Number 42

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2013 rules — 1,643 draws, 6 from 1–49.

186times drawn · chance expected 201 −1.14σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 186 times in 1,643 draws against 201.2 expected, −1.14σ. 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 35 times, counted separately.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 186 times in 1,643 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 55 · 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 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 0.2
3rd smallest2 · chance 3.1
4th smallest20 · chance 24.3
5th smallest69 · chance 77.0
6th smallest95 · chance 81.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 28 8 5 21 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 — 33rd most popular of 49. 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
2026-10-12	31	5th	2 5 26 40 42 45
2026-08-01	6	4th	3 7 15 42 43 49
2026-07-18	9	6th	7 11 20 31 40 42
2026-06-27	14	6th	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-09	32	6th	2 4 6 14 15 42
2024-08-26	2	6th	7 12 26 30 34 42
2024-08-22	8	6th	8 31 33 40 41 42
2024-08-03	2	6th	10 18 25 27 35 42
2024-07-29	1	6th	12 20 22 27 36 42
2024-07-27	11	5th	1 5 13 32 42 44
2024-07-01	11	5th	1 2 5 28 42 49
2024-06-06	4	4th	5 14 15 42 44 49
2024-05-27	7	5th	9 14 31 41 42 43
2024-05-11	1	6th	5 31 36 38 40 42
2024-05-09	4	6th	11 16 22 31 37 42
2024-04-29	3	5th	1 11 24 35 42 43
2024-04-22	22	6th	4 14 22 29 35 42
2024-03-02	11	6th	2 10 22 23 33 42
2024-02-05	2	6th	3 5 15 34 39 42
2024-02-01	1	6th	8 14 23 33 35 42
2024-01-29	4	6th	10 11 21 25 32 42
2024-01-20	2	5th	5 8 10 26 42 43
2024-01-15	49	6th	1 2 7 9 21 42
2023-09-23	1	5th	20 21 26 37 42 49
2023-09-21	5	6th	9 16 17 22 39 42
2023-09-09	3	6th	8 11 13 20 27 42
2023-09-02	2	5th	19 25 30 39 42 44
2023-08-28	2	3rd	3 22 42 43 46 48
2023-08-24	2	5th	13 18 38 39 42 46
2023-08-19	3	6th	2 3 12 26 31 42
2023-08-12	1	6th	12 13 15 28 40 42
2023-08-10	6	6th	10 17 20 25 28 42
2023-07-27	12	5th	4 10 20 24 42 48
2023-06-29	9	5th	5 32 35 41 42 45
2023-06-08	10	6th	1 9 15 17 39 42
2023-05-15	2	6th	3 6 16 25 34 42
2023-05-11	7	5th	14 24 34 38 42 45
2023-04-24	5	6th	1 10 11 15 30 42
2023-04-13	2	6th	9 23 24 26 36 42
2023-04-08	8	5th	19 23 30 37 42 47
2023-03-20	2	6th	21 24 27 37 41 42
2023-03-16	10	5th	14 23 28 40 42 45
2023-02-20	20	6th	3 13 22 29 38 42
2023-01-05	1	6th	11 20 30 32 37 42
2023-01-02	14	4th	23 25 27 42 44 46
2022-12-01	14	5th	8 9 28 29 42 45
2022-10-29	6	5th	4 7 13 29 42 44
2022-10-15	2	6th	5 16 28 29 41 42
2022-10-10	8	6th	1 6 18 19 40 42
2022-09-22	7	4th	11 12 14 42 44 47
2022-09-05	18	5th	8 9 25 38 42 48
2022-07-25	37	5th	2 5 19 30 42 43
2022-03-26	8	6th	1 12 13 14 15 42
2022-02-26	28	6th	3 15 32 38 40 42
2021-11-20	10	5th	3 20 26 33 42 44
2021-10-16	4	4th	6 10 21 42 43 47
2021-10-02	2	5th	10 21 25 33 42 43
2021-09-25	1	5th	10 14 23 38 42 48
2021-09-23	12	6th	12 20 23 27 29 42
2021-08-12	9	6th	20 27 35 36 41 42
2021-07-10	7	6th	15 20 21 25 32 42
2021-06-17	2	6th	8 15 21 25 37 42
2021-06-10	3	6th	2 19 26 29 41 42
2021-05-29	9	6th	6 7 19 21 31 42
2021-04-29	11	5th	1 4 36 37 42 43
2021-03-20	3	6th	11 13 23 24 41 42
2021-03-11	2	6th	1 2 17 28 36 42
2021-03-04	1	6th	2 7 8 13 32 42
2021-02-27	6	5th	14 19 29 34 42 48
2021-02-06	4	6th	7 15 22 37 41 42
2021-01-23	1	6th	5 11 22 28 30 42
2021-01-21	25	4th	8 14 31 42 43 44
2020-10-24	3	5th	9 17 24 41 42 47
2020-10-15	3	5th	1 10 13 23 42 48
2020-10-03	4	5th	5 12 13 27 42 48
2020-09-19	7	5th	7 17 19 35 42 44
2020-08-27	11	4th	9 16 35 42 47 49
2020-07-18	1	6th	4 13 38 39 40 42
2020-07-16	6	4th	13 15 26 42 45 47
2020-06-25	1	5th	27 30 32 35 42 47
2020-06-20	7	5th	8 9 24 28 42 47
2020-05-28	8	5th	18 24 28 31 42 49
2020-02-27	8	6th	16 18 24 25 34 42
2020-01-30	9	6th	19 25 28 29 34 42
2019-12-28	2	5th	5 7 27 39 42 48
2019-12-21	4	5th	8 11 37 38 42 45
2019-12-07	4	6th	2 13 34 36 41 42
2019-11-23	4	6th	5 7 8 9 17 42
2019-11-09	3	4th	1 24 29 42 44 45
2019-10-31	2	5th	5 7 15 29 42 44
2019-10-24	5	6th	5 13 19 38 39 42
2019-10-05	1	6th	2 7 21 24 30 42
2019-10-03	1	6th	10 19 20 25 39 42
2019-09-28	32	5th	10 15 21 22 42 43
2019-06-08	13	6th	5 23 25 28 30 42
2019-04-25	20	6th	4 15 16 21 28 42
2019-02-14	4	6th	3 10 28 34 40 42
2019-01-31	9	6th	5 7 23 25 33 42
2018-12-29	1	6th	7 15 20 28 32 42
2018-12-27	4	6th	1 23 29 31 35 42
2018-12-13	2	4th	2 10 41 42 44 45
2018-12-06	11	5th	19 20 32 37 42 49
2018-10-27	1	6th	8 15 16 34 40 42
2018-10-25	8	6th	7 12 13 19 31 42
2018-09-27	11	6th	4 10 17 18 21 42
2018-08-18	12	6th	7 25 35 37 41 42
2018-07-07	22	5th	6 9 10 11 42 44
2018-04-21	21	5th	8 17 19 29 42 43
2018-02-08	2	6th	12 18 19 24 32 42
2018-02-01	7	4th	1 4 38 42 46 49
2018-01-06	1	5th	19 28 33 40 42 48
2018-01-04	1	6th	6 9 13 24 35 42
2017-12-30	16	5th	8 9 11 21 42 44
2017-11-04	5	4th	19 25 27 42 47 48
2017-10-19	5	6th	7 11 16 31 41 42
2017-09-30	10	6th	4 6 31 33 35 42
2017-08-26	12	5th	7 19 23 28 42 49
2017-07-15	15	4th	11 23 32 42 46 47
2017-05-25	3	6th	18 21 28 32 34 42
2017-05-13	13	6th	3 9 28 29 41 42
2017-03-30	8	5th	13 20 33 35 42 48
2017-03-02	2	5th	22 25 29 41 42 43
2017-02-23	5	5th	11 12 17 27 42 48
2017-02-04	19	6th	8 26 31 32 39 42
2016-12-01	13	5th	22 30 33 40 42 45
2016-10-15	4	4th	1 22 27 42 43 49
2016-10-01	1	6th	2 7 16 20 35 42
2016-09-29	1	6th	8 14 28 39 40 42
2016-09-24	1	4th	4 9 21 42 45 48
2016-09-22	4	4th	9 15 18 42 43 49
2016-09-08	14	5th	4 5 7 29 42 46
2016-07-21	20	5th	4 5 22 36 42 47
2016-05-12	2	5th	18 22 23 25 42 44
2016-05-05	36	3rd	8 26 42 46 48 49
2015-12-31	2	6th	5 30 33 37 41 42
2015-12-24	4	6th	3 18 26 37 39 42
2015-12-10	24	6th	21 22 32 33 38 42
2015-09-17	3	6th	16 17 23 24 39 42
2015-09-05	3	5th	5 17 21 23 42 46
2015-08-27	3	6th	8 13 24 32 39 42
2015-08-15	15	6th	12 19 24 39 40 42
2015-06-25	9	6th	1 2 7 8 11 42
2015-05-23	30	6th	2 4 6 31 39 42
2015-02-07	2	6th	12 21 28 30 38 42
2015-01-31	6	5th	8 13 23 38 42 48
2015-01-10	8	5th	18 27 37 41 42 49
2014-12-13	5	6th	1 25 27 36 39 42
2014-11-27	3	6th	2 8 22 33 37 42
2014-11-15	11	4th	2 11 30 42 48 49
2014-10-09	20	6th	4 7 14 38 39 42
2014-07-31	3	4th	2 18 40 42 43 46
2014-07-19	7	5th	3 12 21 37 42 47
2014-06-26	7	5th	5 14 17 41 42 49
2014-05-31	11	5th	4 12 14 30 42 43
2014-04-24	32	5th	3 12 19 26 42 48
2014-01-02	10	6th	21 33 35 37 41 42
2013-11-28	4	5th	12 15 28 37 42 49
2013-11-14	2	5th	2 9 20 39 42 48
2013-11-07	11	6th	28 30 32 33 37 42
2013-09-28	34	5th	4 28 29 33 42 47
2013-06-01	2	6th	6 7 12 18 26 42
2013-05-25	4	5th	9 24 30 37 42 49
2013-05-11	3	6th	9 14 21 25 26 42
2013-05-02	11	6th	8 16 21 32 40 42
2013-03-23	21	6th	16 17 31 32 41 42
2013-01-10	—	4th	29 32 34 42 44 46