Number 40

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

244times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.37σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 84% for any number

11.7average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

54longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 244 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 244 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.7 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 3 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 smallest3 · chance 2.6
2nd smallest24 · chance 23.8
3rd smallest78 · chance 75.5
4th smallest91 · chance 98.0
5th smallest48 · chance 44.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

60 4 22 49 54 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-18	3	4th	3 28 38 40 49
2026-02-15	13	5th	3 9 10 15 40
2026-02-02	22	5th	17 31 34 36 40
2026-01-11	21	4th	13 31 39 40

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-08	9	5th	18 25 26 35 40
2025-02-27	5	3rd	22 34 40 54 59
2025-02-22	24	4th	4 29 39 40 45
2025-01-29	1	3rd	8 32 40 41 56
2025-01-28	4	2nd	22 40 45 54 60
2025-01-24	1	5th	18 22 31 33 40
2025-01-23	14	3rd	9 30 40 42 57
2025-01-09	20	5th	3 6 18 30 40
2024-12-20	8	3rd	11 37 40 45 59
2024-12-12	8	3rd	1 2 40 50 55
2024-12-04	2	4th	10 11 29 40 59
2024-12-02	14	3rd	18 30 40 44 48
2024-11-18	24	5th	2 15 28 29 40
2024-10-25	5	4th	5 15 27 40 46
2024-10-20	3	3rd	6 18 40 51 60
2024-10-17	23	4th	17 20 34 40 46
2024-09-24	9	4th	19 22 29 40 50
2024-09-15	17	3rd	5 15 40 51 57
2024-08-29	3	4th	5 20 33 40 48
2024-08-26	4	4th	8 15 20 40 41
2024-08-22	1	4th	21 28 30 40 53
2024-08-21	5	4th	4 6 19 40 50
2024-08-16	2	4th	8 10 25 40 45
2024-08-14	3	4th	3 10 12 40 54
2024-08-11	39	3rd	7 11 40 45 46
2024-07-03	19	5th	8 10 31 34 40
2024-06-14	13	4th	2 14 17 40 60
2024-06-01	10	4th	17 29 38 40 59
2024-05-22	9	5th	7 13 19 22 40
2024-05-13	8	5th	1 8 19 22 40
2024-05-05	16	4th	3 15 37 40 52
2024-04-19	9	5th	9 12 13 21 40
2024-04-10	3	4th	17 24 39 40 41
2024-04-07	22	3rd	3 16 40 45 56
2024-03-16	9	4th	7 14 17 40 49
2024-03-07	10	3rd	31 34 40 51 60
2024-02-26	19	3rd	11 34 40 43 55
2024-02-07	28	2nd	38 40 45 47 57
2024-01-10	31	3rd	14 16 40 47 58
2023-12-10	2	5th	2 4 18 32 40
2023-12-08	2	3rd	22 37 40 52 59
2023-12-06	17	4th	8 14 38 40 46
2023-11-19	17	4th	3 19 21 40 48
2023-11-02	3	3rd	16 34 40 46 52
2023-10-30	30	4th	2 25 32 40 47
2023-09-30	18	5th	10 13 15 23 40
2023-09-12	8	3rd	8 33 40 46 57
2023-09-04	7	3rd	3 38 40 44 50
2023-08-28	6	4th	15 21 33 40 44
2023-08-22	41	3rd	1 15 40 44 55
2023-07-12	4	4th	9 16 36 40 59
2023-07-08	7	4th	9 17 36 40 51
2023-07-01	29	3rd	7 31 40 57 58
2023-06-02	8	3rd	13 28 40 55 57
2023-05-25	12	5th	6 7 16 18 40
2023-05-13	22	5th	6 8 33 39 40
2023-04-21	24	5th	5 13 20 26 40
2023-03-28	16	2nd	35 40 43 49 54
2023-03-12	43	4th	16 20 25 40 56
2023-01-28	35	2nd	39 40 42 45 51
2022-12-24	5	5th	10 18 33 37 40
2022-12-19	3	2nd	13 40 44 48 49
2022-12-16	14	3rd	10 24 40 44 56
2022-12-02	4	4th	10 14 16 40 58
2022-11-28	11	3rd	20 24 40 48 59
2022-11-17	2	3rd	5 22 40 48 57
2022-11-15	36	4th	7 33 34 40 45
2022-10-10	3	3rd	18 22 40 42 56
2022-10-07	3	4th	11 12 37 40 48
2022-10-04	12	4th	9 15 32 40 42
2022-09-22	23	5th	3 6 10 26 40
2022-08-30	29	4th	2 5 14 40 48
2022-08-01	23	4th	11 20 36 40 46
2022-07-09	16	4th	14 30 34 40 48
2022-06-23	8	3rd	2 10 40 52 56
2022-06-15	13	3rd	8 15 40 50 56
2022-06-02	9	2nd	12 40 54 55 60
2022-05-24	12	5th	7 22 26 30 40
2022-05-12	5	2nd	17 40 41 53 60
2022-05-07	20	3rd	30 37 40 54 59
2022-04-17	19	3rd	14 27 40 57 59
2022-03-29	9	2nd	10 40 44 46 60
2022-03-20	15	5th	5 6 12 26 40
2022-03-05	8	3rd	17 37 40 42 45
2022-02-25	2	2nd	6 40 48 50 52
2022-02-23	2	3rd	27 36 40 46 53
2022-02-21	7	2nd	4 40 42 54 58
2022-02-14	5	5th	18 22 29 37 40
2022-02-09	14	5th	9 12 24 32 40
2022-01-26	18	4th	14 16 17 40 47
2022-01-08	18	4th	20 33 34 40 59
2021-12-21	1	4th	3 17 30 40 45
2021-12-20	10	5th	1 23 28 39 40
2021-12-10	8	3rd	17 33 40 53 60
2021-12-02	6	1st	40 45 47 55 58
2021-11-26	1	5th	20 23 27 38 40
2021-11-25	32	3rd	24 39 40 43 46
2021-10-24	14	5th	9 13 30 36 40
2021-10-10	9	3rd	22 23 40 46 55
2021-10-01	18	4th	4 20 39 40 60
2021-09-13	12	3rd	4 6 40 41 60
2021-09-01	3	3rd	32 37 40 41 43
2021-08-29	36	4th	1 5 26 40 59
2021-07-24	6	2nd	37 40 49 53 55
2021-07-18	3	3rd	1 31 40 49 55
2021-07-15	4	4th	11 21 39 40 60
2021-07-11	2	3rd	12 16 40 54 60
2021-07-09	6	3rd	18 29 40 42 56
2021-07-03	30	5th	5 14 28 39 40
2021-06-03	1	5th	5 7 14 29 40
2021-06-02	3	1st	40 44 46 51 54
2021-05-30	12	4th	9 12 34 40 43
2021-05-18	6	5th	7 18 29 39 40
2021-05-12	8	2nd	32 40 41 54 56
2021-05-04	3	3rd	24 28 40 50 54
2021-05-01	2	3rd	25 33 40 50 53
2021-04-29	5	3rd	4 29 40 41 47
2021-04-24	2	5th	13 14 35 38 40
2021-04-22	13	4th	4 8 13 40 59
2021-04-09	27	4th	4 9 35 40 57
2021-03-13	4	4th	24 25 32 40 48
2021-03-09	5	4th	6 16 25 40 49
2021-03-04	20	2nd	27 40 42 55 57
2021-02-12	6	3rd	30 37 40 58 60
2021-02-06	11	2nd	22 40 47 52 59
2021-01-26	2	4th	19 24 38 40 60
2021-01-24	12	3rd	11 25 40 53 59
2021-01-12	12	3rd	28 32 40 41 44
2020-12-31	24	3rd	11 28 40 48 57
2020-12-07	11	4th	13 16 22 40 49
2020-11-26	3	5th	4 9 21 27 40
2020-11-23	2	3rd	5 11 40 55 59
2020-11-21	12	4th	4 8 35 40 54
2020-11-09	9	3rd	10 27 40 45 49
2020-10-31	2	5th	24 33 35 39 40
2020-10-29	6	3rd	2 31 40 52 53
2020-10-23	15	5th	4 13 16 34 40
2020-10-08	19	4th	26 31 34 40 52
2020-09-19	19	4th	7 11 36 40 50
2020-08-31	10	5th	12 16 20 34 40
2020-08-21	32	4th	3 30 38 40 60
2020-07-20	29	4th	24 33 39 40 46
2020-06-21	2	4th	14 17 20 40 47
2020-06-19	5	3rd	20 38 40 47 49
2020-06-14	8	5th	6 10 11 19 40
2020-06-06	6	4th	13 24 32 40 49
2020-05-31	10	4th	2 13 29 40 44
2020-05-21	1	5th	11 19 22 24 40
2020-05-20	13	3rd	11 29 40 53 57
2020-05-07	6	3rd	28 31 40 52 54
2020-05-01	26	3rd	21 34 40 49 50
2020-04-05	11	2nd	24 40 49 54 57
2020-03-25	15	4th	5 24 26 40 52
2020-03-10	3	3rd	4 8 40 42 50
2020-03-07	7	3rd	18 23 40 41 44
2020-02-29	29	3rd	27 31 40 52 53
2020-01-31	2	3rd	20 22 40 50 53
2020-01-29	11	3rd	19 27 40 41 58
2020-01-18	15	4th	17 28 36 40 60
2020-01-03	11	2nd	36 40 53 55 56
2019-12-23	3	3rd	1 9 40 53 58
2019-12-20	6	3rd	9 27 40 48 58
2019-12-14	1	4th	2 11 25 40 44
2019-12-13	17	2nd	27 40 45 46 60
2019-11-26	1	5th	1 4 16 30 40
2019-11-25	6	3rd	26 30 40 53 54
2019-11-19	6	3rd	10 14 40 46 49
2019-11-13	19	3rd	1 36 40 54 55
2019-10-25	11	3rd	1 23 40 58 60
2019-10-14	17	4th	3 4 29 40 60
2019-09-27	4	4th	20 26 38 40 60
2019-09-23	30	4th	29 36 37 40 49
2019-08-24	16	3rd	5 27 40 43 50
2019-08-08	13	4th	4 20 37 40 44
2019-07-26	8	4th	3 20 29 40 57
2019-07-18	7	5th	23 25 27 31 40
2019-07-11	6	3rd	4 29 40 47 48
2019-07-05	9	3rd	15 39 40 43 53
2019-06-13	1	5th	13 27 32 35 40
2019-06-10	3	4th	25 28 38 40 48
2019-05-30	2	3rd	2 23 40 51 59
2019-05-23	31	3rd	34 38 40 41 49
2019-02-04	12	5th	3 17 33 39 40
2018-12-24	1	5th	3 28 31 37 40
2018-12-20	5	4th	4 29 30 40 47
2018-12-03	8	3rd	5 30 40 58 60
2018-11-05	40	3rd	19 39 40 47 60
2018-06-18	9	4th	4 27 28 40 59
2018-05-17	10	2nd	8 40 41 43 51
2018-04-12	3	5th	2 6 14 22 40
2018-04-02	3	5th	7 12 21 24 40
2018-03-22	7	4th	2 8 15 40 41
2018-02-26	22	3rd	29 31 40 45 59
2017-12-11	41	4th	2 16 30 40 53
2017-07-20	5	3rd	26 37 40 42 50
2017-07-03	2	3rd	4 28 40 41 48
2017-06-26	1	4th	8 33 39 40 49
2017-06-22	15	2nd	31 40 45 54 57
2017-05-01	9	5th	7 19 23 24 40
2017-03-30	18	3rd	24 38 40 44 49
2017-01-26	26	4th	1 14 25 40 59
2016-10-27	1	5th	15 16 19 37 40
2016-10-24	1	4th	1 2 20 40 55
2016-10-20	9	3rd	6 38 40 48 57
2016-09-19	4	2nd	19 40 49 54 56
2016-09-05	6	3rd	16 19 40 41 43
2016-08-15	18	2nd	13 40 48 50 57
2016-06-13	7	2nd	35 40 51 55 60
2016-05-19	8	4th	10 18 37 40 57
2016-04-21	12	4th	6 12 20 40 53
2016-03-10	2	4th	6 12 21 40 57
2016-03-03	6	4th	7 13 35 40 45
2016-02-11	2	4th	6 31 35 40 55
2016-02-04	13	4th	8 12 23 40 54
2015-12-21	4	4th	9 27 33 40 49
2015-12-07	6	4th	3 5 36 40 44
2015-11-16	9	5th	6 20 28 34 40
2015-10-15	29	4th	7 11 39 40 45
2015-07-06	12	5th	3 10 30 33 40
2015-05-25	—	2nd	15 40 48 59 60