In Jackpot Triple Play under the 6/46 · since May 2025 rules — 146 draws, 6 from 1–46.
23times drawn · chance expected 19 +0.97σ
0draws waiting — it came up last time
6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
18longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long
42 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 23 times in 146 draws against 19.0 expected, +0.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
42
Number 42, draw by draw
Drawn 23 times in 146 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 18 · drawn in the most recent draw
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.
Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 45 numbers; chance expects about 3 such strangers 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 46. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.