Number 42

In Fantasy 5 under the 5/42 · since Oct 2015 rules — 4,014 draws, 5 from 1–42.

430times drawn · chance expected 478 −2.33σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

44longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 430 times in 4,014 draws against 477.9 expected, −2.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 430 times in 4,014 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest430 · chance 430.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 4 23 28 33 35

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 — 32nd 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.

No documented preference lifts or lowers it — the model treats it as an even pick.

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-11	6	5th	24 27 28 39 42
2026-10-05	1	5th	1 5 22 36 42
2026-10-04	3	5th	5 21 28 33 42
2026-10-01	2	5th	5 6 19

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-20	12	5th	2 27 36 38 42
2026-03-08	4	5th	4 7 31 37 42
2026-03-04	20	5th	2 19 30 38 42
2026-02-12	2	5th	12 21 37 41 42
2026-02-10	3	5th	9 14 15 25 42
2026-02-07	17	5th	12 17 25 38 42
2026-01-21	2	5th	2 27 29 41 42
2026-01-19	17	5th	19 20 23 34 42
2026-01-02	12	5th	4 13 19 26 42
2025-12-21	3	5th	5 14 27 34 42
2025-12-18	3	5th	18 28 33 35 42
2025-12-15	10	5th	9 34 35 39 42
2025-12-05	44	5th	19 26 28 40 42
2025-10-22	12	5th	1 4 10 36 42
2025-10-10	2	5th	12 24 25 29 42
2025-10-08	13	5th	11 19 27 33 42
2025-09-25	3	5th	9 24 38 40 42
2025-09-22	40	5th	1 3 10 38 42
2025-08-13	13	5th	5 20 31 34 42
2025-07-31	1	5th	16 21 29 30 42
2025-07-30	12	5th	10 23 27 33 42
2025-07-18	6	5th	5 9 10 22 42
2025-07-12	7	5th	16 19 31 40 42
2025-07-05	8	5th	3 6 25 28 42
2025-06-27	40	5th	2 19 25 37 42
2025-05-18	27	5th	8 23 39 40 42
2025-04-21	12	5th	10 28 33 41 42
2025-04-09	30	5th	11 14 28 32 42
2025-03-10	4	5th	11 18 35 38 42
2025-03-06	1	5th	5 17 29 38 42
2025-03-05	15	5th	2 23 35 36 42
2025-02-18	1	5th	11 12 25 34 42
2025-02-17	10	5th	8 16 24 29 42
2025-02-07	7	5th	6 24 31 34 42
2025-01-31	1	5th	10 13 20 27 42
2025-01-30	11	5th	5 25 28 39 42
2025-01-19	1	5th	9 15 26 30 42
2025-01-18	13	5th	10 17 22 27 42
2025-01-05	1	5th	10 11 25 28 42
2025-01-04	11	5th	3 27 38 39 42
2024-12-24	9	5th	4 15 25 37 42
2024-12-15	15	5th	15 29 31 38 42
2024-11-30	8	5th	10 19 22 26 42
2024-11-22	1	5th	4 9 22 26 42
2024-11-21	5	5th	2 28 36 41 42
2024-11-16	3	5th	14 22 33 34 42
2024-11-13	12	5th	29 35 37 38 42
2024-11-01	11	5th	6 10 11 34 42
2024-10-21	9	5th	12 15 33 37 42
2024-10-12	2	5th	25 28 38 41 42
2024-10-10	3	5th	20 36 38 40 42
2024-10-07	19	5th	13 20 22 34 42
2024-09-18	14	5th	3 30 34 38 42
2024-09-04	4	5th	2 7 10 15 42
2024-08-31	2	5th	23 29 31 32 42
2024-08-29	15	5th	6 11 21 30 42
2024-08-14	6	5th	3 6 9 27 42
2024-08-08	3	5th	16 21 37 38 42
2024-08-05	34	5th	7 11 25 41 42
2024-07-02	12	5th	2 6 31 36 42
2024-06-20	2	5th	8 14 26 40 42
2024-06-18	2	5th	2 6 12 13 42
2024-06-16	3	5th	2 9 33 37 42
2024-06-13	3	5th	8 11 14 19 42
2024-06-10	1	5th	6 21 25 40 42
2024-06-09	11	5th	5 20 24 30 42
2024-05-29	30	5th	3 7 12 37 42
2024-04-29	10	5th	1 3 7 33 42
2024-04-19	6	5th	8 11 14 25 42
2024-04-13	11	5th	12 22 24 33 42
2024-04-02	12	5th	4 18 31 32 42
2024-03-21	14	5th	8 25 26 36 42
2024-03-07	13	5th	11 17 18 20 42
2024-02-23	6	5th	6 8 29 35 42
2024-02-17	1	5th	1 18 23 40 42
2024-02-16	3	5th	11 27 37 38 42
2024-02-13	5	5th	2 4 16 19 42
2024-02-08	3	5th	3 23 27 35 42
2024-02-05	9	5th	7 11 18 35 42
2024-01-27	8	5th	5 11 20 31 42
2024-01-19	27	5th	2 38 39 41 42
2023-12-23	16	5th	2 5 23 31 42
2023-12-07	13	5th	15 36 37 39 42
2023-11-24	20	5th	28 29 33 34 42
2023-11-04	28	5th	3 4 18 37 42
2023-10-07	15	5th	24 32 38 40 42
2023-09-22	2	5th	7 19 27 36 42
2023-09-20	2	5th	2 14 18 21 42
2023-09-18	3	5th	3 6 10 30 42
2023-09-15	8	5th	2 6 14 31 42
2023-09-07	1	5th	11 13 18 39 42
2023-09-06	15	5th	4 15 25 31 42
2023-08-22	7	5th	4 11 14 38 42
2023-08-15	9	5th	15 20 32 36 42
2023-08-06	4	5th	1 4 8 29 42
2023-08-02	16	5th	2 4 13 27 42
2023-07-17	2	5th	4 7 11 27 42
2023-07-15	7	5th	9 14 37 38 42
2023-07-08	8	5th	5 11 25 39 42
2023-06-30	10	5th	7 9 13 26 42
2023-06-20	15	5th	19 29 37 41 42
2023-06-05	6	5th	25 28 29 31 42
2023-05-30	9	5th	19 20 31 37 42
2023-05-21	3	5th	26 28 32 35 42
2023-05-18	27	5th	16 26 33 37 42
2023-04-21	7	5th	19 25 28 33 42
2023-04-14	7	5th	5 11 23 28 42
2023-04-07	11	5th	3 29 37 41 42
2023-03-27	18	5th	16 21 26 32 42
2023-03-09	2	5th	24 29 31 40 42
2023-03-07	10	5th	3 5 20 39 42
2023-02-25	6	5th	3 6 17 41 42
2023-02-19	5	5th	2 16 18 27 42
2023-02-14	1	5th	5 11 12 20 42
2023-02-13	28	5th	1 5 12 17 42
2023-01-16	2	5th	9 14 30 36 42
2023-01-14	8	5th	7 21 39 40 42
2023-01-06	8	5th	6 10 28 40 42
2022-12-29	5	5th	5 8 9 17 42
2022-12-24	1	5th	4 26 27 34 42
2022-12-23	17	5th	19 25 33 39 42
2022-12-06	35	5th	14 22 31 36 42
2022-11-01	14	5th	15 21 26 39 42
2022-10-18	2	5th	2 5 19 27 42
2022-10-16	36	5th	14 24 34 35 42
2022-09-10	1	5th	6 9 32 35 42
2022-09-09	7	5th	8 12 15 34 42
2022-09-02	2	5th	7 14 25 35 42
2022-08-31	2	5th	4 19 23 28 42
2022-08-29	2	5th	12 15 33 34 42
2022-08-27	3	5th	12 20 22 31 42
2022-08-24	1	5th	4 6 27 33 42
2022-08-23	3	5th	1 6 25 39 42
2022-08-20	38	5th	3 4 10 37 42
2022-07-13	16	5th	16 23 31 33 42
2022-06-27	4	5th	2 10 11 19 42
2022-06-23	7	5th	14 27 35 41 42
2022-06-16	1	5th	10 15 37 38 42
2022-06-15	5	5th	18 20 33 39 42
2022-06-10	5	5th	8 10 16 33 42
2022-06-05	5	5th	3 11 12 22 42
2022-05-31	8	5th	3 23 28 32 42
2022-05-23	4	5th	10 11 18 31 42
2022-05-19	27	5th	11 15 28 32 42
2022-04-22	10	5th	6 26 35 36 42
2022-04-12	7	5th	20 26 33 38 42
2022-04-05	17	5th	4 10 29 31 42
2022-03-19	10	5th	19 23 24 30 42
2022-03-09	3	5th	15 29 32 33 42
2022-03-06	2	5th	3 4 7 32 42
2022-03-04	12	5th	4 17 21 23 42
2022-02-20	7	5th	4 7 33 35 42
2022-02-13	1	5th	1 2 9 39 42
2022-02-12	6	5th	5 12 18 31 42
2022-02-06	3	5th	6 20 30 41 42
2022-02-03	4	5th	14 17 21 41 42
2022-01-30	1	5th	9 10 14 18 42
2022-01-29	44	5th	7 12 33 41 42
2021-12-16	4	5th	22 31 35 39 42
2021-12-12	23	5th	7 16 27 37 42
2021-11-19	9	5th	23 27 32 37 42
2021-11-10	23	5th	4 8 12 15 42
2021-10-18	2	5th	22 25 26 34 42
2021-10-16	24	5th	12 14 26 35 42
2021-09-22	4	5th	16 26 29 40 42
2021-09-18	1	5th	17 33 34 41 42
2021-09-17	18	5th	19 22 25 38 42
2021-08-30	7	5th	21 22 25 28 42
2021-08-23	41	5th	8 9 28 40 42
2021-07-13	6	5th	18 24 37 41 42
2021-07-07	12	5th	8 14 22 27 42
2021-06-25	3	5th	19 28 35 36 42
2021-06-22	10	5th	4 16 22 24 42
2021-06-12	10	5th	4 12 19 34 42
2021-06-02	7	5th	19 31 34 36 42
2021-05-26	2	5th	22 23 28 38 42
2021-05-24	15	5th	17 30 31 40 42
2021-05-09	1	5th	2 4 28 35 42
2021-05-08	9	5th	9 22 36 39 42
2021-04-29	15	5th	4 35 36 40 42
2021-04-14	6	5th	7 37 38 40 42
2021-04-08	7	5th	17 21 35 38 42
2021-04-01	1	5th	4 8 29 30 42
2021-03-31	2	5th	6 16 19 39 42
2021-03-29	6	5th	14 26 34 38 42
2021-03-23	21	5th	9 16 19 39 42
2021-03-02	7	5th	14 29 33 39 42
2021-02-23	7	5th	6 16 24 38 42
2021-02-16	16	5th	14 17 23 36 42
2021-01-31	2	5th	5 6 7 23 42
2021-01-29	5	5th	4 8 17 35 42
2021-01-24	7	5th	11 25 30 32 42
2021-01-17	10	5th	13 14 15 24 42
2021-01-07	1	5th	19 29 38 39 42
2021-01-06	31	5th	3 4 13 24 42
2020-12-06	1	5th	6 14 27 35 42
2020-12-05	6	5th	6 16 34 35 42
2020-11-29	22	5th	13 23 27 28 42
2020-11-07	6	5th	30 32 35 36 42
2020-11-01	12	5th	14 18 31 32 42
2020-10-20	25	5th	26 27 29 40 42
2020-09-25	2	5th	20 23 25 31 42
2020-09-23	4	5th	2 35 36 39 42
2020-09-19	2	5th	3 16 22 23 42
2020-09-17	1	5th	7 18 28 32 42
2020-09-16	24	5th	6 11 28 36 42
2020-08-23	20	5th	7 12 24 35 42
2020-08-03	4	5th	18 24 34 36 42
2020-07-30	4	5th	13 14 19 24 42
2020-07-26	13	5th	8 13 30 33 42
2020-07-13	1	5th	7 17 22 41 42
2020-07-12	18	5th	7 8 23 33 42
2020-06-24	13	5th	4 24 28 33 42
2020-06-11	13	5th	14 29 32 35 42
2020-05-29	4	5th	5 19 28 29 42
2020-05-25	14	5th	9 22 33 35 42
2020-05-11	4	5th	4 16 29 30 42
2020-05-07	6	5th	9 22 23 25 42
2020-05-01	8	5th	5 12 21 30 42
2020-04-23	24	5th	20 26 32 39 42
2020-03-30	3	5th	22 24 35 37 42
2020-03-27	12	5th	6 17 24 37 42
2020-03-15	10	5th	11 20 25 36 42
2020-03-05	3	5th	10 29 33 40 42
2020-03-02	11	5th	4 9 24 34 42
2020-02-20	2	5th	7 11 24 25 42
2020-02-18	5	5th	11 16 26 32 42
2020-02-13	13	5th	11 18 20 41 42
2020-01-31	5	5th	4 5 9 32 42
2020-01-26	5	5th	3 4 32 36 42
2020-01-21	5	5th	21 23 27 37 42
2020-01-16	3	5th	2 5 8 25 42
2020-01-13	1	5th	2 26 35 41 42
2020-01-12	2	5th	2 3 8 34 42
2020-01-10	37	5th	3 21 29 32 42
2019-12-04	7	5th	2 8 21 34 42
2019-11-27	1	5th	8 14 16 29 42
2019-11-26	16	5th	29 33 36 37 42
2019-11-10	10	5th	7 15 27 28 42
2019-10-31	19	5th	13 18 35 40 42
2019-10-12	3	5th	17 19 27 30 42
2019-10-09	2	5th	2 8 19 40 42
2019-10-07	32	5th	2 24 26 41 42
2019-09-05	7	5th	13 16 24 41 42
2019-08-29	39	5th	5 7 18 29 42
2019-07-21	3	5th	13 16 29 32 42
2019-07-18	7	5th	18 20 21 40 42
2019-07-11	1	5th	18 25 32 36 42
2019-07-10	4	5th	17 23 34 40 42
2019-07-06	3	5th	9 22 28 35 42
2019-07-03	4	5th	6 9 10 21 42
2019-06-29	1	5th	7 11 12 17 42
2019-06-28	4	5th	7 10 30 38 42
2019-06-24	10	5th	1 16 36 40 42
2019-06-14	13	5th	8 29 37 38 42
2019-06-01	1	5th	8 12 15 26 42
2019-05-31	1	5th	21 29 32 40 42
2019-05-30	18	5th	19 20 33 35 42
2019-05-12	3	5th	7 17 20 33 42
2019-05-09	2	5th	3 17 34 37 42
2019-05-07	3	5th	1 6 13 18 42
2019-05-04	3	5th	7 34 39 40 42
2019-05-01	32	5th	14 23 26 31 42
2019-03-30	3	5th	17 21 27 37 42
2019-03-27	10	5th	7 23 25 39 42
2019-03-17	5	5th	19 31 32 37 42
2019-03-12	8	5th	3 4 7 11 42
2019-03-04	14	5th	4 28 30 31 42
2019-02-18	13	5th	21 23 29 39 42
2019-02-05	1	5th	2 5 14 29 42
2019-02-04	1	5th	6 32 33 41 42
2019-02-03	3	5th	8 38 39 41 42
2019-01-31	8	5th	4 16 30 34 42
2019-01-23	6	5th	1 11 21 23 42
2019-01-17	11	5th	2 30 32 38 42
2019-01-06	27	5th	12 14 16 33 42
2018-12-10	1	5th	1 11 26 38 42
2018-12-09	9	5th	11 14 17 34 42
2018-11-30	11	5th	2 5 17 35 42
2018-11-19	2	5th	2 6 21 23 42
2018-11-17	3	5th	1 20 21 40 42
2018-11-14	35	5th	9 11 30 39 42
2018-10-10	28	5th	3 23 25 35 42
2018-09-12	4	5th	7 8 23 24 42
2018-09-08	5	5th	4 13 25 35 42
2018-09-03	2	5th	3 9 26 38 42
2018-09-01	1	5th	10 30 40 41 42
2018-08-31	1	5th	15 16 20 32 42
2018-08-30	14	5th	11 15 26 33 42
2018-08-16	7	5th	3 6 17 26 42
2018-08-09	1	5th	8 9 20 23 42
2018-08-08	16	5th	12 20 26 37 42
2018-07-23	13	5th	1 3 8 23 42
2018-07-10	19	5th	7 11 17 27 42
2018-06-21	1	5th	2 6 8 9 42
2018-06-20	13	5th	1 9 11 26 42
2018-06-07	17	5th	7 16 17 35 42
2018-05-21	15	5th	11 19 27 32 42
2018-05-06	6	5th	2 5 20 30 42
2018-04-30	5	5th	5 8 9 19 42
2018-04-25	8	5th	2 7 10 28 42
2018-04-17	19	5th	4 18 23 26 42
2018-03-29	16	5th	5 26 29 39 42
2018-03-13	31	5th	23 28 29 35 42
2018-02-10	3	5th	4 19 33 35 42
2018-02-07	2	5th	1 21 31 38 42
2018-02-05	12	5th	17 27 29 39 42
2018-01-24	6	5th	12 25 30 37 42
2018-01-18	14	5th	9 28 34 39 42
2018-01-04	13	5th	5 12 20 25 42
2017-12-22	4	5th	18 22 26 41 42
2017-12-18	3	5th	2 5 9 26 42
2017-12-15	2	5th	5 9 21 35 42
2017-12-13	3	5th	4 8 14 23 42
2017-12-10	7	5th	4 18 29 32 42
2017-12-03	6	5th	1 22 26 32 42
2017-11-27	5	5th	11 14 20 38 42
2017-11-22	8	5th	15 22 23 36 42
2017-11-14	3	5th	4 8 22 25 42
2017-11-11	5	5th	2 3 30 31 42
2017-11-06	2	5th	1 9 23 37 42
2017-11-04	17	5th	5 10 15 41 42
2017-10-17	21	5th	6 14 22 24 42
2017-09-25	8	5th	6 14 18 22 42
2017-09-17	2	5th	12 13 34 40 42
2017-09-15	1	5th	3 9 17 21 42
2017-09-14	2	5th	7 20 23 32 42
2017-09-12	9	5th	4 15 22 31 42
2017-09-03	31	5th	10 11 39 41 42
2017-07-27	12	5th	2 10 18 35 42
2017-07-15	10	5th	5 6 21 27 42
2017-07-05	10	5th	3 19 28 35 42
2017-06-25	23	5th	9 11 16 37 42
2017-06-02	3	5th	7 9 26 32 42
2017-05-30	2	5th	3 4 21 25 42
2017-05-28	15	5th	1 3 20 24 42
2017-05-13	12	5th	9 14 28 38 42
2017-05-01	4	5th	17 20 23 38 42
2017-04-27	6	5th	5 23 29 31 42
2017-04-21	30	5th	5 28 30 33 42
2017-03-19	3	5th	4 20 35 41 42
2017-03-16	4	5th	2 5 8 21 42
2017-03-12	6	5th	11 20 25 32 42
2017-03-06	11	5th	8 11 16 40 42
2017-02-23	3	5th	2 26 30 39 42
2017-02-20	4	5th	1 17 20 40 42
2017-02-16	3	5th	8 11 12 18 42
2017-02-13	3	5th	13 15 29 36 42
2017-02-10	12	5th	3 11 25 33 42
2017-01-29	4	5th	3 7 22 33 42
2017-01-25	18	5th	19 20 26 30 42
2017-01-07	5	5th	4 33 40 41 42
2017-01-02	14	5th	6 30 32 38 42
2016-12-19	4	5th	2 4 12 39 42
2016-12-15	9	5th	9 25 35 36 42
2016-12-06	13	5th	1 2 13 24 42
2016-11-23	25	5th	3 21 23 28 42
2016-10-29	2	5th	17 18 20 41 42
2016-10-27	6	5th	16 28 31 35 42
2016-10-21	17	5th	11 12 13 38 42
2016-10-04	5	5th	25 30 34 40 42
2016-09-29	3	5th	6 13 19 37 42
2016-09-26	12	5th	5 13 15 30 42
2016-09-14	4	5th	2 5 27 28 42
2016-09-10	3	5th	8 24 30 31 42
2016-09-07	3	5th	10 39 40 41 42
2016-09-04	4	5th	5 10 25 38 42
2016-08-31	19	5th	1 6 24 25 42
2016-08-12	1	5th	19 20 28 30 42
2016-08-11	1	5th	20 21 24 28 42
2016-08-10	5	5th	4 6 7 29 42
2016-08-05	3	5th	20 23 24 35 42
2016-08-02	4	5th	8 15 21 28 42
2016-07-29	24	5th	15 20 30 33 42
2016-07-05	6	5th	5 14 17 24 42
2016-06-29	3	5th	16 20 30 32 42
2016-06-26	17	5th	1 26 29 38 42
2016-06-09	1	5th	2 8 15 19 42
2016-06-08	12	5th	20 29 31 33 42
2016-05-27	1	5th	13 25 33 39 42
2016-05-26	5	5th	18 21 24 29 42
2016-05-21	18	5th	3 18 22 27 42
2016-05-03	2	5th	16 18 32 41 42
2016-05-01	16	5th	21 30 31 34 42
2016-04-15	18	5th	7 11 14 27 42
2016-03-28	15	5th	2 3 20 41 42
2016-03-13	13	5th	12 20 30 36 42
2016-02-29	9	5th	10 11 13 36 42
2016-02-20	3	5th	12 23 27 28 42
2016-02-17	22	5th	15 23 35 41 42
2016-01-26	1	5th	1 9 28 29 42
2016-01-25	9	5th	1 6 7 35 42
2016-01-16	6	5th	11 16 30 38 42
2016-01-10	4	5th	2 26 29 33 42
2016-01-06	17	5th	9 10 24 37 42
2015-12-20	2	5th	13 21 24 32 42
2015-12-18	21	5th	8 22 28 30 42
2015-11-27	10	5th	20 27 32 35 42
2015-11-17	10	5th	22 23 25 26 42
2015-11-07	7	5th	10 21 23 41 42
2015-10-31	4	5th	7 14 30 36 42
2015-10-27	1	5th	11 27 31 41 42
2015-10-26	3	5th	14 28 33 34 42
2015-10-23	3	5th	24 28 30 41 42
2015-10-20	15	5th	17 30 34 40 42
2015-10-05	—	5th	3 12 23 36 42