Number 40

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

123times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.07σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

29longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 123 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 39 times, counted separately.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 123 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 2 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.8
4th smallest12 · chance 10.4
5th smallest47 · chance 46.6
6th smallest64 · chance 65.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 41 6 28 1 27

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
2026-09-26	3	6th	2 6 25 27 31 40
2026-09-05	12	5th	5 17 27 38 40 43
2026-06-13	3	5th	12 16 30 31 40 43
2026-05-23	5	6th

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-10-15	2	6th	5 7 11 12 24 40
2022-10-01	10	6th	9 20 25 30 32 40
2022-07-23	15	6th	3 20 24 32 38 40
2022-04-09	4	6th	1 8 19 31 35 40
2022-03-12	1	5th	4 29 35 37 40 41
2022-03-05	5	6th	2 16 18 19 30 40
2022-01-29	11	6th	8 9 22 23 34 40
2021-11-13	5	6th	17 22 26 29 32 40
2021-10-09	2	5th	18 22 24 34 40 42
2021-09-25	5	6th	6 28 29 33 36 40
2021-08-21	4	5th	6 19 34 35 40 43
2021-07-24	5	6th	12 16 26 27 30 40
2021-06-19	14	5th	12 14 30 34 40 41
2021-03-13	7	6th	15 17 22 27 37 40
2021-01-23	6	6th	1 6 8 10 29 40
2020-12-12	15	5th	14 16 35 38 40 43
2020-08-29	19	5th	13 16 20 25 40 44
2020-04-18	5	5th	23 24 29 39 40 41
2020-03-14	1	4th	8 13 27 40 41 42
2020-03-07	9	6th	3 7 28 33 34 40
2020-01-04	3	5th	11 16 33 38 40 42
2019-12-14	12	6th	1 9 31 34 39 40
2019-09-21	29	5th	14 29 32 33 40 43
2019-03-02	20	5th	5 10 38 39 40 43
2018-10-13	1	6th	3 6 10 34 37 40
2018-10-06	10	6th	1 2 7 22 34 40
2018-07-28	2	6th	21 27 29 31 37 40
2018-07-14	2	5th	6 11 12 32 40 45
2018-06-30	5	6th	1 14 20 25 26 40
2018-05-26	17	6th	10 21 25 29 38 40
2018-01-27	10	6th	1 4 7 11 32 40
2017-11-18	3	5th	6 19 26 28 40 42
2017-10-28	5	5th	1 13 17 38 40 44
2017-09-23	2	4th	6 8 13 40 44 45
2017-09-09	17	5th	12 21 28 35 40 42
2017-05-13	4	6th	1 16 21 30 35 40
2017-04-15	11	5th	3 15 26 32 40 44
2017-01-28	3	6th	6 10 19 28 37 40
2017-01-07	1	5th	7 19 20 22 40 41
2016-12-31	6	6th	4 11 16 18 31 40
2016-11-19	5	6th	1 12 14 16 24 40
2016-10-15	6	6th	2 8 21 22 31 40
2016-09-03	5	6th	7 23 28 32 36 40
2016-07-30	25	5th	27 32 33 37 40 45
2016-02-06	5	5th	4 26 33 39 40 43
2016-01-02	3	4th	3 10 31 40 44 45
2015-12-12	1	6th	6 7 8 11 31 40
2015-12-05	6	5th	15 18 28 32 40 42
2015-10-24	29	6th	1 15 18 29 37 40
2015-04-04	4	4th	1 24 34 40 44 45
2015-03-07	24	4th	3 6 24 40 41 44
2014-09-20	3	6th	1 12 22 27 38 40
2014-08-30	1	5th	2 14 24 37 40 44
2014-08-23	4	4th	11 29 30 40 41 43
2014-07-26	4	5th	5 7 12 28 40 45
2014-06-28	16	4th	1 17 20 40 42 44
2014-03-08	3	5th	3 19 27 38 40 42
2014-02-15	2	6th	6 27 28 32 39 40
2014-02-01	3	4th	11 16 32 40 41 45
2014-01-11	1	6th	7 14 23 27 38 40
2014-01-04	1	6th	5 6 10 28 32 40
2013-12-28	8	6th	17 22 24 25 26 40
2013-11-02	7	5th	2 5 23 32 40 43
2013-09-14	9	6th	3 11 20 28 34 40
2013-07-13	6	6th	5 9 14 27 37 40
2013-06-01	5	5th	12 15 30 37 40 44
2013-04-27	4	5th	8 15 18 33 40 43
2013-03-30	17	4th	4 29 33 40 41 43
2012-12-01	3	5th	11 17 25 30 40 41
2012-11-10	4	5th	1 4 25 27 40 41
2012-10-13	1	6th	2 11 13 15 26 40
2012-10-06	14	5th	18 20 23 32 40 42
2012-06-30	2	6th	8 30 32 33 37 40
2012-06-16	6	6th	16 18 25 35 36 40
2012-05-05	13	6th	7 9 12 15 27 40
2012-02-04	1	5th	3 10 20 28 40 41
2012-01-28	11	5th	22 28 31 32 40 43
2011-11-12	19	6th	4 5 10 17 22 40
2011-07-02	9	6th	6 10 14 17 39 40
2011-04-30	4	6th	1 7 15 33 35 40
2011-04-02	3	5th	10 14 24 30 40 41
2011-03-12	25	6th	4 13 17 21 38 40
2010-09-18	5	5th	7 18 31 35 40 44
2010-08-14	1	6th	2 12 13 29 31 40
2010-08-07	3	5th	5 28 35 39 40 41
2010-07-17	1	6th	2 11 17 19 39 40
2010-07-10	1	5th	17 23 30 38 40 42
2010-07-03	5	6th	1 6 10 15 26 40
2010-05-29	1	6th	2 12 19 22 30 40
2010-05-22	6	6th	7 8 16 17 27 40
2010-04-10	3	5th	15 17 27 33 40 43
2010-03-20	3	6th	10 12 15 26 29 40
2010-02-27	13	6th	20 26 29 31 33 40
2009-11-28	9	6th	11 19 28 36 37 40
2009-09-26	5	6th	1 7 13 16 30 40
2009-08-22	2	6th	7 11 32 37 38 40
2009-08-08	1	6th	14 19 29 33 39 40
2009-08-01	9	6th	5 16 24 27 28 40
2009-05-30	—	5th	6 26 33 34 40 45