Number 42

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

124times drawn · chance expected 105 +1.98σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

39longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +1.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 124 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 12 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 1.3
3rd smallest19 · chance 13.4
4th smallest50 · chance 49.9
5th smallest55 · chance 59.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 10 27 15 45 47

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
2026-08-28	13	4th	7 14 28 42 45
2026-07-14	7	4th	10 19 37 42 47
2026-06-19	5	5th	8 34 39 41 42
2026-06-02	9	5th	6 9 17

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-17	2	5th	8 15 24 35 42
2025-01-10	8	5th	12 27 36 37 42
2024-12-13	10	4th	1 15 25 42 50
2024-11-08	11	4th	2 33 35 42 48
2024-10-01	5	5th	8 22 29 41 42
2024-09-13	4	5th	10 15 17 31 42
2024-08-30	1	5th	3 24 27 33 42
2024-08-27	32	4th	1 8 11 42 47
2024-05-07	22	4th	35 36 41 42 45
2024-02-20	5	4th	23 31 37 42 48
2024-02-02	2	5th	13 20 23 27 42
2024-01-26	14	5th	8 19 32 41 42
2023-12-08	8	3rd	17 30 42 48 50
2023-11-10	15	5th	10 21 30 38 42
2023-09-19	2	5th	10 15 31 41 42
2023-09-12	18	5th	5 14 36 40 42
2023-07-11	23	4th	2 11 28 42 48
2023-04-21	16	5th	7 8 18 33 42
2023-02-24	2	4th	7 23 34 42 48
2023-02-17	8	4th	8 23 27 42 45
2023-01-20	3	5th	3 6 13 40 42
2023-01-10	3	5th	11 13 34 40 42
2022-12-30	11	3rd	17 34 42 47 48
2022-11-22	6	5th	21 22 24 29 42
2022-11-01	4	3rd	19 37 42 47 48
2022-10-18	3	4th	3 5 13 42 48
2022-10-07	1	3rd	26 27 42 45 50
2022-10-04	15	4th	3 18 28 42 43
2022-08-12	13	5th	14 17 34 35 42
2022-06-28	8	3rd	10 35 42 47 48
2022-05-31	18	4th	3 10 13 42 49
2022-03-29	7	4th	8 11 33 42 43
2022-03-04	1	4th	6 20 40 42 43
2022-03-01	1	5th	8 24 26 39 42
2022-02-25	4	5th	10 13 24 30 42
2022-02-11	18	4th	13 18 38 42 45
2021-12-10	4	5th	11 21 33 38 42
2021-11-26	1	4th	1 20 41 42 50
2021-11-23	8	4th	17 21 36 42 46
2021-10-26	5	4th	12 15 20 42 44
2021-10-08	9	4th	1 10 23 42 46
2021-09-07	6	4th	7 19 35 42 43
2021-08-17	9	4th	12 31 41 42 47
2021-07-16	3	3rd	5 16 42 47 49
2021-07-06	28	5th	2 5 21 27 42
2021-03-30	17	5th	24 27 28 29 42
2021-01-29	2	5th	1 5 27 36 42
2021-01-22	4	3rd	8 16 42 44 47
2021-01-08	1	5th	18 23 37 41 42
2021-01-05	4	5th	12 34 37 38 42
2020-12-22	8	4th	2 10 16 42 50
2020-11-24	10	4th	25 33 38 42 50
2020-10-20	11	5th	5 6 15 37 42
2020-09-11	7	3rd	34 38 42 43 45
2020-08-18	1	5th	6 12 17 34 42
2020-08-14	1	4th	9 10 19 42 49
2020-08-11	2	4th	8 13 14 42 50
2020-08-04	4	5th	1 2 5 15 42
2020-07-21	6	5th	14 15 24 29 42
2020-06-30	36	5th	1 6 11 28 42
2020-02-25	25	5th	1 4 18 27 42
2019-11-29	3	4th	3 7 12 42 50
2019-11-19	6	5th	8 10 15 30 42
2019-10-29	3	4th	16 18 28 42 49
2019-10-18	2	5th	8 18 22 41 42
2019-10-11	5	4th	2 14 19 42 45
2019-09-24	3	3rd	2 33 42 47 48
2019-09-13	6	4th	1 12 27 42 47
2019-08-23	2	4th	4 17 35 42 45
2019-08-16	2	5th	9 10 27 37 42
2019-08-09	4	5th	2 14 35 41 42
2019-07-26	6	5th	2 5 27 37 42
2019-07-05	7	5th	2 9 20 34 42
2019-06-11	7	4th	25 27 39 42 46
2019-05-17	7	3rd	16 28 42 43 45
2019-04-23	11	4th	18 23 27 42 44
2019-03-15	26	4th	3 15 24 42 46
2018-12-14	1	4th	12 29 38 42 44
2018-12-11	2	5th	4 7 13 23 42
2018-12-04	6	4th	19 20 21 42 45
2018-11-13	8	5th	2 7 10 13 42
2018-10-16	13	5th	15 28 37 40 42
2018-08-31	1	5th	4 30 31 38 42
2018-08-28	2	4th	4 16 32 42 46
2018-08-21	6	3rd	16 23 42 43 49
2018-07-31	12	4th	20 25 34 42 45
2018-06-19	14	4th	7 19 26 42 50
2018-05-01	39	4th	6 15 17 42 48
2017-12-15	5	4th	25 30 31 42 50
2017-11-28	3	5th	1 6 12 18 42
2017-11-17	16	5th	20 26 35 36 42
2017-09-22	4	5th	6 11 31 39 42
2017-09-08	6	3rd	9 24 42 47 49
2017-08-18	11	4th	2 24 39 42 45
2017-07-11	7	4th	14 22 26 42 50
2017-06-16	4	5th	15 17 38 41 42
2017-06-02	3	5th	8 10 24 33 42
2017-05-23	24	5th	8 15 25 27 42
2017-02-28	30	5th	10 20 31 35 42
2016-11-15	—	4th	7 15 36 42 48