Number 42

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

87times drawn · chance expected 101 −1.51σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

43longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 87 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −1.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 87 times in 722 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 16 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 0.4
4th smallest1 · chance 3.7
5th smallest23 · chance 17.6
6th smallest36 · chance 37.3
7th smallest26 · chance 28.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 36 50 1 3 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 — 34th most popular of 50. 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
2026-02-13	9	6th	3 13 26 36 41 42 43
2026-01-13	18	6th	14 18 21 22 32 42 46
2025-11-11	11	6th	1 4 8 18 27 42

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-29	1	7th	3 6 9 25 30 36 42
2023-12-26	4	5th	1 11 13 17 42 45 49
2023-12-12	6	7th	2 6 22 23 28 30 42
2023-11-21	26	7th	7 13 30 34 37 38 42
2023-08-22	1	6th	2 7 12 19 38 42 50
2023-08-18	14	6th	1 7 29 36 40 42 50
2023-06-30	6	6th	1 13 19 26 35 42 49
2023-06-09	6	6th	7 10 12 31 37 42 44
2023-05-19	8	5th	12 13 35 41 42 44 47
2023-04-21	14	6th	7 8 18 26 33 42 46
2023-03-03	1	5th	10 14 20 37 42 44 46
2023-02-28	6	6th	1 3 8 24 35 42 43
2023-02-07	4	6th	1 13 26 30 37 42 50
2023-01-24	11	6th	10 20 25 29 35 42 45
2022-12-16	8	4th	6 22 25 42 43 45 48
2022-11-18	3	6th	3 5 11 17 26 42 49
2022-11-08	8	7th	4 7 14 18 26 40 42
2022-10-11	30	7th	3 19 33 36 39 40 42
2022-06-28	11	5th	8 19 22 41 42 46 47
2022-05-20	2	5th	5 6 20 29 42 44 47
2022-05-13	5	6th	2 22 37 38 39 42 47
2022-04-26	1	7th	3 10 15 31 35 38 42
2022-04-22	1	7th	13 14 23 30 34 36 42
2022-04-19	18	5th	1 6 10 27 42 45 50
2022-02-15	11	6th	19 26 28 36 40 42 48
2022-01-07	4	5th	4 5 31 39 42 45 50
2021-12-24	8	7th	3 11 24 25 29 32 42
2021-11-26	3	6th	9 26 30 35 37 42 50
2021-11-16	2	7th	5 6 7 17 26 29 42
2021-11-09	1	7th	2 8 16 17 19 26 42
2021-11-05	9	7th	2 10 11 17 19 32 42
2021-10-05	1	6th	2 10 18 19 25 42 48
2021-10-01	7	6th	4 8 15 39 40 42 48
2021-09-07	2	6th	5 8 31 36 41 42 43
2021-08-31	24	6th	3 11 23 26 31 42 50
2021-06-08	1	7th	1 9 14 24 26 37 42
2021-06-04	12	6th	2 3 16 28 31 42 47
2021-04-23	2	7th	1 3 4 11 19 24 42
2021-04-16	11	5th	1 13 19 27 42 49 50
2021-03-09	2	7th	3 7 16 22 29 31 42
2021-03-02	3	5th	9 29 30 36 42 46 49
2021-02-19	5	7th	1 5 10 18 20 40 42
2021-02-02	2	6th	17 24 27 34 38 42 48
2021-01-26	5	3rd	26 37 42 44 46 49 50
2021-01-08	12	7th	4 21 24 25 26 27 42
2020-11-27	2	5th	9 15 35 41 42 45 46
2020-11-20	43	7th	11 17 29 33 39 40 42
2020-06-23	6	6th	2 3 6 13 37 42 46
2020-06-02	8	7th	8 14 16 17 29 41 42
2020-05-05	1	5th	25 28 32 41 42 44 45
2020-05-01	16	6th	3 12 25 36 37 42 49
2020-03-06	25	6th	2 9 10 35 41 42 47
2019-12-10	4	5th	7 11 19 30 42 43 50
2019-11-26	15	5th	13 14 18 22 42 44 47
2019-10-04	3	6th	20 31 35 36 39 42 44
2019-09-24	6	6th	3 22 26 32 38 42 43
2019-09-03	6	6th	6 8 11 13 28 42 48
2019-08-13	15	5th	1 5 38 39 42 47 49
2019-06-21	1	5th	11 16 17 20 42 44 50
2019-06-18	4	6th	1 6 13 15 38 42 49
2019-06-04	1	7th	7 19 22 28 34 41 42
2019-05-31	4	5th	6 29 34 39 42 47 50
2019-05-17	—	6th	4 21 23 39 40 42 50