Number 42

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · since Jul 2009 rules — 2,425 draws, 6 from 1–90.

165times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.27σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

14.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

77longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 165 times in 2,425 draws against 161.7 expected, +0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 165 times in 2,425 draws · average wait 14.4 draws · longest completed wait 77 · 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.

1st smallest7 · chance 6.8
2nd smallest29 · chance 31.7
3rd smallest56 · chance 56.4
4th smallest57 · chance 47.8
5th smallest14 · chance 19.3
6th smallest2 · chance 3.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

83 86 3 12 68 78

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 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 — 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.

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
2026-10-03	7	6th	5 12 18 25 28 42
2026-09-22	1	2nd	12 42 57 65 76 77
2026-09-19	11	2nd	20 42 45 48 68 85
2026-09-01	46	1st

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-16	24	5th	15 21 30 31 42 80
2025-04-04	21	1st	42 51 71 77 80 82
2025-02-27	30	4th	29 31 33 42 51 72
2025-01-04	13	2nd	31 42 43 63 83 86
2024-12-13	5	2nd	16 42 54 55 65 83
2024-12-05	11	2nd	4 42 45 72 82 84
2024-11-15	11	4th	2 4 5 42 53 83
2024-10-26	5	4th	14 31 40 42 52 65
2024-10-18	1	4th	19 39 41 42 45 88
2024-10-17	2	4th	2 23 24 42 46 88
2024-10-12	9	5th	11 13 16 22 42 51
2024-09-27	17	3rd	4 14 42 46 53 60
2022-11-26	26	3rd	3 8 42 48 61 72
2022-09-27	2	3rd	5 22 42 49 62 63
2022-09-22	2	3rd	15 30 42 65 75 81
2022-09-17	1	5th	1 10 14 18 42 60
2022-09-15	9	3rd	27 34 42 59 72 76
2022-08-25	3	3rd	33 41 42 84 86 88
2022-08-18	5	3rd	5 25 42 51 71 84
2022-08-06	19	5th	1 21 29 40 42 58
2021-11-18	13	4th	22 24 38 42 44 87
2021-10-19	11	4th	21 28 38 42 66 88
2021-09-23	4	4th	8 21 38 42 49 51
2021-09-14	31	3rd	3 14 42 52 69 81
2021-07-03	7	1st	42 45 52 65 70 85
2021-06-17	3	4th	20 33 39 42 43 78
2021-06-10	44	3rd	27 37 42 44 76 83
2021-02-27	1	3rd	10 37 42 69 72 86
2021-02-25	1	3rd	13 26 42 71 72 73
2021-02-23	10	3rd	7 37 42 57 59 87
2021-01-30	22	3rd	27 35 42 48 56 65
2020-12-10	38	4th	1 6 25 42 75 80
2020-09-12	6	4th	6 15 36 42 67 78
2020-08-29	15	4th	1 3 35 42 55 61
2020-07-25	10	3rd	18 30 42 70 78 80
2020-07-02	8	3rd	12 33 42 56 78 79
2020-06-13	54	2nd	20 42 53 57 62 73
2019-12-28	8	5th	3 8 16 28 42 65
2019-12-10	26	4th	11 37 40 42 58 82
2019-10-10	6	4th	9 12 29 42 65 75
2019-09-26	14	3rd	17 20 42 44 83 90
2019-08-24	1	4th	20 36 40 42 63 86
2019-08-22	5	4th	1 12 24 42 65 67
2019-08-10	5	3rd	10 15 42 57 68 80
2019-07-30	7	4th	6 8 16 42 84 87
2019-07-13	4	5th	3 13 15 36 42 90
2019-07-04	6	2nd	40 42 57 64 80 86
2019-06-20	24	4th	25 26 35 42 65 76
2019-04-27	18	4th	6 17 18 42 64 71
2019-03-14	3	3rd	27 28 42 63 78 86
2019-03-07	8	2nd	8 42 51 62 80 84
2019-02-16	6	3rd	10 17 42 59 61 80
2019-02-02	17	2nd	37 42 52 80 86 88
2018-12-24	4	4th	12 19 36 42 77 87
2018-12-15	17	4th	5 23 36 42 47 79
2018-11-06	21	4th	4 16 24 42 51 84
2018-09-18	10	4th	2 24 31 42 47 55
2018-08-25	28	1st	42 44 54 68 69 81
2018-06-21	10	4th	6 11 37 42 58 62
2018-05-29	13	3rd	19 28 42 49 68 83
2018-04-28	15	4th	2 25 41 42 74 87
2018-03-24	5	3rd	2 24 42 62 66 81
2018-03-13	1	3rd	19 33 42 65 78 85
2018-03-10	45	3rd	11 15 42 64 82 84
2017-11-25	7	4th	16 20 22 42 54 62
2017-11-09	49	4th	8 12 41 42 46 51
2017-07-18	3	3rd	17 34 42 47 75 85
2017-07-11	8	4th	6 12 38 42 49 83
2017-06-22	12	4th	9 18 24 42 59 71
2017-05-25	77	4th	10 33 40 42 46 77
2016-11-26	54	2nd	41 42 44 47 68 69
2016-07-23	17	3rd	1 30 42 61 76 88
2016-06-14	26	4th	25 31 33 42 58 86
2016-04-14	3	4th	1 2 6 42 67 83
2016-04-07	1	2nd	38 42 45 59 66 87
2016-04-05	36	5th	12 23 28 32 42 85
2016-01-12	16	4th	3 9 28 42 50 79
2015-12-05	34	4th	1 28 34 42 49 77
2015-09-17	5	3rd	8 9 42 71 78 79
2015-09-05	11	4th	24 30 36 42 71 86
2015-08-11	10	4th	17 25 32 42 71 85
2015-07-18	3	2nd	22 42 47 62 70 72
2015-07-11	8	5th	8 30 34 39 42 58
2015-06-23	9	5th	20 24 26 33 42 80
2015-06-03	8	4th	3 28 37 42 67 86
2015-05-14	51	3rd	19 25 42 51 55 56
2015-01-15	24	6th	2 5 7 12 23 42
2014-11-20	2	1st	42 45 48 56 68 83
2014-11-15	19	2nd	28 42 62 64 79 80
2014-10-02	4	3rd	3 9 42 50 56 88
2014-09-23	37	3rd	6 25 42 59 78 89
2014-06-28	2	4th	17 20 41 42 49 81
2014-06-24	6	4th	3 22 31 42 73 88
2014-06-10	19	4th	27 29 30 42 48 73
2014-04-26	3	5th	3 9 13 25 42 81
2014-04-19	11	1st	42 45 56 75 79 90
2014-03-25	46	3rd	28 36 42 70 74 78
2013-12-07	1	3rd	2 16 42 67 75 87
2013-12-05	1	3rd	28 34 42 68 71 88
2013-12-03	1	3rd	12 40 42 66 73 80
2013-11-30	25	4th	10 11 35 42 52 89
2013-10-03	3	3rd	7 14 42 43 56 57
2013-09-26	21	3rd	4 38 42 57 64 75
2013-08-08	38	3rd	2 14 42 52 75 79
2013-05-11	18	2nd	10 42 48 67 83 84
2013-03-30	3	2nd	17 42 52 71 74 90
2013-03-23	7	2nd	29 42 45 58 67 86
2013-03-07	15	3rd	26 32 42 46 78 82
2013-01-31	7	2nd	37 42 47 49 53 63
2013-01-15	18	4th	12 24 40 42 70 84
2012-12-04	4	4th	19 33 35 42 49 83
2012-11-24	32	4th	12 26 34 42 48 63
2012-09-11	1	3rd	8 33 42 44 48 89
2012-09-08	2	4th	5 13 31 42 43 73
2012-09-04	6	2nd	34 42 58 60 82 83
2012-08-21	4	2nd	35 42 62 67 76 78
2012-08-11	13	4th	4 11 13 42 54 75
2012-07-12	6	2nd	40 42 54 66 77 86
2012-06-28	2	4th	6 20 25 42 57 80
2012-06-23	11	4th	2 6 26 42 55 86
2012-05-29	36	3rd	38 39 42 49 55 81
2012-03-06	29	2nd	31 42 49 51 68 79
2011-12-29	11	3rd	15 20 42 43 47 83
2011-12-03	44	4th	7 13 16 42 67 68
2011-08-23	8	3rd	2 34 42 43 58 76
2011-08-04	5	4th	3 10 18 42 67 90
2011-07-23	6	2nd	36 42 63 77 81 86
2011-07-09	6	3rd	11 22 42 49 58 89
2011-06-25	25	4th	11 17 35 42 71 76
2011-04-28	20	2nd	38 42 45 69 86 90
2011-03-12	5	3rd	22 26 42 44 58 83
2011-03-01	3	3rd	9 32 42 55 71 90
2011-02-22	34	4th	2 3 38 42 56 74
2010-12-04	19	5th	16 20 36 39 42 51
2010-10-21	5	4th	3 13 33 42 56 85
2010-10-09	2	3rd	24 30 42 54 84 85
2010-10-05	75	3rd	17 38 42 50 68 86
2010-04-13	58	2nd	33 42 46 55 69 90
2009-11-28	4	2nd	3 42 52 67 78 86
2009-11-19	9	3rd	1 35 42 55 57 62
2009-10-29	—	3rd	29 37 42 52 54 59