Number 42

In LuckyDay Lotto under the 5/45 · since Jul 2014 rules — 3,204 draws, 5 from 1–45.

365times drawn · chance expected 356 +0.51σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

42longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 365 times in 3,204 draws against 356.0 expected, +0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 365 times in 3,204 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 8 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 smallest2 · chance 6.6
4th smallest99 · chance 86.0
5th smallest264 · chance 272.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 13 40 14 10 33

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
2026-10-03	4	4th	8 9 41 42 45
2026-09-29	1	5th	12 18 22 39 42
2026-09-28	23	5th	1 6 20 33 42
2026-09-05	8	5th	8 10

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.

2026-03-23	9	5th	2 4 12 37 42
2026-03-14	4	4th	2 27 31 42 44
2026-03-10	3	5th	16 21 28 37 42
2026-03-07	4	5th	14 15 22 28 42
2026-03-03	11	5th	19 24 28 36 42
2026-02-20	16	5th	1 6 28 39 42
2026-02-04	31	5th	10 13 31 34 42
2026-01-04	3	5th	19 28 30 40 42
2026-01-01	13	5th	3 13 35 38 42
2025-12-19	22	5th	20 26 29 37 42
2025-11-27	2	5th	10 12 19 36 42
2025-11-25	14	4th	24 27 29 42 43
2025-11-11	1	5th	1 8 17 20 42
2025-11-10	20	5th	9 11 38 40 42
2025-10-21	9	4th	14 28 41 42 44
2025-10-12	10	4th	7 14 29 42 45
2025-10-02	19	5th	17 21 26 31 42
2025-09-13	14	5th	1 19 28 30 42
2025-08-30	4	5th	2 23 24 25 42
2025-08-26	9	5th	4 5 14 35 42
2025-08-17	8	5th	8 13 24 36 42
2025-08-09	14	5th	3 32 33 37 42
2025-07-26	9	5th	2 3 5 26 42
2025-07-17	20	5th	8 18 26 34 42
2025-06-27	4	5th	1 5 9 35 42
2025-06-23	22	4th	1 8 35 42 43
2025-06-01	4	3rd	2 4 42 43 44
2025-05-28	9	5th	8 14 33 38 42
2025-05-19	1	4th	4 17 24 42 43
2025-05-18	16	5th	7 25 27 35 42
2025-05-02	5	5th	16 17 27 28 42
2025-04-27	7	5th	1 6 13 35 42
2024-12-26	8	4th	13 14 21 42 45
2024-12-18	11	5th	1 10 14 15 42
2024-12-07	11	5th	1 3 33 41 42
2024-11-26	22	5th	5 18 32 36 42
2024-11-04	5	5th	6 11 21 33 42
2024-10-30	4	5th	1 9 18 20 42
2024-10-26	12	5th	3 15 36 39 42
2024-10-14	10	5th	1 10 13 14 42
2024-10-04	3	4th	15 38 40 42 43
2024-10-01	1	5th	3 18 31 34 42
2024-09-30	12	4th	7 14 39 42 43
2024-09-18	3	4th	23 24 32 42 44
2024-09-15	6	5th	5 31 35 36 42
2024-09-09	12	5th	4 12 20 40 42
2024-08-28	3	5th	10 32 38 40 42
2024-08-25	15	5th	7 9 19 21 42
2024-08-10	1	4th	17 30 41 42 45
2024-08-09	25	5th	4 5 10 15 42
2024-07-15	3	5th	2 8 14 19 42
2024-07-12	3	5th	12 18 23 34 42
2024-07-09	5	5th	7 10 15 17 42
2024-07-04	4	4th	1 18 38 42 44
2024-06-30	5	5th	5 7 32 33 42
2024-06-25	12	5th	13 17 19 35 42
2024-06-13	1	4th	16 21 37 42 45
2024-06-12	14	4th	14 22 34 42 43
2024-05-29	2	5th	30 35 36 37 42
2024-05-27	3	5th	3 28 36 40 42
2024-05-24	30	5th	5 27 29 34 42
2023-12-30	2	5th	2 8 27 30 42
2023-12-28	2	5th	9 16 26 39 42
2023-12-26	26	5th	2 3 13 32 42
2023-11-30	3	5th	33 39 40 41 42
2023-11-27	17	5th	7 13 16 36 42
2023-11-10	9	5th	7 9 26 39 42
2023-11-01	3	4th	24 30 33 42 44
2023-10-29	4	4th	20 32 39 42 44
2023-10-25	2	5th	22 30 34 41 42
2023-10-23	3	4th	24 34 35 42 45
2023-10-20	12	5th	4 18 24 28 42
2023-10-08	3	4th	1 9 21 42 45
2023-10-05	42	5th	18 23 33 40 42
2023-08-24	9	4th	9 16 23 42 45
2023-08-15	10	5th	1 21 27 38 42
2023-08-05	1	4th	10 13 36 42 43
2023-08-04	3	5th	13 19 29 38 42
2023-08-01	2	5th	27 30 37 40 42
2023-07-30	3	5th	5 21 35 39 42
2023-07-27	4	5th	26 27 29 39 42
2023-07-23	7	5th	16 21 26 40 42
2023-07-16	4	5th	11 16 20 25 42
2023-07-12	4	5th	2 14 30 41 42
2023-07-08	9	5th	20 33 39 41 42
2023-06-29	15	5th	4 9 18 21 42
2023-06-14	11	4th	13 27 36 42 43
2023-06-03	1	5th	18 21 27 39 42
2023-06-02	2	5th	9 14 23 29 42
2023-05-31	10	5th	5 16 27 31 42
2023-05-21	1	5th	10 14 23 33 42
2023-05-20	5	5th	8 18 29 33 42
2023-05-15	38	5th	12 24 29 31 42
2022-12-13	4	5th	6 12 19 37 42
2022-12-09	4	5th	9 11 26 39 42
2022-12-05	4	5th	9 15 25 26 42
2022-12-01	26	5th	21 25 28 36 42
2022-11-05	7	5th	17 19 30 32 42
2022-10-29	1	5th	6 10 14 35 42
2022-10-28	25	5th	5 8 11 37 42
2022-10-03	19	5th	10 23 38 39 42
2022-09-14	4	5th	1 13 35 39 42
2022-09-10	15	5th	17 19 31 32 42
2022-08-26	1	5th	4 9 27 30 42
2022-08-25	6	5th	9 11 26 41 42
2022-08-19	3	5th	5 10 12 14 42
2022-08-16	2	5th	1 19 31 40 42
2022-08-14	6	3rd	11 15 42 44 45
2022-08-08	11	5th	1 12 15 37 42
2022-07-28	11	5th	14 30 31 32 42
2022-07-17	11	4th	12 26 29 42 44
2022-07-06	4	5th	1 14 17 20 42
2022-07-02	3	5th	26 31 32 41 42
2022-06-29	6	5th	13 24 38 40 42
2022-06-23	12	4th	22 33 34 42 44
2022-06-11	9	4th	5 17 21 42 45
2022-06-02	4	4th	8 10 37 42 45
2022-05-29	1	4th	5 30 38 42 43
2022-05-28	28	4th	1 12 34 42 43
2022-04-30	10	5th	13 26 36 40 42
2021-12-26	2	5th	18 19 27 36 42
2021-12-24	9	5th	14 18 23 34 42
2021-12-15	1	5th	6 8 14 17 42
2021-12-14	18	4th	12 18 33 42 44
2021-11-26	4	4th	20 32 34 42 43
2021-11-22	3	5th	8 16 19 40 42
2021-11-19	3	5th	2 17 19 33 42
2021-11-16	6	5th	16 25 37 39 42
2021-11-10	7	4th	2 25 30 42 45
2021-11-03	2	5th	6 7 30 34 42
2021-11-01	21	5th	5 6 36 39 42
2021-10-11	5	5th	5 18 23 26 42
2021-10-06	18	5th	3 16 31 39 42
2021-09-18	2	5th	20 23 28 40 42
2021-09-16	10	4th	3 9 31 42 44
2021-09-06	1	5th	3 4 6 8 42
2021-09-05	3	4th	8 31 32 42 43
2021-09-02	2	4th	2 36 39 42 45
2021-08-31	1	5th	6 13 37 38 42
2021-08-30	3	5th	10 24 38 41 42
2021-08-27	10	5th	11 21 26 34 42
2021-08-17	2	5th	3 15 17 31 42
2021-08-15	28	5th	8 14 31 32 42
2021-07-18	1	4th	11 16 21 42 43
2021-07-17	7	5th	9 11 35 40 42
2021-07-10	4	5th	5 12 18 24 42
2021-07-06	4	4th	21 23 32 42 45
2021-07-02	18	4th	22 28 32 42 45
2021-06-14	7	5th	12 14 36 41 42
2021-06-07	2	5th	7 20 26 37 42
2021-06-05	2	4th	15 31 35 42 43
2021-06-03	22	5th	7 20 27 35 42
2021-05-12	2	4th	11 28 31 42 44
2021-05-10	23	5th	2 6 21 27 42
2020-12-23	2	5th	30 36 38 39 42
2020-12-21	7	5th	8 33 35 36 42
2020-12-14	28	5th	5 6 27 29 42
2020-11-16	11	5th	7 31 33 41 42
2020-11-05	11	5th	6 18 20 22 42
2020-10-25	6	4th	31 32 36 42 43
2020-10-19	3	5th	5 22 26 28 42
2020-10-16	6	4th	11 23 24 42 44
2020-10-10	12	5th	13 24 30 37 42
2020-09-28	1	4th	1 7 34 42 44
2020-09-27	10	4th	3 36 40 42 43
2020-09-17	5	5th	1 10 17 18 42
2020-09-12	20	5th	5 13 19 29 42
2020-08-23	9	4th	2 4 5 42 45
2020-08-14	3	5th	2 3 6 12 42
2020-08-11	2	5th	7 18 31 34 42
2020-08-09	6	5th	2 20 24 38 42
2020-08-03	2	5th	3 12 22 25 42
2020-08-01	5	5th	13 22 32 40 42
2020-07-27	4	4th	6 7 19 42 43
2020-07-23	1	5th	1 12 15 31 42
2020-07-22	6	4th	5 26 32 42 44
2020-07-16	4	4th	4 17 31 42 43
2020-07-12	9	5th	5 8 28 37 42
2020-07-03	23	5th	6 9 18 31 42
2020-06-10	19	5th	25 26 29 35 42
2020-05-22	6	5th	18 24 25 35 42
2020-05-16	3	5th	9 14 18 31 42
2020-05-13	4	5th	12 19 31 39 42
2020-05-09	9	5th	2 15 19 28 42
2020-04-30	18	5th	7 16 17 40 42
2019-12-18	12	5th	8 21 28 32 42
2019-12-06	2	5th	23 24 29 35 42
2019-12-04	3	5th	2 3 25 40 42
2019-12-01	5	5th	2 11 15 27 42
2019-11-26	8	4th	5 13 22 42 44
2019-11-18	3	5th	3 11 39 40 42
2019-11-15	9	5th	11 14 21 25 42
2019-11-06	1	5th	10 14 25 41 42
2019-11-05	8	4th	1 7 32 42 44
2019-10-28	33	5th	5 12 18 26 42
2019-09-25	3	5th	2 6 10 35 42
2019-09-22	3	5th	16 19 32 36 42
2019-09-19	3	5th	4 15 21 37 42
2019-09-16	3	5th	3 9 14 16 42
2019-09-13	2	5th	1 25 26 28 42
2019-09-11	1	4th	11 22 33 42 44
2019-09-10	12	5th	6 27 28 30 42
2019-08-29	7	4th	2 10 36 42 45
2019-08-22	9	5th	6 9 27 28 42
2019-08-13	9	5th	8 9 11 33 42
2019-08-04	10	5th	2 6 32 33 42
2019-07-25	18	4th	7 16 24 42 43
2019-07-07	37	5th	7 29 30 38 42
2019-05-31	1	5th	10 21 27 29 42
2019-05-30	4	4th	7 30 37 42 45
2019-05-26	9	4th	10 30 37 42 43
2019-05-17	8	5th	2 8 26 35 42
2019-05-09	3	5th	4 10 21 23 42
2019-05-06	12	5th	17 25 29 35 42
2018-12-30	9	4th	7 15 27 42 44
2018-12-21	7	5th	5 9 28 36 42
2018-12-14	7	4th	22 23 36 42 45
2018-12-07	2	5th	8 12 21 32 42
2018-12-05	9	5th	9 13 20 31 42
2018-11-26	5	5th	22 23 25 29 42
2018-11-21	12	5th	3 6 24 38 42
2018-11-09	4	4th	23 27 41 42 44
2018-11-05	13	4th	8 13 41 42 45
2018-10-23	17	4th	1 9 10 42 44
2018-10-06	8	5th	10 13 15 29 42
2018-09-28	3	4th	11 12 29 42 45
2018-09-25	16	5th	2 8 21 27 42
2018-09-09	2	4th	15 35 37 42 43
2018-09-07	8	5th	4 12 32 40 42
2018-08-30	5	5th	6 9 12 35 42
2018-08-25	38	5th	5 6 7 15 42
2018-07-18	11	5th	23 26 38 41 42
2018-07-07	2	5th	13 28 33 40 42
2018-07-05	3	5th	22 26 29 33 42
2018-07-02	2	4th	11 23 29 42 44
2018-06-30	13	4th	14 37 41 42 43
2018-06-17	10	5th	25 27 29 40 42
2018-06-07	16	4th	1 34 37 42 43
2018-05-22	22	5th	30 35 39 41 42
2018-04-30	22	5th	9 13 21 27 42
2017-12-14	2	4th	3 4 34 42 45
2017-12-12	5	5th	14 15 30 35 42
2017-12-07	8	5th	6 19 39 40 42
2017-11-29	10	4th	24 27 37 42 45
2017-11-19	11	5th	5 10 18 33 42
2017-11-08	6	5th	2 14 25 40 42
2017-11-02	1	4th	12 30 37 42 43
2017-11-01	1	5th	1 6 8 33 42
2017-10-31	2	5th	13 22 30 40 42
2017-10-29	19	5th	4 11 23 41 42
2017-10-10	2	5th	9 17 34 37 42
2017-10-08	2	5th	3 20 25 36 42
2017-10-06	3	5th	5 8 32 35 42
2017-10-03	21	5th	1 8 27 32 42
2017-09-12	7	5th	7 22 37 38 42
2017-09-05	18	5th	16 20 34 36 42
2017-08-18	6	5th	15 29 36 41 42
2017-08-12	1	5th	12 19 31 36 42
2017-08-11	2	4th	8 10 31 42 43
2017-08-09	13	4th	9 16 38 42 45
2017-07-27	4	5th	5 7 17 24 42
2017-07-23	9	4th	1 8 16 42 44
2017-07-14	7	4th	1 24 38 42 45
2017-07-07	33	5th	14 15 29 36 42
2017-06-04	21	4th	2 4 26 42 43
2017-05-14	1	5th	18 22 33 39 42
2017-05-13	6	5th	7 24 33 40 42
2017-05-07	16	5th	14 32 36 38 42
2016-12-27	12	5th	21 26 39 41 42
2016-12-15	7	4th	19 28 38 42 43
2016-12-08	9	5th	2 3 6 22 42
2016-11-29	28	4th	20 23 33 42 45
2016-10-31	1	5th	10 13 19 40 42
2016-10-30	24	5th	3 8 10 13 42
2016-10-06	4	5th	6 7 34 37 42
2016-10-02	14	5th	18 32 34 40 42
2016-09-18	24	5th	12 17 36 40 42
2016-08-25	14	5th	2 8 10 13 42
2016-08-11	25	5th	14 18 31 38 42
2016-07-17	8	4th	10 20 26 42 44
2016-07-09	8	5th	19 24 27 33 42
2016-07-01	1	5th	1 22 27 33 42
2016-06-30	10	4th	11 14 16 42 44
2016-06-20	2	5th	15 16 24 31 42
2016-06-18	5	4th	29 35 40 42 43
2016-06-13	2	5th	5 12 15 20 42
2016-06-11	20	5th	5 18 28 32 42
2016-05-22	11	5th	12 14 17 39 42
2016-05-11	10	4th	15 31 40 42 44
2016-05-01	2	5th	13 29 31 41 42
2016-04-29	2	4th	28 29 37 42 44
2016-04-27	3	5th	3 27 32 37 42
2015-12-30	13	5th	7 21 34 35 42
2015-12-17	1	5th	1 23 28 38 42
2015-12-16	8	5th	1 24 30 33 42
2015-12-08	3	5th	7 10 29 34 42
2015-12-05	22	5th	13 16 28 33 42
2015-11-13	10	5th	19 22 24 28 42
2015-11-03	4	4th	13 26 31 42 45
2015-10-30	4	5th	28 37 38 41 42
2015-10-26	38	5th	7 9 13 39 42
2015-09-18	8	5th	25 28 39 40 42
2015-09-10	7	4th	19 26 32 42 44
2015-09-03	13	5th	12 14 34 38 42
2015-08-21	19	5th	7 10 38 40 42
2015-08-02	9	5th	17 18 26 40 42
2015-07-24	2	4th	14 37 39 42 45
2015-07-22	8	4th	4 8 38 42 44
2015-07-14	5	4th	1 24 25 42 44
2015-07-09	3	5th	19 26 28 37 42
2015-07-06	6	4th	11 17 39 42 43
2015-06-30	5	5th	12 32 40 41 42
2015-06-25	16	4th	2 10 21 42 44
2015-06-09	9	5th	3 12 25 39 42
2015-05-31	13	5th	6 11 25 33 42
2015-05-18	11	5th	13 27 32 41 42
2015-05-07	5	5th	13 18 25 34 42
2015-05-01	5	5th	5 10 12 31 42
2015-04-26	3	4th	2 9 20 42 43
2014-12-30	2	5th	17 26 35 38 42
2014-12-28	8	5th	14 15 19 29 42
2014-12-20	4	4th	10 13 25 42 44
2014-12-16	24	5th	7 18 20 26 42
2014-11-22	2	5th	2 13 17 38 42
2014-11-20	3	4th	7 20 38 42 43
2014-11-17	6	4th	16 29 40 42 44
2014-11-11	14	4th	10 16 37 42 43
2014-10-28	6	5th	1 2 9 13 42
2014-10-22	1	4th	16 31 38 42 44
2014-10-21	2	4th	3 18 31 42 43
2014-10-19	6	5th	12 18 22 29 42
2014-10-13	5	5th	4 5 13 19 42
2014-10-08	26	4th	4 25 31 42 44
2014-09-12	8	5th	18 21 22 33 42
2014-09-04	29	5th	4 17 27 36 42
2014-08-06	2	5th	2 16 38 41 42
2014-08-04	1	5th	7 11 27 36 42
2014-08-03	2	4th	16 26 33 42 43
2014-08-01	5	5th	1 10 17 29 42
2014-07-27	1	5th	20 23 27 31 42
2014-07-26	—	5th	28 30 38 41 42