Number 42

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

195times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.68σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

49longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 195 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +0.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 195 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 10 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 0.5
3rd smallest7 · chance 9.8
4th smallest57 · chance 63.7
5th smallest131 · chance 121.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 6 22 33 43 30

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
2026-09-05	25	5th	8 9 19 38 42
2026-06-10	33	5th	3 16 22 29 42
2026-02-14	11	5th	5 13 14 26 42
2026-01-07	1	5th	6 16

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-14	1	4th	3 6 17 42 45
2024-08-10	25	5th	9 21 32 34 42
2024-05-15	4	5th	19 30 39 41 42
2024-05-01	10	4th	9 22 35 42 43
2024-03-27	9	5th	6 8 14 26 42
2024-02-24	5	5th	1 2 37 40 42
2024-02-07	49	4th	25 34 39 42 45
2023-08-19	2	4th	15 21 28 42 43
2023-08-12	24	4th	3 13 16 42 44
2023-05-20	4	4th	2 3 31 42 45
2023-05-06	4	5th	7 17 21 29 42
2023-04-22	8	4th	12 22 41 42 43
2023-03-25	18	4th	4 12 13 42 47
2023-01-21	6	5th	7 16 22 31 42
2022-12-31	2	5th	6 9 20 22 42
2022-12-24	1	4th	2 30 34 42 43
2022-12-21	8	5th	1 3 17 23 42
2022-11-23	5	5th	4 13 32 33 42
2022-11-05	15	5th	3 15 21 38 42
2022-09-14	4	5th	1 7 8 28 42
2022-08-31	5	5th	2 16 19 24 42
2022-08-13	9	4th	1 12 25 42 45
2022-07-13	3	5th	12 19 20 36 42
2022-07-02	3	5th	4 11 15 25 42
2022-06-22	4	5th	24 33 35 38 42
2022-06-08	2	5th	1 32 34 41 42
2022-06-01	1	4th	25 26 39 42 43
2022-05-28	1	5th	3 9 12 15 42
2022-05-25	6	3rd	9 38 42 43 47
2022-05-04	8	5th	5 9 20 27 42
2022-04-06	8	4th	20 24 40 42 44
2022-03-09	7	5th	19 34 36 41 42
2022-02-12	8	4th	2 10 23 42 44
2022-01-15	2	4th	1 26 34 42 45
2022-01-08	2	5th	2 13 25 41 42
2022-01-01	4	5th	1 5 22 29 42
2021-12-18	9	5th	26 33 35 37 42
2021-11-17	1	3rd	11 13 42 43 44
2021-11-13	45	5th	10 15 25 36 42
2021-06-09	3	4th	1 14 23 42 44
2021-05-29	1	5th	7 9 23 37 42
2021-05-26	10	5th	1 6 8 23 42
2021-04-21	4	5th	3 12 17 41 42
2021-04-07	2	5th	2 7 16 40 42
2021-03-31	6	5th	4 26 36 37 42
2021-03-10	7	5th	5 6 20 40 42
2021-02-13	13	5th	18 22 38 40 42
2020-12-30	16	4th	27 30 37 42 46
2020-11-04	5	5th	8 28 30 41 42
2020-10-17	3	5th	7 19 25 29 42
2020-10-07	6	3rd	38 41 42 43 45
2020-09-16	5	5th	13 18 28 38 42
2020-08-29	4	4th	5 10 29 42 46
2020-08-15	4	4th	14 18 21 42 45
2020-08-01	7	5th	5 6 8 12 42
2020-07-08	2	4th	2 25 36 42 47
2020-07-01	2	5th	19 22 25 33 42
2020-06-24	3	5th	8 11 19 31 42
2020-06-13	3	5th	21 25 30 34 42
2020-06-03	34	5th	7 17 26 36 42
2020-02-05	5	5th	7 12 18 37 42
2020-01-18	1	5th	6 7 20 27 42
2020-01-15	3	4th	7 21 28 42 44
2020-01-04	6	5th	25 29 31 33 42
2019-12-14	20	4th	8 9 22 42 43
2019-10-05	30	4th	8 27 33 42 47
2019-06-22	9	5th	6 8 20 40 42
2019-05-22	12	4th	16 34 37 42 43
2019-04-10	1	5th	4 16 22 31 42
2019-04-06	1	5th	1 23 29 33 42
2019-04-03	2	5th	2 9 21 37 42
2019-03-27	21	5th	18 22 26 39 42
2019-01-12	3	5th	6 18 24 31 42
2019-01-02	1	4th	21 29 39 42 47
2018-12-29	5	5th	4 6 17 35 42
2018-12-12	2	5th	6 11 15 35 42
2018-12-05	49	5th	3 6 13 33 42
2018-06-16	6	5th	11 13 24 30 42
2018-05-26	17	4th	4 25 30 42 47
2018-03-28	2	5th	3 4 10 21 42
2018-03-21	3	5th	6 14 20 25 42
2018-03-10	2	5th	17 19 30 31 42
2018-03-03	6	3rd	6 24 42 43 45
2018-02-10	20	5th	27 32 33 41 42
2017-12-02	3	5th	7 18 33 40 42
2017-11-22	1	5th	8 27 32 40 42
2017-11-18	14	3rd	19 34 42 43 46
2017-09-30	25	4th	10 21 30 42 46
2017-07-05	19	5th	10 19 22 29 42
2017-04-29	1	4th	4 14 31 42 43
2017-04-26	10	4th	6 19 28 42 45
2017-03-22	6	5th	8 26 28 33 42
2017-03-01	34	5th	8 20 29 33 42
2016-11-02	3	4th	6 7 11 42 47
2016-10-22	14	5th	3 7 12 25 42
2016-09-03	11	5th	1 3 4 9 42
2016-07-27	20	5th	5 7 12 34 42
2016-05-18	11	5th	4 19 37 40 42
2016-04-09	11	5th	16 18 36 40 42
2016-03-02	2	5th	9 10 18 19 42
2016-02-24	21	4th	6 11 16 42 43
2015-12-12	3	5th	11 12 22 24 42
2015-12-02	5	5th	1 24 32 36 42
2015-11-14	2	5th	2 17 18 35 42
2015-11-07	22	5th	5 10 26 32 42
2015-08-22	1	5th	6 9 31 33 42
2015-08-19	21	4th	5 23 31 42 45
2015-06-06	3	5th	16 22 23 39 42
2015-05-27	3	4th	27 33 35 42 43
2015-05-16	7	5th	2 5 22 39 42
2015-04-22	3	5th	7 11 35 39 42
2015-04-11	24	5th	6 13 16 27 42
2015-01-17	10	5th	14 19 29 32 42
2014-12-13	12	5th	3 7 19 25 42
2014-11-01	7	5th	3 12 21 24 42
2014-10-08	3	4th	1 14 34 42 44
2014-09-27	1	4th	1 3 6 42 47
2014-09-24	24	5th	17 23 28 33 42
2014-07-02	1	3rd	16 34 42 44 46
2014-06-28	4	5th	18 27 29 38 42
2014-06-14	21	5th	5 16 20 29 42
2014-04-02	1	5th	7 8 23 37 42
2014-03-29	5	5th	12 20 24 30 42
2014-03-12	14	5th	4 23 25 33 42
2014-01-22	6	4th	1 7 31 42 44
2014-01-01	45	5th	3 9 19 24 42
2013-07-27	13	5th	18 20 30 40 42
2013-06-12	18	4th	30 38 41 42 43
2013-04-10	8	5th	9 18 37 41 42
2013-03-13	31	5th	22 23 34 40 42
2012-11-24	9	5th	2 11 12 26 42
2012-10-24	2	5th	20 26 36 41 42
2012-10-17	13	5th	4 19 25 40 42
2012-09-01	1	4th	14 17 31 42 47
2012-08-29	3	5th	19 26 32 34 42
2012-08-18	12	4th	4 18 19 42 43
2012-07-07	3	4th	7 27 41 42 46
2012-06-27	3	4th	4 19 38 42 44
2012-06-16	3	4th	5 36 37 42 43
2012-06-06	9	5th	4 18 21 23 42
2012-05-05	13	5th	25 28 29 37 42
2012-03-21	9	5th	8 21 31 40 42
2012-02-18	15	5th	1 19 32 41 42
2011-12-28	1	5th	12 22 28 31 42
2011-12-24	3	4th	12 15 37 42 43
2011-12-14	2	4th	7 27 33 42 44
2011-12-07	6	5th	1 2 34 37 42
2011-11-16	20	5th	22 23 26 38 42
2011-09-07	1	5th	7 15 34 41 42
2011-09-03	4	4th	13 30 39 42 47
2011-08-20	2	4th	6 16 31 42 45
2011-08-13	5	5th	7 9 17 28 42
2011-07-27	30	5th	4 6 15 16 42
2011-04-13	1	5th	13 22 27 29 42
2011-04-09	5	4th	15 25 30 42 46
2011-03-23	4	5th	9 18 31 33 42
2011-03-09	7	3rd	23 34 42 43 47
2011-02-12	14	5th	11 30 31 33 42
2010-12-25	1	5th	1 20 25 41 42
2010-12-22	27	5th	3 18 21 22 42
2010-09-18	27	4th	10 11 27 42 45
2010-06-16	3	5th	17 21 26 37 42
2010-06-05	9	5th	4 11 28 34 42
2010-05-05	4	5th	10 30 31 34 42
2010-04-21	3	5th	19 24 34 35 42
2010-04-10	2	5th	22 25 31 40 42
2010-04-03	5	5th	1 12 18 22 42
2010-03-17	3	5th	11 30 34 40 42
2010-03-06	7	5th	19 22 33 41 42
2010-02-10	7	5th	19 21 26 30 42
2010-01-16	—	4th	26 29 33 42 44