Number 40

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

110times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.20σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

44longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +0.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 10 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 40 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 0.1
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.2
3rd smallest29 · chance 30.8
4th smallest77 · chance 75.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 17 34 26 35 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd most popular of 45. 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 40 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-25	4	3rd	1 2 40 45
2026-09-18	7	4th	5 20 21 40
2026-09-05	42	3rd	17 27 40 43
2026-06-24	27	4th	11 16 28 40
2026-05-08	10	3rd	4

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: 40 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-26	7	3rd	17 23 40 42
2025-07-14	8	3rd	4 5 40 42
2025-06-30	24	4th	16 33 38 40
2025-05-19	1	4th	13 31 38 40
2025-05-17	2	3rd	31 37 40 44
2025-05-14	1	4th	15 22 24 40
2025-05-12	18	4th	7 28 35 40
2025-04-11	4	4th	12 20 23 40
2025-04-04	13	3rd	3 9 40 42
2025-03-12	44	4th	28 34 39 40
2024-12-25	4	4th	6 33 37 40
2024-12-18	5	3rd	12 15 40 45
2024-12-09	9	4th	18 30 39 40
2024-11-23	30	4th	3 17 25 40
2024-10-02	2	2nd	3 40 43 45
2024-09-28	25	4th	15 29 34 40
2024-08-16	35	4th	15 24 37 40
2024-06-15	10	4th	12 23 34 40
2024-05-29	11	4th	9 11 29 40
2024-05-06	22	4th	1 2 21 40
2024-03-16	27	3rd	17 35 40 44
2024-01-13	11	3rd	33 39 40 41
2023-12-18	33	4th	20 23 30 40
2023-10-02	35	4th	6 14 31 40
2023-07-12	10	3rd	4 13 40 41
2023-06-19	5	4th	7 8 12 40
2023-06-07	16	4th	11 15 24 40
2023-05-01	10	4th	6 37 39 40
2023-04-08	7	4th	9 11 13 40
2023-03-22	16	3rd	24 38 40 41
2023-02-13	2	3rd	11 17 40 44
2023-02-08	22	4th	28 31 38 40
2022-12-19	23	4th	20 30 35 40
2022-10-26	5	4th	17 23 25 40
2022-10-15	6	4th	11 12 24 40
2022-10-01	26	4th	20 25 32 40
2022-08-01	4	4th	16 26 36 40
2022-07-23	5	4th	3 32 38 40
2022-07-11	27	4th	22 26 39 40
2022-05-09	8	2nd	24 40 42 45
2022-04-20	4	4th	2 12 27 40
2022-04-11	1	4th	26 30 37 40
2022-04-09	15	4th	1 19 31 40
2022-03-05	20	4th	18 19 30 40
2022-01-17	5	4th	10 27 35 40
2022-01-05	7	4th	3 5 36 40
2021-12-20	14	4th	6 19 23 40
2021-11-17	2	4th	8 24 32 40
2021-11-13	5	4th	17 26 32 40
2021-11-01	8	4th	24 26 37 40
2021-10-13	2	4th	16 19 24 40
2021-10-09	6	4th	18 22 24 40
2021-09-25	15	4th	29 33 36 40
2021-08-21	8	3rd	34 35 40 43
2021-08-02	17	4th	7 11 31 40
2021-06-23	2	4th	29 32 38 40
2021-06-19	2	4th	14 30 34 40
2021-06-14	15	4th	1 11 36 40
2021-05-10	29	4th	10 12 17 40
2021-03-03	3	3rd	7 24 40 42
2021-02-24	14	2nd	17 40 44 45
2021-01-23	17	4th	6 8 10 40
2020-12-14	1	3rd	5 23 40 44
2020-12-12	7	4th	16 35 38 40
2020-11-25	4	4th	4 6 35 40
2020-11-16	6	4th	3 12 26 40
2020-11-02	5	2nd	21 40 42 45
2020-10-21	3	3rd	6 38 40 45
2020-10-14	6	3rd	10 18 40 41
2020-09-30	21	4th	10 13 26 40
2020-08-12	3	4th	5 30 37 40
2020-08-05	1	4th	11 14 18 40
2020-08-03	5	4th	1 17 24 40
2020-07-22	34	4th	1 7 8 40
2020-05-04	7	3rd	32 39 40 41
2020-04-18	10	4th	24 29 39 40
2020-03-25	4	4th	1 6 18 40
2020-03-16	4	3rd	18 33 40 44
2020-03-07	8	4th	7 33 34 40
2020-02-17	6	4th	19 26 35 40
2020-02-03	9	4th	20 26 34 40
2020-01-13	4	4th	8 17 34 40
2020-01-04	4	3rd	16 38 40 42
2019-12-25	5	4th	2 28 31 40
2019-12-14	7	4th	31 34 39 40
2019-11-27	—	3rd	5 17 40 45