Number 43

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

88times drawn · chance expected 105 −1.73σ

42draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

11.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

51longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −1.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 42 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 11.5 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 42 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 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 0.6
3rd smallest6 · chance 7.5
4th smallest33 · chance 33.4
5th smallest49 · chance 46.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 31 44 46 4 20

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-05-15	14	5th	3 10 38 41 43
2026-03-27	9	3rd	4 10 43 44 48
2026-02-24	8	4th	10 27 40 43 47
2026-01-27	11	4th	4 23 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: 43 is drawn with probability 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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