Number 45

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

106times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.89σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

38longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 106 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 106 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 19 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 0.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.5
4th smallest23 · chance 12.6
5th smallest41 · chance 42.9
6th smallest40 · chance 49.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 38 41 46 50 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 — 34th most popular of 52. 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
2025-07-16	4	5th	8 10 27 44 45 48
2025-07-02	2	6th	8 11 26 35 44 45
2025-06-25	14	5th	16 17 18 41 45 46
2025-05-07	2	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-20	4	5th	11 18 32 41 45 50
2023-12-06	6	5th	10 13 34 42 45 51
2023-11-15	1	5th	11 14 34 38 45 46
2023-11-11	1	4th	3 33 43 45 46 47
2023-11-08	37	6th	1 16 20 21 28 45
2023-07-01	16	4th	16 20 36 45 46 50
2023-05-06	18	5th	19 22 30 39 45 46
2023-03-04	8	6th	4 9 13 38 42 45
2023-02-04	17	4th	11 13 23 45 47 50
2022-12-07	7	4th	1 5 18 45 47 52
2022-11-12	2	3rd	1 11 45 48 51 52
2022-11-05	7	6th	4 18 27 32 38 45
2022-10-12	11	6th	4 15 16 26 44 45
2022-09-03	7	4th	7 20 34 45 49 50
2022-08-10	6	5th	13 14 21 34 45 52
2022-07-20	1	6th	3 6 15 30 41 45
2022-07-16	9	5th	7 13 22 31 45 46
2022-06-15	6	5th	2 19 24 36 45 50
2022-05-25	5	6th	1 6 12 17 31 45
2022-05-07	2	5th	14 35 36 40 45 50
2022-04-30	10	6th	14 22 27 28 35 45
2022-03-26	7	6th	6 18 22 28 34 45
2022-03-02	14	6th	5 10 15 37 43 45
2022-01-12	5	4th	5 16 30 45 47 52
2021-12-22	2	6th	15 23 32 34 37 45
2021-12-15	11	4th	7 9 41 45 48 50
2021-11-06	2	6th	3 22 25 30 38 45
2021-10-30	7	6th	8 12 38 41 42 45
2021-10-06	6	6th	11 16 25 26 34 45
2021-09-15	7	4th	8 9 19 45 47 52
2021-08-21	6	5th	10 19 29 38 45 50
2021-07-31	2	6th	24 29 36 37 39 45
2021-07-24	17	5th	6 39 40 44 45 47
2021-05-26	2	4th	6 22 29 45 50 52
2021-05-19	15	6th	1 6 12 16 35 45
2021-03-27	1	5th	11 13 25 27 45 51
2021-03-24	4	5th	1 23 41 42 45 49
2021-03-10	27	5th	1 7 16 41 45 52
2020-12-05	7	5th	7 17 27 38 45 46
2020-11-11	3	5th	16 19 23 36 45 46
2020-10-31	5	4th	13 26 35 45 49 50
2020-10-14	2	3rd	1 35 45 49 51 52
2020-10-07	11	6th	1 16 22 26 42 45
2020-08-29	18	6th	9 16 21 27 33 45
2020-06-27	2	5th	8 9 35 39 45 48
2020-06-20	12	5th	6 24 28 40 45 49
2020-05-09	8	5th	26 29 40 41 45 48
2020-04-11	3	5th	6 25 41 43 45 48
2020-04-01	1	5th	7 15 32 42 45 51
2020-03-28	2	6th	6 13 14 19 28 45
2020-03-21	1	4th	3 13 36 45 47 50
2020-03-18	9	4th	7 37 42 45 48 50
2020-02-15	3	5th	1 7 20 23 45 48
2020-02-05	8	6th	3 6 20 21 41 45
2020-01-08	4	5th	14 19 21 43 45 50
2019-12-21	38	6th	1 3 15 29 35 45
2019-08-10	3	5th	6 20 21 26 45 48
2019-07-31	4	5th	2 3 10 18 45 48
2019-07-17	5	6th	5 6 10 32 38 45
2019-06-29	14	4th	38 41 43 45 51 52
2019-05-11	3	6th	25 28 35 36 41 45
2019-05-01	8	6th	2 6 10 30 42 45
2019-04-03	6	4th	26 29 32 45 49 51
2019-03-13	10	4th	12 16 43 45 46 48
2019-02-06	3	6th	7 13 29 32 36 45
2019-01-26	10	6th	7 11 23 29 40 45
2018-12-22	1	5th	2 19 24 39 45 51
2018-12-19	5	5th	14 19 33 38 45 52
2018-12-01	1	5th	1 16 19 29 45 49
2018-11-28	7	6th	2 4 20 38 40 45
2018-11-03	4	5th	11 33 37 41 45 49
2018-10-20	24	5th	8 9 18 39 45 47
2018-07-28	12	5th	23 27 29 33 45 46
2018-06-16	1	4th	17 22 44 45 46 48
2018-06-13	5	5th	19 35 36 42 45 47
2018-05-26	6	6th	8 13 14 16 28 45
2018-05-05	23	4th	11 19 35 45 49 50
2018-02-14	10	5th	2 18 28 40 45 46
2018-01-10	21	4th	23 31 41 45 47 49
2017-10-28	3	5th	1 6 19 38 45 46
2017-10-18	21	6th	9 23 25 38 43 45
2017-08-05	—	6th	6 7 31 33 39 45