Number 42

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

258times drawn · chance expected 239 +1.34σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

28longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 258 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, +1.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 258 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 30 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 smallest2 · chance 2.9
5th smallest58 · chance 54.3
6th smallest198 · chance 200.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 5 21 18 37 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-06-26	8	6th	4 7 15 19 22 42
2026-05-29	18	6th	10 11 12 19 31 42
2026-03-27	19	6th	2 5 6 7 8 42
2026-01-20	5	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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-11	6	6th	23 26 36 37 41 42
2025-01-21	6	6th	3 25 27 30 31 42
2024-12-31	5	6th	3 21 31 36 40 42
2024-12-13	8	6th	6 19 35 37 40 42
2024-11-15	9	6th	3 7 14 18 39 42
2024-10-15	5	6th	4 5 10 25 37 42
2024-09-27	3	6th	1 3 6 13 30 42
2024-09-17	4	6th	6 9 19 23 32 42
2024-09-03	13	6th	9 12 14 18 35 42
2024-07-19	4	5th	3 7 24 31 42 43
2024-07-05	9	6th	4 6 12 14 29 42
2024-06-04	1	6th	13 24 32 33 39 42
2024-05-31	2	6th	4 9 21 31 37 42
2024-05-24	8	6th	4 5 13 23 36 42
2024-04-26	6	5th	4 12 17 35 42 44
2024-04-05	8	6th	6 12 14 23 37 42
2024-03-08	7	6th	11 14 18 29 30 42
2024-02-13	9	6th	4 23 24 35 37 42
2024-01-12	4	6th	10 16 27 33 39 42
2023-12-29	6	5th	15 23 26 40 42 44
2023-12-08	11	6th	3 5 12 14 28 42
2023-10-31	2	6th	18 20 22 26 28 42
2023-10-24	7	5th	31 32 34 41 42 44
2023-09-29	4	6th	6 7 15 22 28 42
2023-09-15	3	6th	11 19 21 22 29 42
2023-09-05	8	6th	13 23 33 38 39 42
2023-08-08	11	5th	10 14 16 41 42 43
2023-06-30	3	6th	12 26 32 34 39 42
2023-06-20	11	6th	2 8 17 18 25 42
2023-05-12	10	5th	2 36 37 38 42 43
2023-04-07	1	6th	5 12 19 23 38 42
2023-04-04	3	6th	5 7 11 16 39 42
2023-03-24	10	6th	3 6 10 35 38 42
2023-02-17	6	6th	2 4 18 29 36 42
2023-01-27	10	6th	29 35 38 39 40 42
2022-12-23	5	6th	14 16 18 24 38 42
2022-12-06	12	5th	3 14 21 31 42 44
2022-10-25	16	6th	12 25 26 33 41 42
2022-08-30	2	5th	18 21 31 38 42 44
2022-08-23	16	5th	5 9 29 32 42 43
2022-06-28	1	6th	5 8 20 29 36 42
2022-06-24	6	6th	10 21 25 31 41 42
2022-06-03	7	5th	10 11 32 40 42 44
2022-05-10	4	6th	5 14 22 28 38 42
2022-04-26	4	6th	6 7 11 24 36 42
2022-04-12	6	5th	5 8 11 35 42 44
2022-03-22	3	5th	8 22 32 41 42 43
2022-03-11	4	6th	5 26 29 38 39 42
2022-02-25	6	6th	13 14 28 32 38 42
2022-02-04	17	5th	2 4 9 21 42 44
2021-12-07	8	6th	4 7 15 20 30 42
2021-11-09	3	6th	1 3 18 26 34 42
2021-10-29	1	6th	3 5 30 31 34 42
2021-10-26	9	6th	8 10 22 29 39 42
2021-09-24	26	6th	8 14 26 31 41 42
2021-06-25	6	6th	1 6 8 38 39 42
2021-06-04	4	6th	5 13 21 37 39 42
2021-05-21	2	5th	6 14 36 41 42 43
2021-05-14	6	4th	12 13 21 42 43 44
2021-04-23	10	6th	13 18 28 38 40 42
2021-03-19	15	5th	4 8 27 30 42 43
2021-01-26	1	6th	9 16 27 29 32 42
2021-01-22	9	6th	12 21 25 28 39 42
2020-12-22	7	6th	11 12 17 38 40 42
2020-11-27	1	6th	5 8 13 22 26 42
2020-11-24	11	6th	4 18 19 27 35 42
2020-10-16	6	6th	6 7 12 22 31 42
2020-09-25	8	6th	8 11 33 35 37 42
2020-08-28	7	6th	4 21 25 27 30 42
2020-08-04	3	6th	1 9 14 17 40 42
2020-07-24	4	6th	4 13 29 34 41 42
2020-07-10	1	6th	3 7 13 20 37 42
2020-07-07	2	6th	3 10 32 35 40 42
2020-06-30	1	6th	1 2 13 20 25 42
2020-06-26	11	6th	5 9 14 21 33 42
2020-05-19	1	6th	7 24 25 28 41 42
2020-05-15	2	6th	21 25 27 32 38 42
2020-05-08	1	6th	3 18 23 26 35 42
2020-05-05	4	6th	10 30 36 38 41 42
2020-04-21	5	6th	19 22 38 39 41 42
2020-04-03	1	5th	2 13 14 25 42 44
2020-03-31	5	6th	11 21 22 32 41 42
2020-03-13	2	6th	13 27 34 37 38 42
2020-03-06	3	6th	1 6 32 38 39 42
2020-02-25	6	6th	11 25 29 31 39 42
2020-02-04	17	6th	5 7 12 15 33 42
2019-12-06	2	6th	7 16 18 23 29 42
2019-11-29	4	5th	13 22 31 33 42 43
2019-11-15	2	5th	14 21 26 33 42 43
2019-11-08	7	6th	7 9 20 26 40 42
2019-10-15	6	6th	2 3 15 16 22 42
2019-09-24	3	6th	5 18 26 37 38 42
2019-09-13	2	6th	26 28 37 39 41 42
2019-09-06	5	6th	6 10 13 16 18 42
2019-08-20	6	5th	4 19 30 38 42 44
2019-07-30	1	6th	12 20 23 29 39 42
2019-07-26	1	6th	15 23 28 33 40 42
2019-07-23	23	6th	8 14 18 31 36 42
2019-05-03	7	6th	7 9 18 23 28 42
2019-04-09	2	6th	12 23 24 33 35 42
2019-04-02	4	6th	9 16 21 28 41 42
2019-03-19	5	6th	2 7 9 11 16 42
2019-03-01	1	5th	11 14 17 37 42 43
2019-02-26	6	6th	12 16 25 27 39 42
2019-02-05	1	5th	1 4 15 30 42 43
2019-02-01	19	6th	3 7 21 22 30 42
2018-11-27	6	6th	7 35 37 39 41 42
2018-11-06	10	6th	10 27 29 38 39 42
2018-10-02	10	5th	18 30 34 35 42 44
2018-08-28	4	6th	3 14 20 33 35 42
2018-08-14	1	6th	1 3 9 15 30 42
2018-08-10	5	6th	1 5 8 26 28 42
2018-07-24	3	6th	19 24 25 31 37 42
2018-07-13	5	6th	10 31 32 33 38 42
2018-06-26	2	6th	4 21 24 28 39 42
2018-06-19	9	6th	11 17 25 27 34 42
2018-05-18	1	6th	1 8 15 21 28 42
2018-05-15	1	5th	17 28 37 39 42 43
2018-05-11	8	6th	7 19 22 24 36 42
2018-04-13	13	6th	7 17 21 24 34 42
2018-02-27	8	6th	2 11 15 19 31 42
2018-01-30	13	5th	12 26 35 41 42 44
2017-12-15	8	6th	1 12 13 25 37 42
2017-11-17	6	6th	7 13 33 34 37 42
2017-10-27	19	6th	7 14 16 26 34 42
2017-08-22	4	6th	5 16 18 31 36 42
2017-08-08	10	6th	4 9 24 32 40 42
2017-07-04	28	6th	3 15 20 24 37 42
2017-03-28	5	6th	7 14 18 23 39 42
2017-03-10	9	6th	16 18 19 28 31 42
2017-02-07	13	6th	28 32 36 38 39 42
2016-12-23	9	6th	5 18 21 25 36 42
2016-11-22	6	6th	9 10 12 21 41 42
2016-11-01	9	5th	11 16 28 37 42 43
2016-09-30	18	6th	12 27 28 29 39 42
2016-07-29	19	6th	7 10 17 35 36 42
2016-05-24	3	6th	4 16 18 19 27 42
2016-05-13	11	6th	7 10 27 36 38 42
2016-04-05	3	6th	1 8 11 32 33 42
2016-03-25	1	6th	5 15 27 32 33 42
2016-03-22	4	6th	5 22 23 34 37 42
2016-03-08	9	5th	21 24 26 38 42 43
2016-02-05	7	5th	7 15 16 23 42 44
2016-01-12	11	6th	14 20 26 39 41 42
2015-12-04	6	6th	1 2 5 13 31 42
2015-11-13	8	6th	5 27 37 40 41 42
2015-10-16	8	6th	16 27 32 38 40 42
2015-09-18	12	6th	1 2 18 39 40 42
2015-08-07	2	6th	4 5 24 28 37 42
2015-07-31	12	6th	11 25 28 34 41 42
2015-06-19	2	6th	6 21 27 32 39 42
2015-06-12	13	5th	13 19 34 35 42 43
2015-04-28	6	6th	7 10 24 33 37 42
2015-04-07	18	6th	3 7 17 31 39 42
2015-02-03	1	6th	19 25 27 29 36 42
2015-01-30	1	6th	6 11 13 37 40 42
2015-01-27	9	5th	16 32 35 39 42 44
2014-12-26	4	5th	1 17 22 27 42 43
2014-12-12	12	6th	3 9 25 28 39 42
2014-10-31	15	6th	1 7 14 26 40 42
2014-09-09	1	6th	6 8 36 38 40 42
2014-09-05	2	6th	15 21 23 33 39 42
2014-08-29	4	5th	4 9 30 38 42 44
2014-08-15	12	6th	5 9 12 18 40 42
2014-07-04	8	6th	8 13 23 30 39 42
2014-06-06	5	5th	1 5 7 11 42 44
2014-05-20	1	6th	2 20 21 38 41 42
2014-05-16	1	5th	15 22 24 34 42 43
2014-05-13	1	6th	4 5 13 34 35 42
2014-05-09	4	6th	1 2 14 19 27 42
2014-04-25	19	5th	19 27 37 40 42 44
2014-02-18	1	6th	6 21 25 27 32 42
2014-02-14	21	5th	1 11 27 40 42 43
2013-12-03	1	6th	2 5 9 14 32 42
2013-11-29	10	6th	2 9 14 22 32 42
2013-10-25	26	6th	6 20 22 25 26 42
2013-07-26	1	6th	1 8 18 21 29 42
2013-07-23	5	6th	1 6 11 25 34 42
2013-07-05	14	6th	1 5 6 35 41 42
2013-05-17	1	6th	8 13 16 28 39 42
2013-05-14	1	5th	5 12 32 41 42 44
2013-05-10	2	6th	5 11 23 26 34 42
2013-05-03	3	6th	5 11 15 16 32 42
2013-04-23	11	5th	13 19 29 34 42 43
2013-03-15	4	6th	4 10 19 24 31 42
2013-03-01	7	6th	9 18 20 27 34 42
2013-02-05	3	6th	9 17 18 21 25 42
2013-01-25	2	5th	9 13 27 29 42 44
2013-01-18	3	6th	7 19 20 33 34 42
2013-01-08	1	6th	11 16 19 30 39 42
2013-01-04	13	6th	6 11 20 26 30 42
2012-11-20	24	6th	1 2 16 17 38 42
2012-08-28	1	6th	2 3 9 11 13 42
2012-08-24	18	6th	1 5 18 27 30 42
2012-06-22	11	6th	1 15 20 24 41 42
2012-05-15	9	6th	1 9 21 25 37 42
2012-04-13	4	5th	4 11 20 40 42 44
2012-03-30	26	6th	4 14 16 24 30 42
2011-12-30	1	6th	2 16 20 22 25 42
2011-12-27	3	6th	27 28 29 31 41 42
2011-12-16	1	5th	3 4 13 19 42 44
2011-12-13	3	6th	3 14 34 37 38 42
2011-12-02	1	5th	6 7 15 40 42 44
2011-11-29	20	6th	1 20 29 36 38 42
2011-09-20	2	6th	12 18 30 38 40 42
2011-09-13	3	6th	2 8 17 29 34 42
2011-09-02	1	5th	11 18 31 33 42 44
2011-08-30	15	5th	5 6 14 39 42 44
2011-07-08	23	5th	5 13 26 36 42 44
2011-04-19	3	5th	13 21 33 35 42 43
2011-04-08	6	6th	12 13 33 38 41 42
2011-03-18	10	6th	7 12 21 23 26 42
2011-02-11	6	5th	3 5 21 33 42 43
2011-01-21	1	5th	14 21 37 41 42 43
2011-01-18	9	6th	4 8 10 17 18 42
2010-12-17	9	6th	14 18 21 28 38 42
2010-11-16	4	6th	1 2 27 33 35 42
2010-11-02	4	6th	2 16 32 35 41 42
2010-10-19	6	5th	4 12 28 38 42 44
2010-09-28	3	6th	10 19 21 28 30 42
2010-09-17	10	5th	10 11 23 30 42 44
2010-08-13	6	6th	19 25 26 33 37 42
2010-07-23	3	6th	16 23 27 30 40 42
2010-07-13	6	5th	3 25 36 41 42 44
2010-06-22	1	6th	13 23 25 35 37 42
2010-06-18	3	5th	1 15 25 32 42 43
2010-06-08	2	5th	4 15 19 24 42 44
2010-06-01	7	5th	12 23 32 33 42 43
2010-05-07	2	5th	17 24 34 36 42 44
2010-04-30	8	6th	6 18 21 22 33 42
2010-04-02	4	6th	3 5 26 34 37 42
2010-03-19	15	6th	18 19 29 37 41 42
2010-01-26	2	5th	1 11 30 36 42 43
2010-01-19	—	6th	17 28 35 39 41 42