In honor of tonight's 914 being drawn, I decided to do a little bit of studying and finding out which numbers have not been drawn for the longest period of time. Lots of people seem to believe that when a number has not drawn for 1,000 draws, it's cold-- so what about 3,000 draws, 4,000 draws, and 5,000 draws?
According to my calculations, there are 47 numbers which have not been drawn in 3,000 draws or more, not including the 3 never drawns (652, 494, 984). Of our 50 total numbers, only 5 have survived not being drawn in 5,000 draws. An additional 7 make the 4,000 draw barrier, and the other 38 hover around the 3,000 mark.
The most interesting number of all is 804, which was the second number drawn, on 4/30/88, and has not ever appeared since. That's 5,507 draws without this one showing up, a little bit over 15 years.
Next up is218, which fell on the 107th draw and has evaporated ever since. 5,402 draws without this one falling.
Here's a quick rundown of the 5,000 draw club, and I'll do the 4,000 and 3,000s in an addendum to this post
Not drawn in 5,000 draws:
494, 652, 984, 804, 218