Number 40

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

113times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.28σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

59longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.28σ. 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 18 times, counted separately.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 59 · 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 40 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 0.3
2nd smallest7 · chance 3.7
3rd smallest13 · chance 17.7
4th smallest38 · chance 38.5
5th smallest43 · chance 38.5
6th smallest12 · chance 14.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 9 47 36 2 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd most popular of 59. 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 40 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-11	3	5th	9 13 22 36 40 45
2026-07-01	6	4th	13 33 35 40 43 54
2026-06-10	11	5th	1 12 25 29 40 41
2026-05-02	9	6th	3 4

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: 40 is drawn with probability 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-27	13	5th	3 25 27 33 40 45
2024-06-12	5	2nd	13 40 41 42 51 59
2024-05-25	24	4th	6 28 30 40 53 58
2024-03-02	7	4th	2 20 34 40 48 59
2024-02-07	13	5th	1 2 17 33 40 51
2023-12-23	11	4th	17 29 31 40 47 56
2023-11-15	13	5th	6 7 16 33 40 55
2023-09-30	27	6th	1 8 14 20 24 40
2023-06-28	25	4th	31 32 33 40 56 59
2023-04-01	2	4th	3 7 13 40 43 47
2023-03-25	41	4th	11 13 30 40 43 44
2022-11-02	9	3rd	4 18 40 41 44 46
2022-10-01	15	4th	1 4 9 40 44 58
2022-08-10	9	4th	6 21 24 40 47 52
2022-07-09	5	5th	6 12 15 24 40 48
2022-06-22	10	3rd	21 36 40 46 48 54
2022-05-18	10	4th	18 20 38 40 42 51
2022-04-13	55	5th	1 7 10 30 40 53
2021-10-02	1	5th	32 35 36 37 40 51
2021-09-29	2	4th	15 17 27 40 45 52
2021-09-22	22	4th	13 21 33 40 44 52
2021-07-07	2	5th	2 3 7 20 40 52
2021-06-30	14	5th	12 27 34 38 40 41
2021-05-12	2	4th	10 17 23 40 51 52
2021-05-05	1	4th	8 27 34 40 55 56
2021-05-01	7	6th	7 10 31 32 34 40
2021-04-07	1	3rd	12 38 40 51 57 58
2021-04-03	3	5th	2 8 28 32 40 45
2021-03-24	6	5th	2 3 23 27 40 50
2021-03-03	59	5th	2 3 8 23 40 54
2020-08-08	14	2nd	2 40 49 53 56 58
2020-06-20	4	5th	7 21 26 30 40 48
2020-06-06	5	6th	3 6 12 17 35 40
2020-05-20	6	5th	7 24 26 37 40 57
2020-04-29	15	5th	16 17 32 36 40 47
2020-03-07	11	5th	5 29 35 36 40 44
2020-01-29	17	3rd	7 23 40 42 47 59
2019-11-30	13	5th	8 16 24 36 40 57
2019-10-16	1	5th	4 5 18 29 40 47
2019-10-12	1	5th	23 27 30 36 40 42
2019-10-09	10	3rd	14 22 40 44 55 58
2019-09-04	2	4th	11 13 32 40 45 49
2019-08-28	12	2nd	1 40 41 49 52 57
2019-07-17	9	3rd	5 8 40 41 43 45
2019-06-15	4	2nd	7 40 42 47 52 54
2019-06-01	8	5th	8 26 36 39 40 47
2019-05-04	15	5th	16 17 35 39 40 55
2019-03-13	1	4th	1 11 29 40 46 48
2019-03-09	4	4th	22 27 35 40 46 52
2019-02-23	8	4th	6 9 38 40 42 48
2019-01-26	7	2nd	29 40 42 47 51 56
2019-01-02	1	5th	8 9 10 35 40 53
2018-12-29	15	4th	26 31 38 40 45 57
2018-11-07	4	4th	4 5 9 40 46 59
2018-10-24	1	4th	9 22 32 40 51 59
2018-10-20	2	3rd	12 18 40 42 46 59
2018-10-13	4	3rd	19 26 40 52 56 58
2018-09-29	3	3rd	17 36 40 44 54 58
2018-09-19	17	6th	7 20 25 26 34 40
2018-07-21	16	5th	9 13 16 25 40 46
2018-05-26	9	6th	9 14 19 29 39 40
2018-04-25	3	4th	5 14 18 40 41 50
2018-04-14	14	2nd	10 40 42 46 47 48
2018-02-24	5	4th	2 11 35 40 48 55
2018-02-07	8	5th	5 19 29 34 40 45
2018-01-10	25	5th	6 11 27 29 40 55
2017-10-14	12	3rd	6 22 40 43 47 58
2017-09-02	15	4th	30 33 35 40 41 59
2017-07-12	37	5th	7 14 19 38 40 45
2017-03-04	8	4th	24 38 39 40 49 56
2017-02-04	4	5th	6 9 27 30 40 50
2017-01-21	7	4th	4 13 37 40 52 58
2016-12-28	3	2nd	5 40 47 48 52 54
2016-12-17	1	5th	2 11 18 32 40 54
2016-12-14	5	5th	3 7 8 9 40 58
2016-11-26	14	4th	1 2 28 40 48 49
2016-10-08	17	5th	11 17 20 32 40 42
2016-08-10	4	5th	11 17 35 36 40 59
2016-07-27	10	5th	9 24 26 38 40 46
2016-06-22	7	5th	11 25 36 39 40 57
2016-05-28	17	4th	8 10 36 40 52 57
2016-03-30	3	5th	5 13 24 31 40 41
2016-03-19	3	5th	21 27 31 34 40 54
2016-03-09	1	5th	26 31 35 37 40 49
2016-03-05	17	5th	11 19 29 37 40 41
2016-01-06	1	3rd	8 30 40 50 54 57
2016-01-02	6	4th	12 25 29 40 48 56
2015-12-12	16	4th	15 22 25 40 53 57
2015-10-17	—	4th	8 30 37 40 46 50