Number 41

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

120times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.41σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

53longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

41 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 41, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 4 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 41 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 0.2
2nd smallest1 · chance 3.2
3rd smallest19 · chance 16.7
4th smallest41 · chance 39.6
5th smallest44 · chance 43.1
6th smallest15 · chance 17.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 3 34 54 57 19

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, 41 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 41 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-22	16	3rd	11 28 41 48 57 59
2026-06-27	3	3rd	22 34 41 43 54 56
2026-06-17	2	4th	26 31 36 41 45 51
2026-06-10	30	6th	1 12

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

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