Number 42

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,879 draws, 6 from 1–42.

130times drawn · chance expected 268 −9.13σ

895draws waiting · a wait this long: <0.1% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

42 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 42

Drawn 130 times in 1,879 draws against 268.4 expected, −9.13σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 130 times in 1,879 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 895 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest130 · chance 130.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 14 3 25 39 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2019-09-11	4	6th	9 23 28 29 41 42
2019-08-28	10	6th	4 9 13 29 30 42
2019-07-24	13	6th	2 13 17 24 38 42
2019-06-08	12	6th	12

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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