Number 42

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

180times drawn · chance expected 198 −1.37σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

55longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 180 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −1.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 180 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 18 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 0.9
3rd smallest13 · chance 9.4
4th smallest45 · chance 40.6
5th smallest76 · chance 77.2
6th smallest46 · chance 51.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 20 45 38 44 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 — 34th most popular of 53. 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
2026-08-08	11	6th	3 11 20 25 40 42
2026-07-01	4	5th	4 5 25 33 42 52
2026-06-17	4	5th	12 26 27 40 42 51
2026-06-03

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-27	4	5th	14 19 29 31 42 53
2024-04-13	4	5th	1 14 36 38 42 43
2024-03-30	1	4th	20 26 30 42 45 46
2024-03-27	20	3rd	16 34 42 43 44 52
2024-01-17	4	4th	6 36 37 42 45 52
2024-01-03	9	5th	5 9 34 40 42 43
2023-12-02	5	4th	1 20 41 42 45 49
2023-11-15	14	4th	35 39 41 42 44 49
2023-09-27	2	5th	5 13 29 35 42 45
2023-09-20	3	5th	4 20 21 35 42 45
2023-09-09	9	4th	18 34 39 42 48 53
2023-08-09	32	6th	6 8 13 20 33 42
2023-04-19	3	3rd	13 35 42 43 49 53
2023-04-08	5	6th	1 3 9 34 35 42
2023-03-22	10	4th	17 31 41 42 45 49
2023-02-15	7	5th	1 8 29 41 42 48
2023-01-21	5	5th	12 13 17 25 42 46
2023-01-04	11	6th	3 9 13 15 30 42
2022-11-26	9	6th	5 8 23 29 31 42
2022-10-26	22	5th	11 18 20 30 42 53
2022-08-10	5	4th	6 11 40 42 47 50
2022-07-23	10	5th	7 11 20 32 42 51
2022-06-18	5	3rd	9 37 42 44 45 50
2022-06-01	11	5th	11 15 33 38 42 51
2022-04-23	22	6th	2 13 27 30 39 42
2022-02-05	9	5th	4 6 36 39 42 44
2022-01-05	5	3rd	9 38 42 45 48 51
2021-12-18	13	6th	6 7 15 25 27 42
2021-11-03	17	3rd	22 29 42 46 47 52
2021-09-04	21	5th	12 13 19 21 42 53
2021-06-23	22	4th	10 14 35 42 50 52
2021-04-07	38	5th	3 19 24 30 42 44
2020-11-25	2	4th	16 20 29 42 43 48
2020-11-18	10	3rd	2 38 42 45 47 50
2020-10-14	2	6th	2 10 27 31 34 42
2020-10-07	3	5th	4 11 14 18 42 49
2020-09-26	11	4th	10 14 23 42 47 48
2020-08-19	1	4th	2 4 6 42 43 51
2020-08-15	1	5th	17 31 34 37 42 45
2020-08-12	1	5th	3 13 24 32 42 53
2020-08-08	13	5th	10 17 22 34 42 43
2020-06-24	6	4th	26 33 38 42 44 49
2020-06-03	7	6th	3 9 14 20 22 42
2020-05-09	2	5th	6 23 32 33 42 49
2020-05-02	15	5th	6 26 38 41 42 47
2020-03-11	22	4th	3 7 40 42 46 51
2019-12-25	11	4th	5 15 21 42 47 53
2019-11-16	8	4th	16 33 38 42 46 51
2019-10-19	15	4th	5 35 40 42 43 48
2019-08-28	3	5th	1 13 18 38 42 53
2019-08-17	13	6th	2 6 19 25 41 42
2019-07-03	2	6th	22 27 31 33 40 42
2019-06-26	3	5th	14 20 33 40 42 48
2019-06-15	2	4th	3 34 38 42 45 52
2019-06-08	7	5th	6 19 34 40 42 50
2019-05-15	5	5th	16 22 36 38 42 43
2019-04-27	4	5th	1 17 27 36 42 51
2019-04-13	12	5th	5 18 28 37 42 49
2019-03-02	14	5th	4 15 39 40 42 50
2019-01-12	28	4th	8 9 15 42 46 48
2018-10-06	2	5th	15 22 34 40 42 47
2018-09-29	14	4th	24 31 33 42 49 51
2018-08-11	13	5th	5 9 31 39 42 51
2018-06-27	9	5th	3 21 28 38 42 52
2018-05-26	3	4th	4 8 9 42 46 53
2018-05-16	1	4th	1 11 17 42 45 49
2018-05-12	3	6th	10 16 20 28 40 42
2018-05-02	7	4th	29 32 38 42 44 49
2018-04-07	52	6th	10 23 30 36 40 42
2017-10-07	5	5th	18 23 27 35 42 45
2017-09-20	4	5th	1 7 36 40 42 53
2017-09-06	10	4th	12 22 27 42 47 49
2017-08-02	8	6th	3 4 6 10 30 42
2017-07-05	1	6th	5 10 28 32 40 42
2017-07-01	26	5th	9 20 27 37 42 47
2017-04-01	3	5th	2 8 9 36 42 48
2017-03-22	24	6th	3 13 21 30 32 42
2016-12-28	3	4th	20 25 37 42 44 48
2016-12-17	2	6th	5 6 24 30 32 42
2016-12-10	8	5th	8 17 21 41 42 45
2016-11-12	6	6th	2 16 22 28 38 42
2016-10-22	13	5th	12 14 27 30 42 46
2016-09-07	9	6th	10 15 24 33 39 42
2016-08-06	2	5th	1 22 27 40 42 53
2016-07-30	3	5th	10 21 22 40 42 50
2016-07-20	6	4th	5 11 24 42 43 48
2016-06-29	9	5th	1 5 24 35 42 53
2016-05-28	11	6th	5 16 22 28 34 42
2016-04-20	7	5th	22 24 31 33 42 52
2016-03-26	18	6th	7 13 18 33 40 42
2016-01-23	11	6th	8 20 24 28 38 42
2015-12-16	3	6th	8 14 18 22 35 42
2015-12-05	2	4th	3 11 39 42 45 52
2015-11-28	12	6th	1 2 4 32 33 42
2015-10-17	5	4th	9 30 39 42 44 53
2015-09-30	6	6th	5 14 30 34 35 42
2015-09-09	8	6th	7 20 25 26 31 42
2015-08-12	6	6th	15 21 23 25 34 42
2015-07-22	9	5th	10 26 29 38 42 46
2015-06-20	7	5th	10 14 28 35 42 49
2015-05-27	9	6th	11 13 24 38 39 42
2015-04-25	55	5th	16 19 31 38 42 52
2014-10-15	4	5th	6 10 15 25 42 52
2014-10-01	14	4th	11 13 31 42 45 52
2014-08-13	18	3rd	16 39 42 46 47 48
2014-06-11	9	4th	14 21 31 42 45 52
2014-05-10	3	5th	1 2 10 35 42 44
2014-04-30	1	5th	12 28 34 40 42 47
2014-04-26	15	6th	8 17 21 29 36 42
2014-03-05	7	5th	1 7 26 40 42 46
2014-02-08	1	5th	12 16 26 34 42 47
2014-02-05	6	4th	6 15 36 42 46 47
2014-01-15	28	5th	13 18 20 28 42 53
2013-10-09	2	5th	13 16 17 40 42 44
2013-10-02	1	6th	10 13 35 36 37 42
2013-09-28	6	5th	9 26 34 40 42 49
2013-09-07	16	6th	7 16 31 38 39 42
2013-07-13	3	5th	2 10 11 41 42 53
2013-07-03	6	3rd	3 13 42 47 52 53
2013-06-12	4	6th	2 29 35 37 41 42
2013-05-29	31	3rd	4 36 42 47 48 52
2013-02-09	3	4th	12 22 36 42 44 52
2013-01-30	6	4th	7 9 10 42 45 49
2013-01-09	17	5th	19 20 24 27 42 51
2012-11-10	24	4th	8 15 18 42 45 50
2012-08-18	5	4th	4 26 39 42 45 47
2012-08-01	14	6th	22 27 31 38 39 42
2012-06-13	23	4th	1 2 21 42 45 49
2012-03-24	7	6th	1 12 25 33 35 42
2012-02-29	2	5th	6 20 27 33 42 45
2012-02-22	2	6th	6 12 17 21 26 42
2012-02-15	5	5th	29 37 38 39 42 44
2012-01-28	9	5th	20 32 34 41 42 45
2011-12-28	10	4th	3 14 40 42 45 51
2011-11-23	11	5th	3 10 11 20 42 43
2011-10-15	3	5th	3 9 36 41 42 44
2011-10-05	1	5th	24 26 28 29 42 50
2011-10-01	19	6th	6 9 16 24 31 42
2011-07-27	4	5th	13 19 23 38 42 51
2011-07-13	7	4th	25 28 38 42 44 48
2011-06-18	1	5th	4 14 17 37 42 50
2011-06-15	4	3rd	15 36 42 46 48 53
2011-06-01	1	6th	8 14 15 34 41 42
2011-05-28	49	4th	7 36 41 42 44 47
2010-12-08	4	4th	4 14 23 42 46 50
2010-11-24	1	5th	15 29 37 40 42 43
2010-11-20	2	4th	9 29 31 42 43 50
2010-11-13	10	5th	8 20 25 28 42 44
2010-10-09	9	5th	10 16 17 26 42 47
2010-09-08	1	5th	4 15 23 24 42 46
2010-09-04	12	6th	2 7 9 22 29 42
2010-07-24	6	6th	9 12 29 32 33 42
2010-07-03	33	6th	12 14 20 22 33 42
2010-03-10	6	5th	5 12 20 21 42 48
2010-02-17	7	3rd	23 34 42 44 47 53
2010-01-23	—	3rd	37 39 42 47 49 51