Number 43

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

116times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.75σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

28longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 33 times, counted separately.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 28 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest1 · chance 1.2
5th smallest17 · chance 23.9
6th smallest98 · chance 90.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 6 21 23 18 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, 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
2026-10-10	5	6th	2 15 16 33 41 43
2026-09-05	6	6th	5 17 27 38 40 43
2026-07-25	3	6th	2 6 8 12 22 43
2026-07-04	3	5th

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-06-10	8	6th	2 11 12 23 42 43
2023-04-15	4	6th	4 16 23 31 39 43
2023-03-18	17	5th	1 6 15 21 43 44
2022-11-19	19	6th	9 12 14 23 31 43
2022-07-09	16	5th	6 23 30 37 43 44
2022-03-19	5	6th	10 24 32 34 38 43
2022-02-12	3	6th	13 35 36 37 42 43
2022-01-22	3	6th	1 12 14 21 39 43
2021-12-31	15	6th	8 14 15 20 32 43
2021-09-18	4	6th	5 6 15 18 36 43
2021-08-21	27	6th	6 19 34 35 40 43
2021-02-13	9	6th	1 3 4 22 42 43
2020-12-12	16	6th	14 16 35 38 40 43
2020-08-22	5	6th	2 7 9 16 33 43
2020-07-18	11	6th	2 18 21 22 35 43
2020-05-02	5	6th	10 14 16 18 31 43
2020-03-28	23	6th	3 7 10 16 37 43
2019-10-19	4	6th	18 21 26 39 41 43
2019-09-21	28	6th	14 29 32 33 40 43
2019-03-09	1	6th	16 17 21 27 29 43
2019-03-02	2	6th	5 10 38 39 40 43
2019-02-16	8	6th	18 19 26 27 38 43
2018-12-22	2	6th	5 9 14 29 41 43
2018-12-08	13	6th	2 6 23 25 26 43
2018-09-08	1	6th	19 22 24 25 42 43
2018-09-01	8	6th	5 10 14 16 36 43
2018-07-07	10	6th	1 6 18 23 29 43
2018-04-28	4	6th	13 29 33 35 38 43
2018-03-31	20	5th	8 15 23 27 43 44
2017-11-11	15	6th	18 19 27 30 38 43
2017-07-29	5	6th	28 30 31 34 42 43
2017-06-24	14	6th	1 5 13 29 32 43
2017-03-18	5	6th	1 10 15 23 36 43
2017-02-11	3	5th	3 18 41 42 43 45
2017-01-21	11	6th	14 17 30 37 41 43
2016-11-05	22	6th	9 23 24 34 38 43
2016-06-04	10	6th	3 12 26 27 38 43
2016-03-26	6	6th	5 9 17 24 32 43
2016-02-13	1	6th	2 8 25 27 28 43
2016-02-06	18	6th	4 26 33 39 40 43
2015-10-03	16	6th	3 6 7 21 22 43
2015-06-13	2	5th	8 20 36 38 43 45
2015-05-30	4	6th	16 20 23 36 38 43
2015-05-02	7	6th	6 15 18 23 35 43
2015-03-14	10	6th	7 9 17 26 42 43
2015-01-03	1	6th	18 21 35 38 39 43
2014-12-27	6	6th	7 16 20 33 39 43
2014-11-15	10	6th	4 9 13 37 42 43
2014-09-06	2	6th	4 10 17 27 34 43
2014-08-23	13	6th	11 29 30 40 41 43
2014-05-24	10	5th	11 13 28 37 43 45
2014-03-15	7	6th	13 33 36 38 39 43
2014-01-25	8	6th	30 35 36 37 42 43
2013-11-30	4	5th	24 27 30 37 43 45
2013-11-02	17	6th	2 5 23 32 40 43
2013-07-06	2	6th	3 8 19 26 29 43
2013-06-22	8	6th	13 17 18 20 21 43
2013-04-27	3	6th	8 15 18 33 40 43
2013-04-06	1	6th	19 20 21 23 25 43
2013-03-30	2	6th	4 29 33 40 41 43
2013-03-16	2	6th	4 24 25 29 32 43
2013-03-02	5	6th	11 13 18 20 42 43
2013-01-26	9	6th	6 12 25 36 39 43
2012-11-24	3	6th	17 26 30 32 42 43
2012-11-03	13	6th	7 12 20 31 38 43
2012-08-04	2	6th	16 19 20 37 39 43
2012-07-21	7	6th	3 6 7 9 23 43
2012-06-02	7	6th	6 17 18 31 36 43
2012-04-14	2	6th	7 8 13 18 25 43
2012-03-31	3	6th	2 6 26 29 41 43
2012-03-10	6	6th	20 21 26 32 41 43
2012-01-28	14	6th	22 28 31 32 40 43
2011-10-22	11	5th	7 19 28 29 43 45
2011-08-06	11	6th	4 6 9 27 39 43
2011-05-21	12	6th	8 13 15 19 27 43
2011-02-26	5	6th	1 4 21 23 24 43
2011-01-22	7	6th	3 15 17 21 34 43
2010-12-04	6	6th	9 10 12 13 39 43
2010-10-23	12	6th	12 23 31 34 39 43
2010-07-31	7	6th	4 14 25 35 41 43
2010-06-12	5	6th	1 7 11 21 23 43
2010-05-08	3	6th	7 21 34 39 42 43
2010-04-17	1	6th	5 6 22 32 36 43
2010-04-10	4	6th	15 17 27 33 40 43
2010-03-13	6	6th	7 17 24 31 42 43
2010-01-30	20	6th	12 13 15 21 22 43
2009-09-12	2	6th	4 21 30 35 42 43
2009-08-29	2	6th	4 23 30 35 36 43
2009-08-15	6	6th	1 18 28 30 37 43
2009-07-04	4	5th	1 13 25 38 43 45
2009-06-06	8	5th	19 20 31 36 43 45
2009-04-11	—	6th	1 2 10 27 41 43