Number 42

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

92times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.91σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 57% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

34longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 791 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest7 · chance 4.6
4th smallest32 · chance 30.0
5th smallest53 · chance 57.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 19 21 31 11 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 — 33rd most popular of 47. 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
2026-09-21	4	5th	24 28 37 40 42
2026-09-07	1	5th	4 18 22 24 42
2026-09-03	25	4th	16 17 22 42 47
2026-06-08	12	5th	1 14 20 23

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-11	10	5th	11 13 19 27 42
2024-03-07	6	5th	11 29 32 34 42
2024-02-15	10	5th	5 11 25 30 42
2024-01-11	12	5th	15 16 23 35 42
2023-11-30	8	3rd	5 40 42 43 46
2023-11-02	16	4th	12 20 41 42 46
2023-09-07	18	5th	3 9 21 26 42
2023-07-06	4	5th	1 10 17 18 42
2023-06-22	18	4th	10 11 31 42 43
2023-04-20	13	4th	10 28 29 42 46
2023-03-06	13	4th	3 20 24 42 45
2023-01-19	4	4th	15 30 40 42 47
2023-01-05	2	5th	3 29 36 40 42
2022-12-29	6	5th	16 27 39 40 42
2022-12-08	2	5th	1 3 21 38 42
2022-12-01	7	4th	12 34 40 42 47
2022-11-07	7	5th	10 12 13 21 42
2022-10-13	10	4th	6 15 34 42 46
2022-09-08	20	4th	2 7 31 42 44
2022-06-30	18	4th	18 22 29 42 44
2022-04-28	4	4th	5 13 21 42 47
2022-04-14	1	5th	11 17 28 34 42
2022-04-11	4	4th	3 11 25 42 47
2022-03-28	3	3rd	29 32 42 44 46
2022-03-17	4	4th	18 25 30 42 44
2022-03-03	6	5th	18 26 29 41 42
2022-02-10	4	5th	4 9 31 32 42
2022-01-27	10	5th	15 19 26 40 42
2021-12-23	10	4th	19 22 33 42 44
2021-11-18	5	4th	18 28 39 42 45
2021-11-01	21	5th	2 22 30 38 42
2021-08-19	2	4th	8 31 39 42 47
2021-08-12	8	4th	11 18 22 42 43
2021-07-15	18	5th	7 8 11 27 42
2021-05-13	6	4th	12 30 40 42 47
2021-04-22	4	5th	14 30 36 41 42
2021-04-08	3	5th	19 21 24 32 42
2021-03-29	10	4th	17 28 39 42 43
2021-02-22	3	5th	4 7 16 20 42
2021-02-11	3	5th	27 29 37 41 42
2021-02-01	8	5th	20 23 30 31 42
2021-01-04	10	4th	19 29 35 42 46
2020-11-30	8	4th	11 18 20 42 47
2020-11-02	4	4th	3 16 41 42 44
2020-10-19	6	5th	21 31 32 40 42
2020-09-28	4	5th	6 23 38 41 42
2020-09-14	6	5th	12 19 22 25 42
2020-08-24	5	5th	10 24 25 41 42
2020-08-06	15	4th	2 22 36 42 43
2020-06-15	6	5th	4 15 21 23 42
2020-05-25	10	4th	1 3 24 42 44
2020-04-20	4	5th	2 5 7 19 42
2020-04-06	4	5th	11 23 31 39 42
2020-03-23	3	5th	21 28 35 37 42
2020-03-12	6	5th	7 12 15 39 42
2020-02-20	5	5th	8 19 21 38 42
2020-02-03	3	4th	9 14 40 42 43
2020-01-23	34	5th	7 9 27 34 42
2019-09-26	1	5th	10 19 20 26 42
2019-09-23	1	5th	1 19 26 28 42
2019-09-19	6	5th	21 22 38 39 42
2019-08-29	12	5th	2 22 26 30 42
2019-07-18	2	5th	15 23 25 38 42
2019-07-11	2	4th	4 12 21 42 43
2019-07-04	11	5th	19 20 35 40 42
2019-05-27	4	4th	7 15 41 42 44
2019-05-13	11	4th	2 11 27 42 47
2019-04-04	—	3rd	1 20 42 43 47