-04-04	13	6th	15 26 27 33 40 45
2015-02-18	14	5th	2 4 19 34 45 47
2014-12-31	9	5th	1 12 14 24 45 47
2014-11-29	2	6th	9 24 28 36 40 45
2014-11-22	13	6th	7 18 29 39 44 45
2014-10-08	7	6th	11 13 26 30 44 45
2014-09-13	6	4th	1 13 21 45 48 49
2014-08-23	2	5th	1 3 32 39 45 47
2014-08-16	6	6th	1 10 11 14 29 45
2014-07-26	4	4th	10 33 39 45 46 47
2014-07-12	11	6th	7 11 14 21 28 45
2014-06-04	5	6th	16 23 26 39 44 45
2014-05-17	5	6th	3 4 25 29 33 45
2014-04-30	5	6th	18 20 21 26 35 45
2014-04-12	2	6th	14 18 32 35 37 45
2014-04-05	2	6th	16 17 33 34 44 45
2014-03-29	5	6th	9 13 17 30 36 45
2014-03-12	8	5th	1 31 35 42 45 46
2014-02-12	13	5th	6 11 23 28 45 47
2013-12-28	9	5th	1 26 27 35 45 48
2013-11-23	2	6th	4 19 29 34 40 45
2013-11-16	9	6th	16 18 37 42 43 45
2013-10-16	4	6th	27 31 39 40 44 45
2013-10-02	3	6th	3 8 22 27 30 45
2013-09-21	3	6th	1 20 33 37 41 45
2013-09-11	4	6th	1 2 3 30 33 45
2013-08-28	11	6th	17 21 23 29 30 45
2013-07-20	2	6th	3 17 26 35 43 45
2013-07-13	8	5th	8 19 25 32 45 48
2013-06-15	8	5th	5 16 17 44 45 48
2013-05-18	4	6th	3 8 15 19 35 45
2013-05-04	5	4th	2 39 40 45 46 47
2013-04-17	17	5th	1 8 27 33 45 49
2013-02-16	28	6th	8 17 18 23 43 45
2012-11-10	57	6th	19 29 33 35 39 45
2012-04-25	21	5th	6 28 40 43 45 47
2012-02-11	5	6th	4 8 19 38 43 45
2012-01-25	6	6th	5 10 17 23 37 45
2012-01-04	11	5th	3 30 33 36 45 46
2011-11-26	11	6th	2 6 7 11 23 45
2011-10-19	15	6th	2 11 20 39 44 45
2011-08-27	1	6th	13 16 32 36 44 45
2011-08-24	1	6th	3 18 21 31 42 45
2011-08-20	10	6th	3 26 28 41 42 45
2011-07-16	5	5th	4 7 17 43 45 48
2011-06-29	5	5th	24 33 38 39 45 47
2011-06-11	21	6th	20 27 28 34 38 45
2011-03-30	35	5th	5 8 17 41 45 46
2010-11-24	5	5th	8 10 14 33 45 48
2010-11-06	14	6th	13 20 21 34 41 45
2010-09-18	7	6th	13 18 25 27 43 45
2010-08-25	14	6th	1 4 6 22 40 45
2010-07-07	1	5th	6 8 24 32 45 47
2010-07-03	4	5th	1 18 38 39 45 49
2010-06-19	2	5th	7 21 23 27 45 49
2010-06-12	3	6th	8 10 12 23 25 45
2010-06-02	5	6th	1 6 11 16 37 45
2010-05-15	10	6th	6 7 21 34 44 45
2010-04-10	1	6th	2 4 6 15 27 45
2010-04-07	3	6th	16 18 19 24 41 45
2010-03-27	1	5th	15 17 42 44 45 47
2010-03-24	5	5th	2 6 11 16 45 46
2010-03-06	3	6th	26 30 35 38 43 45
2010-02-24	4	5th	7 32 36 44 45 46
2010-02-10	8	5th	12 18 19 22 45 47
2010-01-13	1	6th	4 23 26 27 38 45
2010-01-09	—	6th	4 18 24 29 41 45