Number 42

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

125times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.71σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

55longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 125 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 125 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 22 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 42 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 smallest1 · chance 1.2
3rd smallest27 · chance 23.2
4th smallest97 · chance 100.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 15 17 32 45 6

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, 42 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 42 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-04	4	4th	14 17 32 42
2026-08-28	2	4th	16 26 37 42
2026-08-24	3	3rd	34 38 42 43
2026-08-19	7	3rd	28 30 42 45
2026-08-07	1	3rd

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

2025-08-27	18	4th	12 15 31 42
2025-07-26	4	4th	17 23 40 42
2025-07-19	3	4th	7 17 36 42
2025-07-14	3	4th	4 5 40 42
2025-07-09	10	4th	14 32 37 42
2025-06-21	6	4th	6 10 24 42
2025-06-11	19	4th	20 34 36 42
2025-05-09	7	4th	26 29 32 42
2025-04-26	12	4th	1 32 38 42
2025-04-05	1	3rd	3 10 42 43
2025-04-04	7	4th	3 9 40 42
2025-03-22	3	4th	11 16 34 42
2025-03-17	21	3rd	9 38 42 45
2025-02-08	5	4th	6 15 35 42
2025-01-31	1	4th	20 23 35 42
2025-01-29	9	4th	6 11 17 42
2025-01-13	23	4th	25 31 37 42
2024-12-04	5	4th	4 17 22 42
2024-11-25	11	4th	12 14 17 42
2024-11-06	2	4th	18 30 39 42
2024-11-02	4	4th	6 10 18 42
2024-10-26	6	3rd	1 35 42 43
2024-10-16	1	4th	20 26 39 42
2024-10-14	23	4th	17 18 36 42
2024-09-04	6	4th	9 22 35 42
2024-08-24	1	3rd	5 8 42 43
2024-08-23	7	4th	11 29 38 42
2024-08-10	25	3rd	4 37 42 45
2024-06-28	15	3rd	26 29 42 43
2024-06-01	9	4th	22 28 39 42
2024-05-15	5	4th	4 18 41 42
2024-05-04	1	4th	12 14 26 42
2024-05-01	6	4th	7 10 34 42
2024-04-17	8	3rd	1 31 42 44
2024-03-30	15	2nd	15 42 43 44
2024-02-24	6	4th	16 26 38 42
2024-02-10	2	4th	2 12 13 42
2024-02-05	6	4th	8 35 36 42
2024-01-22	7	4th	3 13 27 42
2024-01-06	1	4th	12 17 36 42
2024-01-03	12	3rd	19 27 42 43
2023-12-06	2	4th	11 27 28 42
2023-12-02	35	4th	10 22 23 42
2023-09-11	14	4th	8 18 28 42
2023-08-09	5	4th	2 8 10 42
2023-07-29	21	3rd	3 32 42 45
2023-06-10	8	3rd	12 23 42 43
2023-05-22	14	3rd	12 31 42 45
2023-04-19	1	3rd	18 33 42 44
2023-04-17	10	3rd	4 21 42 45
2023-03-25	6	4th	9 14 39 42
2023-03-11	17	4th	4 9 10 42
2023-01-30	11	4th	11 20 39 42
2023-01-04	1	3rd	6 30 42 43
2023-01-02	1	4th	6 10 31 42
2022-12-31	2	4th	11 23 35 42
2022-12-26	5	4th	7 21 35 42
2022-12-14	9	4th	23 29 31 42
2022-11-23	11	4th	10 25 36 42
2022-10-29	7	4th	6 7 9 42
2022-10-12	3	4th	10 15 41 42
2022-10-05	3	4th	15 27 29 42
2022-09-28	12	4th	5 29 32 42
2022-08-31	21	3rd	1 24 42 44
2022-07-13	3	4th	9 23 32 42
2022-07-06	2	4th	8 10 39 42
2022-07-02	22	4th	10 15 17 42
2022-05-11	1	3rd	26 39 42 45
2022-05-09	4	3rd	24 40 42 45
2022-04-30	25	4th	8 10 20 42
2022-03-02	29	4th	15 27 31 42
2021-12-25	4	4th	6 21 31 42
2021-12-15	55	4th	10 11 34 42
2021-08-09	8	4th	7 20 41 42
2021-07-21	1	4th	11 15 16 42
2021-07-19	22	4th	12 34 39 42
2021-05-29	20	4th	2 7 28 42
2021-04-12	1	4th	5 11 32 42
2021-04-10	2	4th	7 20 26 42
2021-04-05	6	4th	2 17 36 42
2021-03-22	5	4th	6 8 18 42
2021-03-10	2	4th	6 26 30 42
2021-03-06	1	4th	16 26 32 42
2021-03-03	7	4th	7 24 40 42
2021-02-15	5	4th	5 25 28 42
2021-02-03	6	4th	8 16 36 42
2021-01-20	22	4th	12 20 22 42
2020-11-30	12	4th	13 31 38 42
2020-11-02	30	3rd	21 40 42 45
2020-08-24	10	4th	12 32 38 42
2020-08-01	11	4th	8 9 23 42
2020-07-06	1	4th	1 15 41 42
2020-07-04	4	4th	17 31 33 42
2020-06-24	25	3rd	3 41 42 45
2020-04-27	15	3rd	3 13 42 45
2020-03-23	4	4th	10 16 20 42
2020-03-14	28	4th	13 27 41 42
2020-01-08	2	4th	9 13 24 42
2020-01-04	14	4th	16 38 40 42
2019-12-02	6	4th	14 16 32 42
2019-11-18	—	4th	8 28 39 42