Number 42

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

237times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.10σ

23draws waiting · a wait this long: 15% for any number

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

79longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 237 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, −0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 23 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 237 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 23 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 smallest1 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest14 · chance 17.4
3rd smallest72 · chance 65.3
4th smallest102 · chance 99.9
5th smallest48 · chance 52.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

57 58 3 26 34 38

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, 42 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 35th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 42 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-01-29	3	4th	6 7 29 42 47
2026-01-26	8	5th	3 7 16 21 42
2026-01-18	3	4th	21 26 29 42 55
2026-01-15	16	4th	27 35 38 42

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-27	4	3rd	8 15 42 50 51
2025-01-23	25	4th	9 30 40 42 57
2024-12-29	3	4th	3 13 28 42 48
2024-12-26	20	4th	23 30 33 42 49
2024-12-06	12	2nd	2 42 43 49 51
2024-11-24	25	4th	2 12 26 42 58
2024-10-30	14	4th	9 16 38 42 55
2024-10-16	20	5th	2 37 38 39 42
2024-09-26	29	4th	5 8 9 42 49
2024-08-28	29	5th	4 9 34 38 42
2024-07-30	2	1st	42 45 48 49 50
2024-07-28	17	2nd	23 42 43 49 56
2024-07-11	47	4th	5 14 31 42 52
2024-05-25	15	5th	16 17 34 38 42
2024-05-10	7	4th	16 26 39 42 47
2024-05-03	38	5th	3 7 9 25 42
2024-03-26	4	4th	34 38 39 42 52
2024-03-22	12	5th	3 11 21 38 42
2024-03-10	2	4th	5 13 17 42 43
2024-03-08	19	3rd	16 37 42 49 51
2024-02-18	20	4th	7 22 28 42 45
2024-01-29	2	2nd	12 42 43 45 53
2024-01-27	1	4th	17 19 29 42 47
2024-01-26	3	5th	5 8 29 32 42
2024-01-23	4	3rd	6 21 42 43 54
2024-01-19	13	3rd	30 35 42 47 50
2024-01-06	7	5th	5 7 26 28 42
2023-12-30	8	4th	11 23 34 42 58
2023-12-22	13	2nd	26 42 49 57 60
2023-12-09	7	4th	21 30 34 42 52
2023-12-02	41	5th	12 13 31 36 42
2023-10-22	8	5th	17 18 32 36 42
2023-10-14	3	4th	8 12 23 42 43
2023-10-11	10	4th	1 9 27 42 56
2023-10-01	7	3rd	3 41 42 46 53
2023-09-24	6	3rd	6 8 42 54 60
2023-09-18	22	2nd	6 42 49 52 55
2023-08-27	9	2nd	16 42 48 51 58
2023-08-18	23	3rd	3 8 42 44 47
2023-07-26	4	5th	15 21 37 39 42
2023-07-22	16	4th	20 39 41 42 60
2023-07-06	10	4th	12 21 27 42 56
2023-06-26	2	3rd	36 38 42 48 60
2023-06-24	10	5th	7 10 14 23 42
2023-06-14	3	3rd	18 28 42 45 54
2023-06-11	30	4th	11 22 23 42 57
2023-05-12	11	4th	13 15 19 42 45
2023-05-01	53	3rd	37 41 42 46 48
2023-03-09	1	3rd	12 37 42 48 56
2023-03-08	39	5th	2 15 20 39 42
2023-01-28	6	3rd	39 40 42 45 51
2023-01-22	33	4th	18 23 30 42 48
2022-12-20	3	5th	22 24 27 29 42
2022-12-17	6	3rd	11 15 42 43 60
2022-12-11	8	3rd	4 21 42 55 58
2022-12-03	13	4th	11 32 36 42 57
2022-11-20	1	3rd	12 36 42 43 59
2022-11-19	14	4th	2 3 35 42 58
2022-11-05	15	5th	6 21 34 37 42
2022-10-21	1	3rd	15 17 42 44 53
2022-10-20	7	3rd	11 39 42 53 55
2022-10-13	3	4th	15 17 32 42 59
2022-10-10	2	4th	18 22 40 42 56
2022-10-08	4	4th	15 30 34 42 49
2022-10-04	1	5th	9 15 32 40 42
2022-10-03	16	4th	12 25 30 42 52
2022-09-17	1	4th	2 21 32 42 54
2022-09-16	4	3rd	8 18 42 48 56
2022-09-12	19	4th	21 31 37 42 60
2022-08-24	9	4th	7 15 33 42 53
2022-08-15	8	4th	10 11 17 42 58
2022-08-07	1	4th	7 27 34 42 50
2022-08-06	3	3rd	13 16 42 57 58
2022-08-03	14	3rd	2 13 42 47 48
2022-07-20	1	4th	25 26 39 42 56
2022-07-19	11	4th	3 36 38 42 51
2022-07-08	2	4th	7 20 25 42 45
2022-07-06	19	3rd	8 14 42 45 58
2022-06-17	4	3rd	11 13 42 55 57
2022-06-13	5	2nd	15 42 51 52 59
2022-06-08	7	5th	12 13 16 20 42
2022-06-01	11	5th	1 27 33 37 42
2022-05-21	35	5th	2 8 10 12 42
2022-04-16	11	4th	3 13 28 42 59
2022-04-05	6	4th	13 24 31 42 53
2022-03-30	3	3rd	5 23 42 56 57
2022-03-27	1	4th	12 18 26 42 58
2022-03-26	21	4th	3 15 38 42 48
2022-03-05	7	4th	17 37 40 42 45
2022-02-26	5	2nd	4 42 44 51 54
2022-02-21	13	3rd	4 40 42 54 58
2022-02-08	15	4th	5 10 35 42 56
2022-01-24	5	4th	12 14 24 42 53
2022-01-19	3	4th	5 11 31 42 49
2022-01-16	3	3rd	19 36 42 54 59
2022-01-13	4	4th	22 34 38 42 50
2022-01-09	6	4th	20 32 33 42 52
2022-01-03	15	3rd	2 39 42 47 50
2021-12-19	13	4th	7 32 34 42 51
2021-12-06	5	3rd	19 25 42 52 55
2021-12-01	21	4th	6 23 36 42 50
2021-11-10	9	4th	20 31 39 42 46
2021-11-01	4	4th	16 19 29 42 50
2021-10-28	8	5th	6 8 9 10 42
2021-10-20	12	5th	3 5 28 33 42
2021-10-08	32	4th	16 26 38 42 56
2021-09-06	34	4th	11 31 39 42 46
2021-08-03	5	2nd	25 42 48 49 53
2021-07-29	4	5th	4 18 26 34 42
2021-07-25	2	4th	16 34 39 42 51
2021-07-23	14	4th	3 29 37 42 46
2021-07-09	23	4th	18 29 40 42 56
2021-06-16	20	4th	10 32 41 42 51
2021-05-27	17	5th	5 14 21 38 42
2021-05-10	20	2nd	37 42 44 45 52
2021-04-20	12	3rd	13 19 42 52 56
2021-04-08	13	3rd	9 16 42 54 58
2021-03-26	22	4th	5 12 24 42 59
2021-03-04	1	3rd	27 40 42 55 57
2021-03-03	27	4th	15 16 20 42 57
2021-02-04	18	3rd	25 39 42 49 55
2021-01-17	21	3rd	29 35 42 48 49
2020-12-27	1	4th	28 35 36 42 53
2020-12-26	11	3rd	3 36 42 51 58
2020-12-15	1	3rd	16 27 42 49 57
2020-12-14	1	5th	6 15 21 33 42
2020-12-13	27	4th	16 32 33 42 53
2020-11-16	23	3rd	12 16 42 44 59
2020-10-24	4	5th	18 25 31 33 42
2020-10-20	5	4th	11 25 34 42 53
2020-10-15	4	3rd	24 37 42 57 58
2020-10-11	1	4th	4 14 41 42 54
2020-10-10	5	5th	5 14 20 31 42
2020-10-05	2	5th	1 3 35 37 42
2020-10-03	31	3rd	5 8 42 45 47
2020-09-02	19	4th	3 6 29 42 59
2020-08-14	2	4th	12 24 35 42 54
2020-08-12	7	4th	12 19 22 42 56
2020-08-05	33	3rd	24 27 42 44 50
2020-07-03	1	4th	7 23 28 42 47
2020-07-02	5	3rd	11 33 42 54 57
2020-06-27	1	4th	9 26 29 42 59
2020-06-26	16	5th	13 14 15 35 42
2020-06-10	11	5th	5 22 26 41 42
2020-05-30	5	4th	9 21 24 42 44
2020-05-25	3	3rd	8 14 42 46 58
2020-05-22	13	4th	13 27 38 42 53
2020-05-09	12	3rd	23 38 42 54 60
2020-04-27	5	2nd	1 42 43 57 60
2020-04-22	7	5th	2 6 10 37 42
2020-04-15	4	4th	14 26 33 42 60
2020-04-11	8	4th	1 19 41 42 47
2020-04-03	8	3rd	29 32 42 51 57
2020-03-26	16	3rd	1 41 42 47 58
2020-03-10	9	4th	4 8 40 42 50
2020-03-01	16	4th	5 16 18 42 43
2020-02-14	13	2nd	20 42 46 57 59
2020-02-01	23	5th	1 12 22 33 42
2020-01-09	1	3rd	7 17 42 50 51
2020-01-08	11	5th	3 13 32 41 42
2019-12-28	6	3rd	17 33 42 43 55
2019-12-22	13	4th	32 36 38 42 54
2019-12-09	4	3rd	1 30 42 47 52
2019-12-05	6	3rd	3 15 42 45 50
2019-11-29	8	3rd	14 18 42 43 51
2019-11-21	37	4th	1 25 35 42 51
2019-10-15	13	3rd	4 12 42 49 58
2019-10-02	4	2nd	27 42 43 50 54
2019-09-28	13	3rd	18 20 42 51 58
2019-09-15	3	3rd	20 34 42 46 48
2019-09-12	34	4th	10 15 35 42 54
2019-08-09	9	4th	2 10 35 42 56
2019-07-31	1	3rd	39 41 42 44 47
2019-07-30	43	5th	6 10 19 26 42
2019-05-13	22	4th	27 29 39 42 50
2019-02-25	8	3rd	18 24 42 55 58
2019-01-28	4	4th	22 24 26 42 51
2019-01-14	11	3rd	17 18 42 50 57
2018-12-06	8	4th	28 32 35 42 48
2018-11-08	4	3rd	31 35 42 44 52
2018-10-25	6	4th	27 33 34 42 43
2018-10-04	2	5th	6 8 26 34 42
2018-09-27	4	5th	21 25 34 38 42
2018-09-13	1	3rd	21 26 42 51 59
2018-09-10	27	5th	8 13 19 41 42
2018-06-07	2	4th	17 22 38 42 45
2018-05-31	12	3rd	1 28 42 47 55
2018-04-19	26	5th	4 15 28 35 42
2018-01-18	4	3rd	26 36 42 58 60
2018-01-04	3	3rd	12 22 42 43 53
2017-12-25	8	4th	2 18 34 42 57
2017-11-27	3	3rd	25 27 42 50 57
2017-11-16	3	4th	15 16 19 42 52
2017-11-06	2	5th	4 10 22 24 42
2017-10-30	6	5th	6 22 23 36 42
2017-10-09	6	4th	18 20 38 42 44
2017-09-18	2	5th	4 21 26 35 42
2017-09-11	4	3rd	26 34 42 48 57
2017-08-28	5	4th	4 9 20 42 46
2017-08-10	4	5th	4 5 28 33 42
2017-07-27	2	4th	32 37 38 42 43
2017-07-20	21	4th	26 37 40 42 50
2017-05-08	12	3rd	22 34 42 46 57
2017-03-27	7	2nd	32 42 58 59 60
2017-03-02	4	5th	3 7 11 30 42
2017-02-16	12	5th	8 12 19 35 42
2017-01-05	11	3rd	5 18 42 44 46
2016-11-28	19	3rd	22 32 42 45 49
2016-09-22	63	4th	1 3 24 42 59
2016-02-15	24	5th	2 9 30 37 42
2015-11-23	13	3rd	4 21 42 43 59
2015-10-08	18	4th	25 27 28 42 53
2015-08-06	—	5th	4 5 24 31 42