In Western Max under the 7/50 · since May 2025 rules — 145 draws, 7 from 1–50.
25times drawn · chance expected 20 +1.12σ
9draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number
5.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1
33longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long
42 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 25 times in 145 draws against 20.3 expected, +1.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
42
Number 42, draw by draw
Drawn 25 times in 145 draws · average wait 5.6 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 9 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.
Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 2 such strangers 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.
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.