Number 42

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

130times drawn · chance expected 116 +1.39σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

53longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 130 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +1.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 130 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 6 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 0.2
2nd smallest4 · chance 2.8
3rd smallest16 · chance 15.8
4th smallest40 · chance 41.1
5th smallest49 · chance 48.8
6th smallest21 · chance 21.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

59 37 58 9 20 15

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, 42 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 42 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-15	20	4th	17 27 28 42 47 59
2026-06-06	18	6th	8 10 26 30 35 42
2026-04-04	33	5th	15 16 23 32 42 46
2025-12-10	1	5th	4 9

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

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