In Lotto under the 5/90 · since Oct 2025 rules — 113 draws, 5 from 1–90.
5times drawn · chance expected 6 −0.52σ
4draws waiting · a wait this long: 84% for any number
23.5average wait between appearances · chance says 18.0
59longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long
42 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 5 times in 113 draws against 6.3 expected, −0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
42
Number 42, draw by draw
Drawn 5 times in 113 draws · average wait 23.5 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 4 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 70 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 71 such strangers 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 — 38th most popular of 90. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/90 tonight whatever it did last week.