Number 43

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

109times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.67σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

42longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 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 43, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 2 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 smallest1 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 1.8
3rd smallest10 · chance 11.5
4th smallest29 · chance 32.8
5th smallest46 · chance 42.6
6th smallest21 · chance 20.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 5 11 58 6 41

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-29	17	5th	2 6 28 33 43 54
2026-07-01	1	5th	13 33 35 40 43 54
2026-06-27	1	4th	22 34 41 43 54 56
2026-06-24	13	6th	7 8

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

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