Number 40

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

208times drawn · chance expected 203 +0.36σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

39longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 208 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 39 times, counted separately.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 208 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 8 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 40 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest208 · chance 208.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 13 22 29 15 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd most popular of 40. 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 40 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-12	6	6th	3 4 26 29 38 40
2026-08-22	2	6th	3 14 20 22 37 40
2026-08-15	10	6th	14 15 17 22 32 40
2026-07-11	1	6th	10 21

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: 40 is drawn with probability 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-26	1	6th	2 5 11 13 23 40
2025-04-23	6	6th	10 19 22 24 31 40
2025-04-02	18	6th	14 25 26 29 33 40
2025-01-29	4	6th	1 3 15 16 27 40
2025-01-15	1	6th	3 9 20 34 37 40
2025-01-11	14	6th	7 10 13 22 37 40
2024-11-23	1	6th	3 17 22 27 29 40
2024-11-20	4	6th	7 15 20 30 38 40
2024-11-06	6	6th	7 17 30 31 38 40
2024-10-16	11	6th	5 6 11 17 18 40
2024-09-07	9	6th	2 4 8 9 33 40
2024-08-07	5	6th	13 15 29 30 31 40
2024-07-20	3	6th	2 4 10 25 30 40
2024-07-10	7	6th	2 7 16 23 30 40
2024-06-15	8	6th	3 8 13 20 38 40
2024-05-18	14	6th	13 20 21 22 31 40
2024-03-30	8	6th	3 20 29 30 32 40
2024-03-02	5	6th	1 5 6 28 29 40
2024-02-14	1	6th	22 25 26 27 32 40
2024-02-10	3	6th	5 10 17 28 33 40
2024-01-31	2	6th	2 6 10 25 36 40
2024-01-24	2	6th	3 5 12 13 26 40
2024-01-17	7	6th	1 3 12 18 25 40
2023-12-23	1	6th	12 14 30 35 38 40
2023-12-20	2	6th	2 15 26 37 38 40
2023-12-13	2	6th	4 10 21 24 34 40
2023-12-06	7	6th	17 23 27 34 36 40
2023-11-11	6	6th	5 19 23 31 39 40
2023-10-21	1	6th	8 13 26 29 33 40
2023-10-18	7	6th	6 11 13 28 36 40
2023-09-23	3	6th	15 25 27 28 37 40
2023-09-13	4	6th	1 2 16 21 33 40
2023-08-30	6	6th	9 17 22 30 36 40
2023-08-09	13	6th	4 13 14 34 35 40
2023-06-24	4	6th	6 7 21 22 23 40
2023-06-10	6	6th	2 10 15 23 24 40
2023-05-20	6	6th	14 31 32 37 38 40
2023-04-29	1	6th	4 8 25 27 36 40
2023-04-26	7	6th	3 15 23 29 36 40
2023-04-01	16	6th	7 10 18 20 33 40
2023-02-04	4	6th	11 13 19 21 36 40
2023-01-21	13	6th	4 19 28 35 37 40
2022-12-07	6	6th	8 9 13 23 25 40
2022-11-16	1	6th	2 13 23 24 34 40
2022-11-12	10	6th	13 22 25 26 37 40
2022-10-08	25	6th	4 10 12 25 31 40
2022-07-13	5	6th	2 3 6 9 15 40
2022-06-25	4	6th	4 20 33 37 39 40
2022-06-11	6	6th	3 4 5 21 24 40
2022-05-21	11	6th	12 15 19 28 39 40
2022-04-13	4	6th	4 5 31 32 39 40
2022-03-30	3	6th	4 5 6 15 22 40
2022-03-19	9	6th	17 20 23 30 31 40
2022-02-16	14	6th	5 7 33 34 38 40
2021-12-29	14	6th	5 7 12 13 39 40
2021-11-10	3	6th	9 12 18 21 37 40
2021-10-30	4	6th	5 7 8 17 21 40
2021-10-16	5	6th	2 7 19 28 32 40
2021-09-29	1	6th	12 23 25 33 38 40
2021-09-25	11	6th	5 16 19 23 33 40
2021-08-18	5	6th	1 5 18 23 32 40
2021-07-31	8	6th	6 8 23 29 34 40
2021-07-03	19	6th	4 5 12 21 22 40
2021-04-28	3	6th	6 7 18 23 35 40
2021-04-17	8	6th	1 8 22 24 35 40
2021-03-20	6	6th	1 11 17 23 31 40
2021-02-27	5	6th	15 23 26 32 38 40
2021-02-10	5	6th	8 19 20 24 26 40
2021-01-23	10	6th	4 6 16 20 30 40
2020-12-19	5	6th	5 16 31 37 39 40
2020-12-02	5	6th	2 4 6 25 30 40
2020-11-14	5	6th	10 23 26 29 39 40
2020-10-28	2	6th	12 17 28 35 37 40
2020-10-21	1	6th	1 6 18 26 38 40
2020-10-17	3	6th	14 19 20 22 23 40
2020-10-07	5	6th	6 19 23 29 39 40
2020-09-19	7	6th	6 7 17 26 34 40
2020-08-26	8	6th	7 13 15 18 32 40
2020-07-29	1	6th	6 21 28 36 37 40
2020-07-25	1	6th	10 11 12 28 38 40
2020-07-22	3	6th	4 10 18 20 30 40
2020-07-11	5	6th	8 16 18 21 29 40
2020-06-24	6	6th	4 29 34 35 39 40
2020-06-03	16	6th	2 29 30 33 35 40
2020-04-08	8	6th	5 11 20 25 26 40
2020-03-11	2	6th	8 13 21 22 29 40
2020-03-04	3	6th	5 14 30 36 39 40
2020-02-22	5	6th	8 15 22 36 39 40
2020-02-05	7	6th	2 3 6 15 31 40
2020-01-11	3	6th	9 13 16 26 33 40
2020-01-01	23	6th	14 23 33 34 38 40
2019-10-12	17	6th	19 23 25 27 30 40
2019-08-14	2	6th	15 19 23 31 35 40
2019-08-07	2	6th	3 7 11 24 25 40
2019-07-31	18	6th	4 10 16 22 25 40
2019-05-29	14	6th	8 10 20 26 30 40
2019-04-10	1	6th	17 22 31 32 33 40
2019-04-06	12	6th	10 11 14 22 28 40
2019-02-23	2	6th	13 31 33 36 38 40
2019-02-16	5	6th	1 2 27 35 36 40
2019-01-30	2	6th	2 17 22 25 38 40
2019-01-23	3	6th	3 10 11 13 31 40
2019-01-12	1	6th	4 6 18 19 24 40
2019-01-09	4	6th	4 6 11 12 23 40
2018-12-26	3	6th	3 24 29 30 32 40
2018-12-15	7	6th	5 7 18 22 29 40
2018-11-21	4	6th	7 8 22 25 32 40
2018-11-07	10	6th	1 12 15 22 39 40
2018-10-03	2	6th	1 16 28 32 39 40
2018-09-26	39	6th	22 23 26 32 36 40
2018-05-12	1	6th	4 10 12 33 38 40
2018-05-09	1	6th	19 20 21 23 25 40
2018-05-05	2	6th	6 11 16 20 34 40
2018-04-28	5	6th	4 5 11 16 36 40
2018-04-11	7	6th	7 16 21 33 34 40
2018-03-17	2	6th	15 16 19 24 25 40
2018-03-10	3	6th	1 12 14 34 37 40
2018-02-28	1	6th	3 10 16 18 20 40
2018-02-24	14	6th	2 16 19 25 32 40
2018-01-06	9	6th	10 13 15 19 33 40
2017-12-06	9	6th	3 7 16 19 21 40
2017-11-04	28	6th	3 5 12 25 28 40
2017-07-29	1	6th	10 13 24 29 33 40
2017-07-26	3	6th	4 5 12 21 34 40
2017-07-15	5	6th	17 18 21 34 37 40
2017-06-28	1	6th	1 10 18 26 27 40
2017-06-24	1	6th	11 25 29 34 39 40
2017-06-21	2	6th	3 17 29 32 36 40
2017-06-14	26	6th	3 6 7 13 36 40
2017-03-15	10	6th	1 5 23 32 38 40
2017-02-08	8	6th	4 6 25 35 39 40
2017-01-11	8	6th	9 13 22 29 32 40
2016-12-14	6	6th	10 12 21 24 29 40
2016-11-23	5	6th	1 2 6 7 30 40
2016-11-05	14	6th	3 11 16 24 38 40
2016-09-17	1	6th	6 16 22 25 34 40
2016-09-14	9	6th	3 8 14 18 23 40
2016-08-13	8	6th	21 22 23 24 26 40
2016-07-16	11	6th	8 10 24 26 30 40
2016-06-08	3	6th	16 21 24 32 39 40
2016-05-28	1	6th	6 9 29 32 33 40
2016-05-25	3	6th	13 19 29 30 32 40
2016-05-14	1	6th	3 6 13 18 34 40
2016-05-11	2	6th	9 15 22 27 32 40
2016-05-04	8	6th	3 13 19 26 39 40
2016-04-06	23	6th	7 22 27 28 36 40
2016-01-16	3	6th	5 26 33 34 38 40
2016-01-06	2	6th	9 13 27 28 29 40
2015-12-30	11	6th	11 19 24 27 36 40
2015-11-21	1	6th	6 15 19 31 35 40
2015-11-18	1	6th	17 18 19 20 22 40
2015-11-14	16	6th	3 5 9 10 15 40
2015-09-05	3	6th	1 11 19 31 35 40
2015-08-15	8	6th	4 12 22 26 35 40
2015-06-20	14	6th	15 18 21 36 37 40
2015-03-14	2	6th	12 13 18 26 34 40
2015-02-28	3	6th	5 6 25 30 31 40
2015-02-07	3	6th	13 14 17 18 39 40
2015-01-17	9	6th	15 19 30 32 35 40
2014-11-15	4	6th	16 23 27 28 34 40
2014-10-18	3	6th	2 15 27 32 36 40
2014-09-27	9	6th	15 19 20 28 38 40
2014-07-26	6	6th	13 14 27 31 38 40
2014-06-14	4	6th	4 8 11 20 39 40
2014-05-17	12	6th	6 19 23 26 36 40
2014-02-22	13	6th	9 22 24 27 34 40
2013-11-23	5	6th	14 26 28 30 37 40
2013-10-19	3	6th	2 14 27 29 34 40
2013-09-28	5	6th	1 21 29 33 39 40
2013-08-24	16	6th	4 7 19 27 36 40
2013-05-04	2	6th	15 24 26 27 38 40
2013-04-20	6	6th	15 29 31 34 39 40
2013-03-09	2	6th	7 10 11 37 39 40
2013-02-23	19	6th	13 21 28 29 38 40
2012-10-13	5	6th	1 7 29 30 31 40
2012-09-08	9	6th	7 16 31 38 39 40
2012-07-07	14	6th	8 11 21 27 39 40
2012-03-31	2	6th	4 5 21 24 35 40
2012-03-17	2	6th	4 5 11 18 33 40
2012-03-03	1	6th	3 8 23 31 39 40
2012-02-25	4	6th	3 7 9 20 27 40
2012-01-28	3	6th	6 8 16 33 35 40
2012-01-07	3	6th	8 10 12 35 36 40
2011-12-17	—	6th	9 13 19 23 31 40