Number 43

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

86times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.21σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

46longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 86 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 7 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.1
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.7
4th smallest26 · chance 24.2
5th smallest57 · chance 59.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 5 42 15 40 23

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-17	2	5th	5 9 15 33 43
2026-09-10	5	4th	2 11 23 43 44
2026-08-24	12	5th	11 19 28 38 43
2026-07-13	17	4th	1 19 40 43

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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