Number 40

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

158times drawn · chance expected 186 −2.19σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

64longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 158 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −2.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 158 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 11 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 smallest1 · chance 1.3
3rd smallest13 · chance 15.1
4th smallest77 · chance 61.9
5th smallest67 · chance 79.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 44 35 8 47 7

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, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
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
2026-09-02	6	5th	12 17 18 35 40
2026-08-12	1	5th	3 4 14 35 40
2026-08-08	15	4th	1 23 25 40 46
2026-06-17	9	5th	4 6

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-08	28	5th	1 7 27 30 40
2024-03-02	2	4th	1 7 12 40 41
2024-02-24	4	4th	1 2 37 40 42
2024-02-10	3	5th	8 19 29 39 40
2024-01-31	3	5th	33 35 36 38 40
2024-01-20	6	5th	8 11 16 30 40
2023-12-30	2	5th	6 14 24 28 40
2023-12-23	1	5th	12 13 17 36 40
2023-12-20	15	4th	6 7 10 40 44
2023-10-28	17	5th	5 14 28 31 40
2023-08-30	4	5th	14 15 19 27 40
2023-08-16	6	5th	10 14 22 25 40
2023-07-26	6	4th	10 12 14 40 47
2023-07-05	12	5th	11 12 15 32 40
2023-05-24	4	5th	3 7 8 22 40
2023-05-10	26	4th	12 13 33 40 43
2023-02-08	6	5th	16 21 34 39 40
2023-01-18	1	5th	3 7 21 34 40
2023-01-14	18	5th	4 10 13 24 40
2022-11-12	1	4th	2 5 17 40 46
2022-11-09	22	4th	3 6 8 40 44
2022-08-24	10	4th	7 10 15 40 44
2022-07-20	26	4th	7 16 30 40 44
2022-04-20	2	4th	2 29 36 40 47
2022-04-13	2	5th	8 10 14 17 40
2022-04-06	14	3rd	20 24 40 42 44
2022-02-16	30	5th	1 8 36 38 40
2021-11-03	6	4th	14 15 37 40 47
2021-10-13	18	5th	1 14 21 37 40
2021-08-11	5	4th	8 12 21 40 47
2021-07-24	6	5th	1 5 19 27 40
2021-07-03	3	5th	4 9 21 33 40
2021-06-23	22	4th	4 9 38 40 41
2021-04-07	8	4th	2 7 16 40 42
2021-03-10	6	4th	5 6 20 40 42
2021-02-17	1	4th	20 26 39 40 46
2021-02-13	12	4th	18 22 38 40 42
2021-01-02	8	4th	11 19 35 40 46
2020-12-05	27	5th	1 13 30 35 40
2020-09-02	8	4th	24 27 36 40 46
2020-08-05	4	4th	2 4 5 40 47
2020-07-22	2	5th	4 8 30 33 40
2020-07-15	23	4th	7 25 34 40 44
2020-04-25	33	5th	15 20 27 38 40
2020-01-01	3	5th	4 9 17 35 40
2019-12-21	6	5th	10 15 27 37 40
2019-11-30	4	4th	7 32 36 40 47
2019-11-16	5	3rd	10 22 40 41 43
2019-10-30	23	5th	27 34 35 36 40
2019-08-10	14	4th	11 24 39 40 45
2019-06-22	35	4th	6 8 20 40 42
2019-02-20	2	4th	9 18 35 40 46
2019-02-13	15	4th	8 26 33 40 46
2018-12-22	15	5th	18 24 26 35 40
2018-10-31	5	3rd	28 36 40 41 47
2018-10-13	1	5th	3 23 30 38 40
2018-10-10	22	4th	16 21 34 40 46
2018-07-25	12	5th	6 16 27 30 40
2018-06-13	39	3rd	8 38 40 44 47
2018-01-27	4	4th	5 8 19 40 45
2018-01-13	6	5th	3 24 28 33 40
2017-12-23	6	5th	1 4 7 34 40
2017-12-02	3	4th	7 18 33 40 42
2017-11-22	11	4th	8 27 32 40 42
2017-10-14	7	4th	3 6 20 40 41
2017-09-20	27	4th	4 36 38 40 46
2017-06-17	12	4th	5 24 25 40 47
2017-05-06	9	4th	16 24 31 40 44
2017-04-05	15	4th	20 33 35 40 41
2017-02-11	1	5th	11 24 27 34 40
2017-02-08	14	4th	4 11 37 40 45
2016-12-21	1	4th	16 21 28 40 41
2016-12-17	10	5th	10 24 32 34 40
2016-11-12	11	4th	21 35 37 40 44
2016-10-05	12	5th	9 13 27 33 40
2016-08-24	4	3rd	2 9 40 44 46
2016-08-10	11	3rd	1 23 40 44 46
2016-07-02	6	5th	12 23 25 39 40
2016-06-11	7	5th	2 10 25 31 40
2016-05-18	1	4th	4 19 37 40 42
2016-05-14	10	5th	3 4 27 30 40
2016-04-09	25	4th	16 18 36 40 42
2016-01-13	10	4th	12 13 35 40 45
2015-12-09	28	4th	7 11 13 40 47
2015-09-02	6	5th	17 23 36 38 40
2015-08-12	20	3rd	13 29 40 43 44
2015-06-03	8	5th	7 17 18 29 40
2015-05-06	3	4th	11 14 35 40 43
2015-04-25	54	4th	4 10 15 40 47
2014-10-18	23	5th	9 12 15 23 40
2014-07-30	10	5th	4 11 25 33 40
2014-06-25	5	4th	4 15 33 40 45
2014-06-07	35	5th	1 3 8 25 40
2014-02-05	12	3rd	34 39 40 45 47
2013-12-25	20	5th	8 23 26 33 40
2013-10-16	10	4th	9 19 32 40 47
2013-09-11	4	4th	3 5 14 40 46
2013-08-28	1	3rd	9 25 40 44 47
2013-08-24	8	4th	1 15 35 40 45
2013-07-27	4	4th	18 20 30 40 42
2013-07-13	3	5th	1 2 6 25 40
2013-07-03	13	4th	14 35 36 40 47
2013-05-18	6	4th	7 12 30 40 47
2013-04-27	13	5th	21 32 36 39 40
2013-03-13	9	4th	22 23 34 40 42
2013-02-09	9	4th	16 32 35 40 47
2013-01-09	18	4th	3 8 18 40 45
2012-11-07	2	4th	13 25 29 40 46
2012-10-31	4	5th	9 16 29 31 40
2012-10-17	2	4th	4 19 25 40 42
2012-10-10	14	3rd	21 35 40 44 47
2012-08-22	3	5th	4 11 22 34 40
2012-08-11	3	4th	6 19 39 40 43
2012-08-01	1	4th	2 11 36 40 45
2012-07-28	5	5th	14 19 22 36 40
2012-07-11	9	4th	12 21 39 40 43
2012-06-09	2	5th	2 18 22 28 40
2012-06-02	2	5th	1 15 20 30 40
2012-05-26	8	3rd	11 17 40 44 45
2012-04-28	11	5th	7 12 20 21 40
2012-03-21	3	4th	8 21 31 40 42
2012-03-10	14	5th	14 24 28 35 40
2012-01-21	25	4th	16 18 23 40 46
2011-10-26	2	4th	15 20 25 40 41
2011-10-19	20	5th	13 29 33 37 40
2011-08-10	1	5th	2 16 19 31 40
2011-08-06	38	5th	12 20 30 38 40
2011-03-26	64	5th	11 18 19 29 40
2010-08-14	16	5th	8 12 24 36 40
2010-06-19	20	4th	10 22 35 40 47
2010-04-10	7	4th	22 25 31 40 42
2010-03-17	14	4th	11 30 34 40 42
2010-01-27	5	3rd	2 17 40 44 46
2010-01-09	—	5th	7 13 29 36 40