Number 42

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

216times drawn · chance expected 225 −0.64σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

66longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 216 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 216 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 5 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 0.1
3rd smallest4 · chance 3.9
4th smallest43 · chance 50.9
5th smallest169 · chance 161.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 4 6 7 15 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-06	37	5th	11 14 19 25 42
2026-08-30	20	4th	5 8 22 42 44
2026-08-10	20	5th	7 9 28 33 42
2026-07-21	2	4th	1 14 35

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-28	5	5th	1 4 6 10 42
2025-11-23	1	5th	22 23 27 37 42
2025-11-22	8	3rd	3 20 42 43 44
2025-11-14	5	5th	15 28 30 33 42
2025-11-09	2	4th	1 6 31 42 45
2025-11-07	13	5th	3 20 28 33 42
2025-10-25	49	5th	4 19 22 37 42
2025-09-05	7	5th	11 18 21 34 42
2025-08-29	8	5th	1 3 22 40 42
2025-08-21	2	5th	20 27 34 40 42
2025-08-19	1	5th	1 6 39 40 42
2025-08-18	10	5th	19 23 36 40 42
2025-08-08	2	5th	2 3 22 39 42
2025-08-06	14	5th	15 24 28 36 42
2025-07-23	5	4th	10 19 24 42 44
2025-07-18	3	5th	2 11 19 33 42
2025-07-15	12	5th	8 21 26 29 42
2025-07-03	12	5th	11 19 36 38 42
2025-06-21	12	5th	19 29 35 40 42
2025-06-09	7	5th	5 14 27 40 42
2025-06-02	1	5th	3 16 23 29 42
2025-06-01	9	5th	4 25 32 35 42
2025-05-23	9	4th	2 7 21 42 45
2025-05-14	19	5th	8 11 19 24 42
2025-04-25	14	5th	1 8 15 21 42
2025-04-11	6	5th	30 36 38 40 42
2025-04-05	1	4th	2 11 33 42 43
2025-04-04	5	5th	4 10 24 35 42
2025-03-30	4	5th	6 10 11 30 42
2025-03-26	5	5th	4 31 37 41 42
2025-03-21	21	4th	1 16 33 42 45
2025-02-28	8	5th	4 6 21 27 42
2025-02-20	14	5th	6 7 22 33 42
2025-02-06	13	5th	4 14 21 33 42
2025-01-24	5	5th	16 19 30 38 42
2025-01-19	11	4th	5 22 28 42 43
2025-01-08	14	5th	6 11 13 35 42
2024-12-25	25	5th	14 22 36 39 42
2024-11-30	1	5th	2 14 31 37 42
2024-11-29	1	4th	4 7 24 42 44
2024-11-28	6	5th	2 11 12 36 42
2024-11-22	5	5th	9 19 20 40 42
2024-11-17	7	5th	14 15 18 29 42
2024-11-10	34	4th	21 26 35 42 43
2024-10-07	2	5th	3 11 30 31 42
2024-10-05	14	4th	10 33 40 42 44
2024-09-21	10	5th	4 15 18 35 42
2024-09-11	23	4th	2 24 34 42 45
2024-08-19	3	4th	16 22 27 42 43
2024-08-16	2	5th	4 11 21 31 42
2024-08-14	41	5th	7 11 14 26 42
2024-07-04	2	5th	23 28 30 38 42
2024-07-02	3	4th	17 19 35 42 43
2024-06-29	9	4th	4 20 41 42 44
2024-06-20	13	4th	11 32 35 42 45
2024-06-07	11	5th	9 15 32 35 42
2024-05-27	6	5th	7 24 29 35 42
2024-05-21	7	5th	23 24 36 41 42
2024-05-14	1	5th	7 12 21 39 42
2024-05-13	3	5th	11 15 19 27 42
2024-05-10	2	5th	8 25 28 31 42
2024-05-08	1	4th	6 21 36 42 44
2024-05-07	10	5th	3 29 32 39 42
2024-04-27	2	4th	36 40 41 42 45
2024-04-25	4	5th	5 7 15 25 42
2024-04-21	1	5th	11 12 13 16 42
2024-04-20	6	5th	1 8 19 25 42
2024-04-14	10	4th	7 18 29 42 43
2024-04-04	1	4th	34 36 37 42 44
2024-04-03	1	5th	14 19 35 41 42
2024-04-02	5	5th	5 26 39 41 42
2024-03-28	1	5th	8 19 21 32 42
2024-03-27	1	5th	2 4 7 37 42
2024-03-26	25	5th	5 19 22 32 42
2024-03-01	2	5th	10 11 13 35 42
2024-02-28	18	5th	7 9 11 36 42
2024-02-10	6	5th	2 4 8 24 42
2024-02-04	1	5th	1 20 22 31 42
2024-02-03	1	5th	13 15 22 38 42
2024-02-02	11	4th	6 28 39 42 44
2024-01-22	1	5th	9 18 20 41 42
2024-01-21	8	5th	1 13 39 41 42
2024-01-13	12	5th	14 29 30 41 42
2024-01-01	1	4th	9 16 35 42 43
2023-12-31	15	5th	2 6 7 32 42
2023-12-16	4	5th	8 26 35 40 42
2023-12-12	28	5th	9 10 11 39 42
2023-11-14	2	5th	12 16 20 29 42
2023-11-12	4	3rd	15 28 42 43 45
2023-11-08	5	5th	4 6 10 24 42
2023-11-03	14	5th	6 11 17 29 42
2023-10-20	8	5th	5 21 22 41 42
2023-10-12	16	5th	4 25 37 40 42
2023-09-26	15	5th	19 23 28 31 42
2023-09-11	3	5th	2 6 13 32 42
2023-09-08	8	4th	25 26 29 42 44
2023-08-31	1	5th	16 31 33 37 42
2023-08-30	19	4th	3 24 34 42 44
2023-08-11	10	5th	11 18 25 38 42
2023-08-01	8	5th	7 22 29 34 42
2023-07-24	14	5th	8 11 21 28 42
2023-07-10	7	4th	7 20 38 42 44
2023-07-03	4	5th	4 15 18 35 42
2023-06-29	4	5th	2 3 4 41 42
2023-06-25	35	5th	2 19 21 27 42
2023-05-21	4	5th	2 15 36 39 42
2023-05-17	14	5th	7 9 29 31 42
2023-05-03	8	5th	22 31 34 39 42
2023-04-25	29	5th	23 31 36 38 42
2023-03-27	12	5th	5 6 34 40 42
2023-03-15	2	5th	17 26 30 40 42
2023-03-13	1	5th	7 11 12 33 42
2023-03-12	5	5th	7 35 36 41 42
2023-03-07	15	5th	9 11 31 41 42
2023-02-20	3	5th	15 24 25 38 42
2023-02-17	1	5th	18 32 37 39 42
2023-02-16	29	5th	6 11 15 26 42
2023-01-18	8	4th	11 25 34 42 45
2023-01-10	1	5th	7 15 25 36 42
2023-01-09	4	5th	2 17 20 22 42
2023-01-05	8	4th	11 38 41 42 43
2022-12-28	8	5th	4 8 31 32 42
2022-12-20	14	4th	13 17 40 42 45
2022-12-06	11	5th	2 13 20 32 42
2022-11-25	28	5th	15 34 36 38 42
2022-10-19	3	4th	2 13 14 42 45
2022-10-08	1	5th	23 25 31 35 42
2022-10-05	13	4th	8 14 23 42 45
2022-08-06	7	5th	7 14 15 34 42
2022-07-13	5	5th	2 22 26 36 42
2022-06-25	6	5th	10 15 16 19 42
2022-06-04	1	5th	6 16 17 18 42
2022-06-01	15	5th	1 20 28 41 42
2022-04-09	66	4th	7 24 32 42 43
2021-08-21	1	4th	4 28 37 42 43
2021-08-18	3	5th	1 9 12 39 42
2021-08-07	8	5th	4 5 6 11 42
2021-07-10	3	5th	10 26 28 29 42
2021-06-30	13	4th	6 12 36 42 45
2021-05-15	13	5th	17 26 27 34 42
2021-03-31	9	5th	5 6 21 24 42
2021-02-27	4	5th	2 5 13 24 42
2021-02-13	20	5th	11 17 20 39 42
2020-12-05	16	4th	19 20 29 42 44
2020-10-10	3	5th	1 15 30 32 42
2020-09-30	25	5th	13 22 24 32 42
2020-07-04	4	5th	4 13 32 35 42
2020-06-20	3	5th	4 8 14 18 42
2020-06-10	5	5th	1 17 29 38 42
2020-05-23	11	5th	6 25 32 41 42
2020-04-15	11	5th	5 7 15 37 42
2020-03-07	1	5th	7 15 17 20 42
2020-03-04	25	5th	3 12 30 34 42
2019-12-07	3	5th	6 14 36 37 42
2019-11-27	23	5th	7 14 26 39 42
2019-09-07	18	5th	4 10 12 19 42
2019-07-06	1	5th	5 26 31 39 42
2019-07-03	1	5th	9 15 27 29 42
2019-06-29	5	4th	20 21 35 42 43
2019-06-12	2	5th	1 9 10 27 42
2019-06-05	16	5th	12 19 23 38 42
2019-04-10	6	3rd	11 27 42 43 45
2019-03-20	9	5th	5 15 37 41 42
2019-02-16	12	5th	1 6 16 40 42
2019-01-05	5	5th	5 17 19 33 42
2018-12-19	27	4th	11 27 36 42 43
2018-09-15	6	4th	2 15 38 42 45
2018-08-25	14	5th	18 19 34 41 42
2018-07-07	2	5th	8 24 32 40 42
2018-06-30	6	5th	2 3 14 32 42
2018-06-09	3	3rd	16 32 42 43 44
2018-05-30	7	5th	12 14 17 33 42
2018-05-05	1	5th	18 33 36 37 42
2018-05-02	10	5th	5 10 16 25 42
2018-03-28	1	5th	18 26 31 40 42
2018-03-24	1	5th	5 16 32 40 42
2018-03-21	15	5th	9 17 22 31 42
2018-01-27	3	5th	15 17 26 31 42
2018-01-17	6	5th	16 26 35 38 42
2017-12-27	12	5th	6 23 27 29 42
2017-11-15	3	5th	8 18 32 40 42
2017-11-04	1	5th	3 31 33 36 42
2017-11-01	5	5th	9 12 31 39 42
2017-10-14	3	5th	5 21 22 37 42
2017-10-04	5	5th	2 12 25 31 42
2017-09-16	26	4th	11 15 27 42 45
2017-06-17	6	5th	2 24 26 40 42
2017-05-27	4	5th	18 27 34 37 42
2017-05-13	11	5th	4 19 22 39 42
2017-04-05	2	4th	5 38 39 42 45
2017-03-29	1	4th	1 17 24 42 44
2017-03-25	—	5th	7 24 30 36 42