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Times each number has been drawn

Main numbers across 2,084 draws (all draws), 08 Nov 1986 – 10 Oct 2026.

Most drawn: 1 316 times
Least drawn: 44 242 times
Expected by chance: 277.9 times each

1 316

2 247

3 288

4 248

5 289

6 289

7 289

8 296

9 274

10 276

11 303

12 293

13 276

14 243

15 281

16 288

17 264

18 298

19 289

20 264

21 279

22 296

23 265

24 283

25 282

26 282

27 265

28 245

29 278

30 256

31 283

32 288

33 291

34 271

35 252

36 283

37 279

38 282

39 269

40 291

41 292

42 303

43 264

44 242

45 272

Compared with chance

Bars show how many times each number came out. The dashed line is what pure chance would give.

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1	316	277.9	+38.1	15.2%	19 Sep 2026
2	247	277.9	-30.9	11.9%	10 Oct 2026
3	288	277.9	+10.1	13.8%	12 Sep 2026
4	248	277.9	-29.9	11.9%	04 Jul 2026
5	289	277.9	+11.1	13.9%	05 Sep 2026
6	289	277.9	+11.1	13.9%	26 Sep 2026
7	289	277.9	+11.1	13.9%	18 Jul 2026
8	296	277.9	+18.1	14.2%	25 Jul 2026
9	274	277.9	-3.9	13.1%	03 Oct 2026
10	276	277.9	-1.9	13.2%	19 Sep 2026
11	303	277.9	+25.1	14.5%	22 Aug 2026
12	293	277.9	+15.1	14.1%	25 Jul 2026
13	276	277.9	-1.9	13.2%	22 Aug 2026
14	243	277.9	-34.9	11.7%	11 Jul 2026
15	281	277.9	+3.1	13.5%	10 Oct 2026
16	288	277.9	+10.1	13.8%	10 Oct 2026
17	264	277.9	-13.9	12.7%	05 Sep 2026
18	298	277.9	+20.1	14.3%	03 Oct 2026
19	289	277.9	+11.1	13.9%	30 May 2026
20	264	277.9	-13.9	12.7%	03 Oct 2026
21	279	277.9	+1.1	13.4%	11 Jul 2026
22	296	277.9	+18.1	14.2%	08 Aug 2026
23	265	277.9	-12.9	12.7%	29 Aug 2026
24	283	277.9	+5.1	13.6%	18 Jul 2026
25	282	277.9	+4.1	13.5%	26 Sep 2026
26	282	277.9	+4.1	13.5%	08 Aug 2026
27	265	277.9	-12.9	12.7%	26 Sep 2026
28	245	277.9	-32.9	11.8%	08 Aug 2026
29	278	277.9	+0.1	13.3%	11 Jul 2026
30	256	277.9	-21.9	12.3%	12 Sep 2026
31	283	277.9	+5.1	13.6%	26 Sep 2026
32	288	277.9	+10.1	13.8%	03 Oct 2026
33	291	277.9	+13.1	14.0%	10 Oct 2026
34	271	277.9	-6.9	13.0%	02 May 2026
35	252	277.9	-25.9	12.1%	07 Mar 2026
36	283	277.9	+5.1	13.6%	08 Aug 2026
37	279	277.9	+1.1	13.4%	27 Jun 2026
38	282	277.9	+4.1	13.5%	12 Sep 2026
39	269	277.9	-8.9	12.9%	03 Oct 2026
40	291	277.9	+13.1	14.0%	26 Sep 2026
41	292	277.9	+14.1	14.0%	10 Oct 2026
42	303	277.9	+25.1	14.5%	01 Aug 2026
43	264	277.9	-13.9	12.7%	10 Oct 2026
44	242	277.9	-35.9	11.6%	04 Jul 2026
45	272	277.9	-5.9	13.1%	03 Oct 2026

Numbers that come up together

Main numbers that came out in the same draw, across 2,084 draws. There are 990 possible pairs, so a few will sit well above chance by pure luck. That doesn't make them a pattern.

Most frequent pairs

Pair	Together	Expected	vs chance
11 32	54	31.6	1.71×
1 36	49	31.6	1.55×
1 41	49	31.6	1.55×
21 22	49	31.6	1.55×
32 40	49	31.6	1.55×
1 24	48	31.6	1.52×
11 12	48	31.6	1.52×
18 19	48	31.6	1.52×
22 26	48	31.6	1.52×
32 33	48	31.6	1.52×
1 42	47	31.6	1.49×
7 22	47	31.6	1.49×
21 42	47	31.6	1.49×
5 22	45	31.6	1.43×
6 21	45	31.6	1.43×

Drawn with a number

Numbers drawn alongside 1, most often first.

With	Together	Expected	vs chance
36	49	31.6	1.55×
41	49	31.6	1.55×
24	48	31.6	1.52×
42	47	31.6	1.49×
34	42	31.6	1.33×
10	41	31.6	1.30×
18	41	31.6	1.30×
37	41	31.6	1.30×

Least often: 28 23 times, 4 23 times, 9 27 times

Odd and even

How the main numbers in each draw split odd/even.

Most common: 3 odd · 3 even in 32.4% of draws (chance: 33.5%).

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Odd and even	Draws	% of draws	Chance
0 odd · 6 even	20	1.0%	0.9%
1 odd · 5 even	149	7.1%	7.4%
2 odd · 4 even	471	22.6%	22.7%
3 odd · 3 even	676	32.4%	33.5%
4 odd · 2 even	544	26.1%	25.1%
5 odd · 1 even	199	9.5%	9.1%
6 odd · 0 even	25	1.2%	1.2%

Low and high

Low numbers are the bottom half of the pool (1–22 when the pool is 1–45).

Most common: 3 low · 3 high in 32.6% of draws (chance: 33.5%).

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Low and high	Draws	% of draws	Chance
0 low · 6 high	25	1.2%	1.2%
1 low · 5 high	187	9.0%	9.1%
2 low · 4 high	514	24.7%	25.1%
3 low · 3 high	679	32.6%	33.5%
4 low · 2 high	481	23.1%	22.7%
5 low · 1 high	178	8.5%	7.4%
6 low · 0 high	20	1.0%	0.9%

Consecutive numbers

The longest run of consecutive numbers in each draw, e.g. 17-18 is 2 in a row.

53.0% of draws had at least two consecutive numbers (chance: 52.9%).

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Consecutive numbers	Draws	% of draws	Chance
None	980	47.0%	47.1%
2 in a row	955	45.8%	47.2%
3 in a row	145	7.0%	5.2%
4+ in a row	4	0.2%	0.4%

Repeats from the previous draw

How many of each draw's numbers were also drawn in the draw before.

59.2% of draws repeated at least one number from the previous draw (chance: 59.9%).

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Repeats from the previous draw	Draws	% of draws	Chance
0	850	40.8%	40.1%
1	874	42.0%	42.4%
2	299	14.4%	15.1%
3	56	2.7%	2.2%
4	2	0.1%	0.1%

Do some numbers pay more when they win?

Whatever you pick, your chance of winning is exactly the same. Prizes get shared, though. When lots of people chose the winning numbers, each winner gets a smaller slice.

When 6 of the winning numbers were 1–31, prizes were 19% lower than usual. With 2, they were 12% higher.

People avoid consecutive numbers: each pair like 22-23 among the winning numbers meant prizes 2.6% higher.

Prizes by how many winning numbers were 1–31

Numbers 1–31 can be birthdays, so more people pick them. The bars show how prizes compared with a normal draw.

How prizes change when each number is drawn

1 +1%

2 +0%

3 -4%

4 -1%

5 -4%

6 -1%

7 -10%

8 -5%

9 -3%

10 -2%

11 -7%

12 -2%

13 -7%

14 +1%

15 +0%

16 +1%

17 -0%

18 -2%

19 -6%

20 -0%

21 -3%

22 -2%

23 -4%

24 +2%

25 +0%

26 -1%

27 -4%

28 -3%

29 -2%

30 +0%

31 +3%

32 +5%

33 +3%

34 +6%

35 +4%

36 +2%

37 +5%

38 +6%

39 +7%

40 +4%

41 +8%

42 +7%

43 +6%

44 +7%

45 +6%

Most over-picked: 7, 13, 11, 19, 8. Least picked: 41, 39, 44, 42, 43. Faded numbers aren't clearly different from normal.

How this is worked out, and the table

Each prize is compared with the typical prize for the same division in the 25 draws around it. We use divisions with hundreds of winners (here 3, 4, 5, 6), where one extra winner barely moves the prize. Promotional draws with boosted prizes are left out. Ticket sales cancel out, because more sales mean a bigger pool and more winners. What's left mostly comes down to how many people picked the winning numbers. Each number's effect comes from a regression across 1,550 draws and is shown against the median number.


1	+0.6%	0.5	240
2	+0.1%	0.6	180
3	-4.0%	0.6	208
4	-1.0%	0.6	181
5	-3.8%	0.6	226
6	-0.6%	0.6	222
7	-9.9%	0.6	221
8	-4.9%	0.6	215
9	-2.9%	0.6	195
10	-1.9%	0.6	212
11	-6.9%	0.6	229
12	-2.3%	0.6	219
13	-6.9%	0.6	206
14	+1.3%	0.6	168
15	+0.2%	0.6	208
16	+1.2%	0.6	215
17	-0.4%	0.6	206
18	-1.8%	0.6	219
19	-5.9%	0.6	200
20	-0.3%	0.6	196
21	-2.6%	0.6	214
22	-2.3%	0.6	231
23	-4.2%	0.6	202
24	+1.6%	0.6	217
25	+0.0%	0.6	208
26	-0.9%	0.6	205
27	-4.0%	0.6	199
28	-2.7%	0.6	182
29	-2.0%	0.6	205
30	+0.4%	0.6	196
31	+3.1%	0.6	203
32	+5.3%	0.6	218
33	+2.9%	0.6	214
34	+5.6%	0.6	200
35	+4.1%	0.6	177
36	+2.4%	0.6	203
37	+4.5%	0.6	213
38	+6.2%	0.6	211
39	+7.4%	0.6	220
40	+4.4%	0.6	220
41	+8.4%	0.6	211
42	+6.5%	0.6	228
43	+6.5%	0.6	188
44	+7.1%	0.6	165
45	+5.7%	0.6	204

Jackpot runs and ticket sales

When nobody wins division 1, the prize pool rolls over to the next draw and the jackpot grows. Ticket sales are estimated from how many people won the lowest division.

Division 1 won: 99% of 1,550 draws
Longest run without a winner: 2 draws Aug 1997
Current run: Won last draw
Biggest division 1 pool: $40M Dec 2022

How many draws it takes to win division 1

1 means it was won in the very next draw after the last win.

Ticket sales as the jackpot rolls over

Median estimated games per draw, by how many draws since the last win.

Estimated ticket sales over time

Median estimated games per draw, by month. Peaks are big jackpots.

Biggest division 1 pools

Draw	Date	Pool	Winners	Each
4325	31 Dec 2022	$40M	12	$3.333M
4221	31 Dec 2021	$40M	17	$2.353M
2655	30 Dec 2006	$33M	20	$1.65M
2551	31 Dec 2005	$32M	28	$1.143M
2447	31 Dec 2004	$31M	54	$574.1K
3699	31 Dec 2016	$31M	23	$1.348M
3073	31 Dec 2010	$31M	19	$1.632M
3177	31 Dec 2011	$31M	32	$968.8K
2341	27 Dec 2003	$30M	26	$1.154M
2865	03 Jan 2009	$30M	22	$1.364M

Are the draws fair?

Test	What it checks	Draws	p-value	Verdict
Number balanceEvery main number comes up about equally often	Every main number comes up about equally often	2,084	0.26	Consistent with chance
Supplementary balanceEvery supplementary number comes up about equally often	Every supplementary number comes up about equally often	2,084	0.45	Consistent with chance
Odd and evenOdd/even splits happen as often as chance predicts	Odd/even splits happen as often as chance predicts	2,084	0.89	Consistent with chance
Low and highLow/high splits happen as often as chance predicts	Low/high splits happen as often as chance predicts	2,084	0.63	Consistent with chance
Consecutive numbersRuns like 17-18 happen as often as chance predicts	Runs like 17-18 happen as often as chance predicts	2,084	0.002	Slightly unusual
Independent drawsNumbers carry over from the previous draw only as often as chance predicts	Numbers carry over from the previous draw only as often as chance predicts	2,081	0.44	Consistent with chance
First ball drawnNo number tends to come out of the machine first	No number tends to come out of the machine first	1,550	0.89	Consistent with chance

Each test checks what happened against the exact chances (a chi-square test). The p-value says how often pure chance would give a result at least this far off. 0.26 means 26% of the time, which is nothing special. Under 0.01 counts as slightly unusual, and under 0.001 as unusual. Run enough tests and one slightly unusual result turns up by luck fairly often, so the overall verdict allows for that.

Number trends over time

Hot numbers don't stay hot. Over 39 years, each year's 10 most-drawn numbers came up 101% as often as chance predicts the next year. 100% would mean no carry-over at all.

Each number, year by year

Red means a number came up less than chance predicts that year, blue means more. Hover over a square for the counts. Each number only comes up so many times a year, so colour swings like these are what luck alone produces.

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Longest droughts

Number	Draws without it	When
2	65	Oct 2016 – Jan 2018
20	65	Sep 2024 – Dec 2025
25	63	Sep 2020 – Nov 2021
44	61	Mar 1999 – May 2000
26	59	Feb 1992 – Mar 1993
16	54	Dec 2007 – Dec 2008
38	52	Aug 1990 – Aug 1991
13	50	Jan 2007 – Dec 2007
34	50	Sep 2011 – Aug 2012
17	48	Aug 1998 – Jul 1999

Longest current gaps

Number	Draws since drawn	Last drawn
35	31	07 Mar 2026
34	23	02 May 2026
19	19	30 May 2026
37	15	27 Jun 2026
4	14	04 Jul 2026
44	14	04 Jul 2026
14	13	11 Jul 2026
21	13	11 Jul 2026
29	13	11 Jul 2026
7	12	18 Jul 2026

On average a number goes about 6 draws between appearances. Being "overdue" doesn't make it any more likely to come up next. The balls don't remember.

Sum and spread of each draw

Half of all draws have main numbers adding up to between 117 and 159. The average sum is 137.3, against 138.0 expected by chance.

Middle sums only turn up a lot because more combinations add up to them. Every single ticket has exactly the same chance, whether it's 1-2-3-4-5-6 or a set that looks "typical". So picking for a middle sum won't help you win. Odd-looking tickets can even pay more when they do win, because fewer people pick them.

Sum of the main numbers

Spread: highest minus lowest number

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Sum	Draws	% of draws	Chance
40–49	2	0.1%	0.1%
50–59	5	0.2%	0.2%
60–69	16	0.8%	0.7%
70–79	36	1.7%	1.5%
80–89	64	3.1%	2.9%
90–99	106	5.1%	4.9%
100–109	154	7.4%	7.3%
110–119	220	10.6%	9.8%
120–129	253	12.1%	11.8%
130–139	273	13.1%	12.8%
140–149	227	10.9%	12.7%
150–159	227	10.9%	11.3%
160–169	154	7.4%	9.1%
170–179	163	7.8%	6.6%
180–189	90	4.3%	4.2%
190–199	49	2.4%	2.4%
200–209	28	1.3%	1.2%
210–219	12	0.6%	0.5%
220–229	5	0.2%	0.2%
230–239	0	0.0%	0.0%

Spread	Draws	% of draws	Chance
6–8	0	0.0%	0.0%
9–11	2	0.1%	0.2%
12–14	11	0.5%	0.6%
15–17	31	1.5%	1.5%
18–20	62	3.0%	3.0%
21–23	119	5.7%	5.1%
24–26	185	8.9%	7.8%
27–29	233	11.2%	11.0%
30–32	283	13.6%	14.1%
33–35	330	15.8%	16.5%
36–38	335	16.1%	17.2%
39–41	343	16.5%	15.0%
42–44	150	7.2%	8.0%

Prize trends by division

What one winner got in each division, in dollars at the time (not adjusted for inflation). Promotional draws with boosted prizes are left out.

Div	Needs	Typical now	Lowest – highest	Change
1	6 winning numbers	$1,668,081	Range $41.6K – $7.33M	+231% since 1997
2	5 winning numbers + 1 supplementary	$11,434	Range $3.52K – $25.5K	+6% since 1997
3	5 winning numbers	$913.73	Range $407 – $2.04K	-13% since 1997
4	4 winning numbers	$25.95	Range $15.80 – $60.20	-27% since 1997
5	3 winning numbers + 1 or 2 supplementary	$16.42	Range $10.40 – $37.70	-25% since 1997
6	3 winning numbers	$9.68	Range $6.25 – $11.25	+15% since 2021

Earlier rules (1 division)

1 or 2 winning numbers + 2 supplementary

$13.68

Range $7.70 – $17.65

+3% since 2011

4: 4 winning numbers

Median prize each year, with the middle half of draws shaded. Press "Chart" in the table to switch division.

More stats #4093–now: 6 from 45 + 2 supplementary (current format)

Draws since each number last came up

Main numbers. 0 means it came up in the latest draw.

Hot last 50 draws

Number	Drawn	Expected
33	14	6.7
17	11	6.7
3	10	6.7
8	10	6.7
9	9	6.7
28	9	6.7
31	9	6.7
43	9	6.7

Cold last 50 draws

Number	Drawn	Expected
38	3	6.7
37	3	6.7
34	3	6.7
26	3	6.7
23	3	6.7
18	3	6.7
4	3	6.7
24	4	6.7

Division 1 prize per winner

Draws with at least one division 1 winner (312 of 314). Log scale.

Data completeness all eras

Draws on record: 2,084 (#553–4719)
Missing draw numbers: 0
Without prize data: 534
Without the drawn order: 534

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