Number 43

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

96times drawn · chance expected 108 −1.21σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 63% for any number

12.7average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

50longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −1.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 96 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 12.7 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 6 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 43 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 0.3
3rd smallest14 · chance 12.5
4th smallest81 · chance 83.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 35 42 6 44 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-02	10	4th	27 34 36 43
2026-09-14	5	3rd	16 34 43 44
2026-09-05	7	4th	17 27 40 43
2026-08-24	16	4th	34 38 42 43
2026-07-27	1	2nd

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

2025-09-12	3	4th	4 22 26 43
2025-09-06	2	4th	6 10 21 43
2025-09-03	9	4th	10 11 23 43
2025-08-18	9	3rd	13 38 43 44
2025-08-02	18	4th	21 24 40 43
2025-07-02	50	3rd	22 26 43 45
2025-04-05	42	4th	3 10 42 43
2025-01-22	13	4th	5 9 17 43
2024-12-30	11	4th	9 27 35 43
2024-12-11	23	4th	14 17 24 43
2024-11-01	3	4th	2 20 25 43
2024-10-26	1	4th	1 35 42 43
2024-10-25	3	4th	12 30 41 43
2024-10-19	6	4th	15 26 33 43
2024-10-09	4	4th	7 13 39 43
2024-10-02	5	3rd	3 40 43 45
2024-09-23	15	4th	7 23 33 43
2024-08-28	2	4th	7 8 12 43
2024-08-24	9	4th	5 8 42 43
2024-08-09	20	4th	16 17 30 43
2024-07-05	4	4th	6 11 23 43
2024-06-28	5	4th	26 29 42 43
2024-06-19	18	3rd	3 41 43 44
2024-05-18	4	4th	9 20 32 43
2024-05-08	8	4th	4 28 37 43
2024-04-20	5	3rd	6 16 43 44
2024-04-08	4	4th	9 16 22 43
2024-03-30	10	3rd	15 42 43 44
2024-03-06	10	3rd	22 35 43 45
2024-02-12	17	4th	31 32 37 43
2024-01-03	33	4th	19 27 42 43
2023-10-18	8	4th	13 37 41 43
2023-09-30	24	3rd	20 27 43 45
2023-08-05	7	4th	1 18 24 43
2023-07-19	17	4th	15 19 35 43
2023-06-10	43	4th	12 23 42 43
2023-03-01	24	4th	3 15 38 43
2023-01-04	20	4th	6 30 42 43
2022-11-19	2	4th	9 23 31 43
2022-11-14	26	4th	1 4 22 43
2022-09-14	29	4th	6 10 16 43
2022-07-09	13	3rd	6 23 43 44
2022-06-08	10	4th	21 30 41 43
2022-05-16	25	4th	6 34 35 43
2022-03-19	15	4th	24 32 38 43
2022-02-12	5	4th	13 35 36 43
2022-01-31	5	4th	2 12 21 43
2022-01-19	22	4th	15 25 27 43
2021-11-29	8	4th	2 6 22 43
2021-11-10	9	4th	8 11 24 43
2021-10-20	7	4th	9 14 41 43
2021-10-04	14	4th	16 18 39 43
2021-09-01	5	4th	13 25 31 43
2021-08-21	40	4th	34 35 40 43
2021-05-19	12	4th	8 18 29 43
2021-04-21	19	4th	2 11 34 43
2021-03-08	10	4th	6 9 27 43
2021-02-13	1	4th	1 4 22 43
2021-02-10	22	4th	17 25 37 43
2020-12-21	42	4th	16 25 34 43
2020-09-14	2	4th	16 23 31 43
2020-09-09	8	4th	4 7 37 43
2020-08-22	15	4th	2 9 16 43
2020-07-18	16	4th	2 21 35 43
2020-06-10	17	4th	3 6 28 43
2020-05-02	15	4th	10 16 18 43
2020-03-28	16	4th	7 10 37 43
2020-02-19	19	4th	7 21 36 43
2020-01-06	18	4th	5 16 35 43
2019-11-25	11	4th	11 25 41 43
2019-10-30	1	3rd	25 33 43 44
2019-10-28	—	4th	18 30 38 43