Number 42

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

173times drawn · chance expected 147 +2.31σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

33longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 173 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +2.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 173 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 1 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 0.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.0
4th smallest12 · chance 13.5
5th smallest65 · chance 63.9
6th smallest95 · chance 94.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 27 37 10 24 47

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
2026-10-07	3	6th	3 17 26 29 37 42
2026-09-26	3	6th	6 13 14 22 36 42
2026-09-16	6	6th	4 7 19 20 35 42
2026-08-26	1	6th	7 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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-16	2	5th	10 16 19 21 42 45
2025-04-09	3	4th	13 21 27 42 43 47
2025-03-29	14	5th	14 24 30 34 42 45
2025-02-08	3	5th	4 5 11 30 42 47
2025-01-29	3	6th	5 12 14 27 34 42
2025-01-18	13	6th	14 25 30 38 39 42
2024-12-04	22	5th	5 19 26 33 42 47
2024-09-18	1	6th	10 26 30 39 41 42
2024-09-14	3	6th	12 13 20 33 37 42
2024-09-04	3	4th	33 34 37 42 45 47
2024-08-24	1	4th	7 20 28 42 43 45
2024-08-21	1	5th	3 10 13 37 42 47
2024-08-17	4	5th	8 9 14 30 42 47
2024-08-03	11	6th	13 19 24 37 38 42
2024-06-26	11	5th	3 9 12 18 42 46
2024-05-18	2	6th	1 5 12 35 37 42
2024-05-11	1	6th	8 16 24 27 28 42
2024-05-08	2	4th	4 15 28 42 44 47
2024-05-01	4	6th	7 8 11 22 37 42
2024-04-17	1	5th	7 11 25 34 42 44
2024-04-13	21	6th	17 31 33 38 39 42
2024-01-31	2	5th	10 14 21 28 42 46
2024-01-24	17	6th	2 3 22 38 39 42
2023-11-25	2	6th	13 17 21 22 37 42
2023-11-18	1	6th	4 11 19 22 32 42
2023-11-15	3	6th	11 13 16 19 37 42
2023-11-04	1	6th	8 24 29 37 41 42
2023-11-01	10	6th	7 8 9 26 36 42
2023-09-27	5	5th	20 34 35 36 42 44
2023-09-09	13	4th	3 28 29 42 43 46
2023-07-26	3	4th	1 26 30 42 44 47
2023-07-15	4	5th	12 26 28 34 42 45
2023-07-01	2	5th	6 8 11 24 42 46
2023-06-24	10	5th	11 12 31 35 42 47
2023-05-20	11	6th	6 7 11 15 25 42
2023-04-12	1	6th	5 9 14 27 39 42
2023-04-08	18	6th	8 9 15 18 22 42
2023-02-04	3	6th	6 13 14 15 26 42
2023-01-25	3	6th	8 12 14 20 27 42
2023-01-14	8	6th	4 20 23 26 35 42
2022-12-17	8	4th	23 24 37 42 45 46
2022-11-19	2	5th	17 21 27 40 42 45
2022-11-12	3	5th	6 12 22 27 42 46
2022-11-02	12	5th	1 6 29 37 42 44
2022-09-21	10	5th	2 10 18 28 42 44
2022-08-17	13	5th	2 12 21 36 42 44
2022-07-02	9	6th	1 15 17 21 34 42
2022-06-01	3	6th	5 15 20 37 41 42
2022-05-21	4	5th	20 26 29 41 42 45
2022-05-07	5	5th	1 31 35 39 42 46
2022-04-20	3	6th	12 21 22 25 39 42
2022-04-09	33	6th	4 7 17 24 29 42
2021-12-15	7	6th	4 10 21 27 41 42
2021-11-20	3	6th	9 14 22 32 38 42
2021-11-10	21	6th	6 20 29 33 37 42
2021-08-28	8	5th	4 14 25 27 42 45
2021-07-31	6	4th	8 11 29 42 44 46
2021-07-10	6	5th	17 27 30 35 42 47
2021-06-19	4	5th	10 14 33 40 42 45
2021-06-05	8	6th	10 16 17 24 26 42
2021-05-08	9	6th	2 4 14 21 41 42
2021-04-07	18	6th	23 27 39 40 41 42
2021-02-03	7	5th	8 9 26 41 42 44
2021-01-09	2	3rd	10 17 42 43 45 47
2021-01-02	20	5th	3 6 18 26 42 47
2020-10-24	3	6th	1 6 18 29 31 42
2020-10-14	6	6th	4 24 30 38 39 42
2020-09-23	4	6th	2 5 7 29 38 42
2020-09-09	1	5th	22 23 27 30 42 46
2020-09-05	5	4th	1 23 25 42 43 46
2020-08-19	1	5th	5 18 34 40 42 44
2020-08-15	11	6th	3 7 18 36 40 42
2020-07-08	17	6th	10 15 22 24 32 42
2020-05-09	7	5th	13 18 30 41 42 44
2020-04-15	2	6th	7 19 33 37 39 42
2020-04-08	8	6th	10 13 24 32 33 42
2020-03-11	3	6th	3 10 16 37 38 42
2020-02-29	12	6th	5 11 18 35 40 42
2020-01-18	3	6th	4 13 16 23 33 42
2020-01-08	2	5th	2 5 13 31 42 44
2020-01-01	10	5th	4 5 23 30 42 47
2019-11-27	13	5th	11 28 29 39 42 44
2019-10-12	9	5th	1 23 27 33 42 44
2019-09-11	2	6th	2 15 24 33 41 42
2019-09-04	2	6th	7 22 27 30 41 42
2019-08-28	9	6th	1 8 10 35 37 42
2019-07-27	3	6th	4 29 30 33 40 42
2019-07-17	8	5th	7 20 28 29 42 46
2019-06-19	13	6th	7 17 30 31 34 42
2019-05-04	5	5th	22 24 26 39 42 47
2019-04-17	2	6th	7 30 35 37 41 42
2019-04-10	5	5th	3 9 17 29 42 43
2019-03-23	1	5th	9 10 23 29 42 47
2019-03-20	9	6th	1 18 19 25 26 42
2019-02-16	9	6th	3 6 17 28 35 42
2019-01-16	6	6th	6 9 11 27 34 42
2018-12-26	2	5th	1 2 30 41 42 43
2018-12-19	7	6th	1 5 19 24 27 42
2018-11-24	2	6th	21 29 31 38 41 42
2018-11-17	7	6th	3 4 20 21 37 42
2018-10-24	2	5th	8 19 24 29 42 45
2018-10-17	11	5th	13 16 20 39 42 45
2018-09-08	3	6th	5 12 24 36 37 42
2018-08-29	4	6th	26 27 35 40 41 42
2018-08-15	8	6th	15 30 31 33 39 42
2018-07-18	2	6th	2 8 25 33 39 42
2018-07-11	2	5th	2 14 21 39 42 45
2018-07-04	4	5th	6 25 29 33 42 46
2018-06-20	16	5th	11 26 32 36 42 47
2018-04-25	4	6th	18 30 31 32 33 42
2018-04-11	11	6th	2 7 33 35 40 42
2018-03-03	2	5th	23 25 33 39 42 46
2018-02-24	21	5th	1 10 30 31 42 47
2017-12-13	3	5th	31 38 39 40 42 47
2017-12-02	6	6th	10 11 18 27 28 42
2017-11-11	9	5th	9 16 27 41 42 47
2017-10-11	4	5th	18 23 25 26 42 43
2017-09-27	1	6th	19 24 31 36 38 42
2017-09-23	9	5th	9 26 27 30 42 44
2017-08-23	19	6th	7 19 30 31 37 42
2017-06-17	8	6th	9 14 32 34 40 42
2017-05-20	1	6th	11 17 29 30 38 42
2017-05-17	12	5th	11 32 39 41 42 44
2017-04-05	8	6th	9 10 11 22 30 42
2017-03-08	1	6th	11 13 21 31 32 42
2017-03-04	8	6th	6 12 18 20 41 42
2017-02-04	2	5th	10 21 22 26 42 46
2017-01-28	6	6th	13 14 22 24 25 42
2017-01-07	4	4th	33 36 39 42 45 47
2016-12-24	3	6th	8 10 11 16 40 42
2016-12-14	8	6th	1 7 9 27 35 42
2016-11-16	12	6th	12 14 27 31 37 42
2016-10-05	1	5th	4 17 22 40 42 46
2016-10-01	9	6th	2 5 8 14 40 42
2016-08-31	13	6th	8 14 16 34 35 42
2016-07-16	4	5th	15 28 39 40 42 43
2016-07-02	2	5th	4 11 24 40 42 43
2016-06-25	2	5th	1 4 27 29 42 45
2016-06-18	5	6th	4 6 15 21 22 42
2016-06-01	1	4th	1 15 31 42 44 47
2016-05-28	6	6th	22 28 37 38 41 42
2016-05-07	10	6th	4 5 11 17 34 42
2016-04-02	4	6th	2 3 6 22 25 42
2016-03-19	4	6th	7 13 26 36 39 42
2016-03-05	7	6th	2 8 16 24 33 42
2016-02-10	1	6th	10 22 27 37 41 42
2016-02-06	1	5th	3 4 14 25 42 45
2016-02-03	6	6th	1 4 7 14 15 42
2016-01-13	—	5th	10 14 26 37 42 47