Some Classic Lotto numbers barely take a night off. Over the 300 draws through August 8, 2026, 41 led the entire 6/49 pool with 51 appearances, trailed closely by 27 (49) and 26 (48). Down at the quiet end, 10 surfaced just 25 times, and 22 held the longest gap: 27 draws since it last landed on June 6.
Classic Lotto is Ohio's 6/49 game, drawn three times a week, so its hot-and-cold list moves at a statelier pace than a nightly game's. Here is what the recent record shows.
What counts as hot and cold in a 6/49 game?
Classic Lotto draws six numbers from a single pool of 1 to 49, so 'how often has 41 come up' has one clean answer, with no positions to untangle like a digit game such as Ohio Pick 4. That makes the frequency read simple: every number, ranked by how often it has appeared in the window you pick.
The full ranking lives on the Classic Lotto frequency page, and the busiest, quietest, and longest-gap view on the hot and cold page. Because the game draws three times a week, a 300-draw window reaches back roughly two years, so the list shifts slowly and a hot ball tends to hold its spot in the record for a good while.
Who ran hot in that window?
The top of the list belonged to 41, 27, and 26, each landing 48 to 51 times across those 300 draws. In a 49-number pool where the flat average is roughly 37 appearances over that window, those three ran comfortably ahead of the field.
That is what hot means here: these are the balls the recent record has seen most. You can watch the whole ranking reshuffle draw by draw on the Ohio lottery results hub.
The cold end, and the longest wait
At the other end, 10 and 30 each appeared 25 times over those 300 draws, and 31 sat at 30, the balls that record saw least. Cold is not a separate machine, it is the same 49 numbers, just the ones the window has passed over most.
Distinct from cold is the longest gap: the ball that has gone the most draws since its last appearance. Through August 8, 2026, that was 22, absent for 27 draws since June 6, with 21 and 9 close behind.
See Classic Lotto's numbers for yourself
Now you have Classic Lotto's busiest and quietest balls at a glance. The free Explorer tier shows the latest numbers, the full frequency and hot-cold views, and a free Retro Run every day, and Analyst and Master open up the deeper history and AI-Smart Picks, number sets generated from the Classic Lotto frequency record.
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Frequently asked questions
- What are the hot and cold numbers in Classic Lotto?
- Over the 300 Classic Lotto draws through August 8, 2026, 41 was the hottest at 51 appearances, followed by 27 (49) and 26 (48). The coldest were 10 and 30, each at 25, while 22 held the longest gap at 27 draws since June 6, 2026. Classic Lotto draws six numbers from one pool of 49, so these are straightforward counts of that window.
- How far back does Classic Lotto hot and cold data go?
- The figures in this guide count the 300 draws through August 8, 2026. Because the game draws three times a week, 300 draws reach back about two years, so the list moves slowly and a hot number tends to stay near the top of the record for a while. Inside the app you can set the window yourself.
- What does a Classic Lotto number's long gap mean?
- The longest-gap number is the one that has gone the most draws since it last appeared; through August 8, 2026, that was 22, at 27 draws since June 6. Odds Engine tracks that gap for every number across Ohio's 6/49 draws so you can see the full recent record at a glance.