Number 42

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,401 draws, 5 from 1–45.

394times drawn · chance expected 378 +0.88σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

76longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 394 times in 3,401 draws against 377.9 expected, +0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 394 times in 3,401 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 76 · waiting 6 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 7.1
4th smallest98 · chance 92.8
5th smallest292 · chance 293.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 17 21 6 19 30

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	8	5th	26 27 31 39 42
2026-09-28	7	5th	6 7 12 21 42
2026-09-21	7	5th	1 21 27 41 42
2026-09-14	10	4th	4 9 38 42

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.

2026-05-21	21	5th	7 26 35 37 42
2026-04-30	6	5th	2 22 27 36 42
2026-04-24	1	5th	4 18 28 37 42
2026-04-23	3	5th	8 12 13 22 42
2026-04-20	13	3rd	7 36 42 43 45
2026-04-07	4	5th	3 18 22 29 42
2026-04-03	2	4th	16 27 28 42 44
2026-04-01	28	5th	7 18 20 26 42
2026-03-04	9	5th	9 15 36 38 42
2026-02-23	9	4th	10 30 36 42 43
2026-02-14	10	5th	10 27 29 34 42
2026-02-04	2	5th	29 33 35 39 42
2026-02-02	12	5th	20 23 24 27 42
2026-01-21	4	5th	5 10 24 41 42
2026-01-17	1	5th	4 10 14 37 42
2026-01-16	3	5th	5 28 33 39 42
2026-01-13	5	4th	21 29 32 42 43
2026-01-08	5	5th	20 29 31 39 42
2026-01-03	5	5th	2 22 25 39 42
2025-12-29	9	4th	10 32 37 42 45
2025-12-20	9	5th	4 7 18 33 42
2025-12-11	7	5th	12 13 20 29 42
2025-12-04	12	4th	4 11 24 42 45
2025-11-22	7	5th	14 26 36 37 42
2025-11-15	1	5th	15 25 31 38 42
2025-11-14	9	5th	3 15 27 32 42
2025-11-05	14	5th	6 13 16 35 42
2025-10-22	18	5th	1 5 14 22 42
2025-10-04	4	5th	8 16 21 25 42
2025-09-30	3	5th	18 29 34 37 42
2025-09-27	3	5th	10 27 32 37 42
2025-09-24	4	3rd	2 29 42 43 44
2025-09-20	3	5th	5 17 18 25 42
2025-09-17	12	5th	3 9 31 38 42
2025-09-05	15	5th	1 3 9 20 42
2025-08-21	7	5th	8 20 21 35 42
2025-08-14	11	5th	10 24 25 33 42
2025-08-03	35	5th	6 21 26 35 42
2025-06-29	13	4th	6 33 36 42 45
2025-06-16	3	5th	10 11 13 30 42
2025-06-13	13	5th	2 13 23 24 42
2025-05-31	12	5th	16 18 21 23 42
2025-05-19	4	4th	14 18 33 42 45
2025-05-15	2	5th	14 19 21 35 42
2025-05-13	3	5th	3 8 23 35 42
2025-05-10	3	5th	13 20 21 23 42
2025-05-07	3	5th	7 8 33 37 42
2025-05-04	8	4th	10 32 39 42 43
2025-04-26	3	5th	6 12 35 36 42
2025-04-23	6	5th	11 12 25 39 42
2025-04-17	11	5th	7 23 32 40 42
2025-04-06	22	5th	15 21 26 30 42
2025-03-15	11	5th	10 21 34 38 42
2025-03-04	9	4th	14 17 29 42 43
2025-02-23	1	5th	7 20 31 36 42
2025-02-22	1	5th	12 32 33 36 42
2025-02-21	1	4th	25 27 41 42 43
2025-02-20	5	5th	1 5 21 32 42
2025-02-15	49	5th	4 6 14 17 42
2024-12-28	10	4th	10 17 20 42 44
2024-12-18	6	5th	21 22 32 41 42
2024-12-12	8	5th	23 25 31 41 42
2024-12-04	2	5th	5 7 39 41 42
2024-12-02	17	5th	1 16 31 37 42
2024-11-15	11	5th	10 13 14 37 42
2024-11-04	3	4th	31 35 41 42 44
2024-11-01	23	5th	14 22 37 41 42
2024-10-09	34	5th	2 4 6 29 42
2024-09-05	6	5th	4 8 20 36 42
2024-08-30	6	5th	7 8 9 30 42
2024-08-24	5	5th	20 22 34 38 42
2024-08-19	4	4th	1 14 37 42 43
2024-08-15	5	5th	8 12 34 37 42
2024-08-10	3	5th	6 13 20 26 42
2024-08-07	11	5th	4 10 15 24 42
2024-07-27	2	5th	5 11 19 22 42
2024-07-25	14	5th	16 23 26 30 42
2024-07-11	4	5th	12 15 16 24 42
2024-07-07	5	5th	10 21 23 28 42
2024-07-02	22	5th	9 13 25 32 42
2024-06-10	1	5th	1 18 24 36 42
2024-06-09	1	5th	1 9 17 36 42
2024-06-08	20	5th	4 29 33 41 42
2024-05-19	3	5th	6 7 8 19 42
2024-05-16	5	5th	4 10 19 36 42
2024-05-11	11	4th	26 29 37 42 44
2024-04-30	1	5th	4 11 29 33 42
2024-04-29	1	5th	14 25 27 32 42
2024-04-28	3	4th	1 26 36 42 43
2024-04-25	15	5th	9 17 22 39 42
2024-04-10	6	5th	7 24 28 32 42
2024-04-04	8	5th	11 19 23 34 42
2024-03-27	5	5th	9 17 19 38 42
2024-03-22	8	5th	13 26 30 35 42
2024-03-14	8	5th	7 8 15 21 42
2024-03-06	3	5th	15 16 30 36 42
2024-03-03	16	5th	10 27 33 40 42
2024-02-16	6	4th	22 23 34 42 43
2024-02-10	6	5th	11 14 36 37 42
2024-02-04	18	5th	1 9 17 34 42
2024-01-17	2	5th	5 24 38 40 42
2024-01-15	24	4th	15 33 36 42 43
2023-12-22	21	5th	13 15 30 35 42
2023-12-01	1	4th	5 6 36 42 45
2023-11-30	15	4th	3 21 38 42 45
2023-11-15	8	5th	5 25 26 36 42
2023-11-07	10	5th	9 20 33 41 42
2023-10-28	7	5th	6 14 19 33 42
2023-10-21	21	5th	4 5 19 26 42
2023-09-30	3	5th	5 6 31 35 42
2023-09-27	8	5th	3 10 28 32 42
2023-09-19	1	4th	3 8 10 42 45
2023-09-18	9	5th	23 25 32 33 42
2023-09-09	20	4th	6 11 18 42 43
2023-08-20	5	5th	10 14 15 18 42
2023-08-15	26	5th	1 25 30 33 42
2023-07-20	4	5th	11 17 21 23 42
2023-07-16	26	4th	10 13 15 42 45
2023-06-20	17	4th	2 21 30 42 44
2023-06-03	4	5th	3 5 17 23 42
2023-05-30	2	5th	2 23 28 41 42
2023-05-28	16	5th	6 7 9 11 42
2023-05-12	3	4th	15 34 36 42 44
2023-05-09	2	5th	11 30 37 38 42
2023-05-07	4	5th	2 3 13 30 42
2023-05-03	5	5th	7 26 32 36 42
2023-04-28	11	5th	17 23 32 35 42
2023-04-17	9	5th	5 7 36 40 42
2023-04-08	1	4th	16 26 36 42 44
2023-04-07	6	5th	5 6 9 15 42
2023-04-01	7	3rd	10 22 42 43 44
2023-03-25	7	4th	15 26 28 42 44
2023-03-18	2	5th	19 30 34 36 42
2023-03-16	9	5th	10 12 18 39 42
2023-03-07	5	5th	18 26 30 35 42
2023-03-02	4	5th	6 10 17 32 42
2023-02-26	9	5th	7 15 27 36 42
2023-02-17	3	4th	31 37 38 42 43
2023-02-14	18	4th	22 30 32 42 44
2023-01-27	3	5th	6 9 19 40 42
2023-01-24	7	5th	6 10 40 41 42
2023-01-17	4	5th	18 27 29 40 42
2023-01-13	5	5th	2 10 37 40 42
2023-01-08	6	5th	2 7 9 33 42
2023-01-02	10	5th	12 17 37 38 42
2022-12-23	6	5th	4 8 13 37 42
2022-12-17	2	4th	15 30 33 42 43
2022-12-15	2	5th	6 18 19 32 42
2022-12-13	7	5th	12 18 20 24 42
2022-12-06	3	5th	7 11 29 39 42
2022-12-03	13	5th	1 15 29 32 42
2022-11-20	5	5th	4 28 37 40 42
2022-11-15	3	4th	19 22 35 42 45
2022-11-12	2	5th	6 20 24 35 42
2022-11-10	11	5th	8 12 17 18 42
2022-10-30	4	5th	2 12 17 22 42
2022-10-26	8	5th	27 28 30 32 42
2022-10-18	4	4th	10 16 40 42 43
2022-10-14	1	4th	34 40 41 42 44
2022-10-13	16	3rd	4 41 42 43 44
2022-09-27	23	5th	12 20 30 39 42
2022-09-04	14	4th	13 33 34 42 44
2022-08-21	10	5th	28 29 30 34 42
2022-08-11	6	5th	10 15 17 18 42
2022-08-05	22	5th	2 8 25 27 42
2022-07-14	6	5th	8 22 25 34 42
2022-07-08	13	5th	3 17 24 31 42
2022-06-25	28	5th	5 9 13 40 42
2022-05-28	4	5th	17 20 24 41 42
2022-05-24	1	5th	6 13 23 25 42
2022-05-23	1	4th	23 28 35 42 43
2022-05-22	21	5th	11 20 35 41 42
2022-05-01	25	5th	2 15 17 27 42
2022-04-06	2	5th	2 8 17 32 42
2022-04-04	4	5th	4 10 15 17 42
2022-03-31	16	5th	6 9 19 31 42
2022-03-15	5	5th	2 22 29 34 42
2022-03-10	6	4th	14 16 25 42 43
2022-03-04	8	5th	14 15 21 31 42
2022-02-24	3	5th	31 34 35 39 42
2022-02-21	9	5th	3 16 29 30 42
2022-02-12	27	5th	14 23 25 40 42
2022-01-16	9	4th	6 23 29 42 45
2022-01-07	4	4th	13 21 35 42 43
2022-01-03	6	5th	6 7 29 37 42
2021-12-28	6	5th	10 17 30 41 42
2021-12-22	3	5th	28 34 35 39 42
2021-12-19	19	4th	7 9 23 42 45
2021-11-30	8	5th	1 9 10 12 42
2021-11-22	8	5th	8 18 31 41 42
2021-11-14	3	5th	19 26 31 40 42
2021-11-11	8	5th	6 9 19 27 42
2021-11-03	6	5th	17 19 32 37 42
2021-10-28	22	5th	10 15 23 38 42
2021-10-06	1	5th	1 6 14 24 42
2021-10-05	9	5th	10 19 20 36 42
2021-09-26	6	5th	15 21 28 29 42
2021-09-20	9	5th	19 21 27 38 42
2021-09-11	9	5th	2 14 21 32 42
2021-09-02	1	5th	10 20 22 41 42
2021-09-01	24	5th	1 19 28 31 42
2021-08-08	5	5th	1 9 21 40 42
2021-08-03	2	5th	17 19 33 36 42
2021-08-01	6	5th	15 25 30 39 42
2021-07-26	4	5th	1 2 20 39 42
2021-07-22	10	5th	3 12 14 19 42
2021-07-12	4	5th	6 17 31 35 42
2021-07-08	1	5th	2 24 29 32 42
2021-07-07	3	5th	22 23 25 29 42
2021-07-04	2	5th	13 14 31 41 42
2021-07-02	5	5th	1 33 38 39 42
2021-06-27	8	4th	3 22 29 42 45
2021-06-19	1	5th	9 12 36 37 42
2021-06-18	17	4th	19 21 40 42 45
2021-06-01	1	4th	16 17 19 42 44
2021-05-31	4	5th	3 8 11 40 42
2021-05-27	1	5th	10 13 27 35 42
2021-05-26	1	4th	13 15 28 42 45
2021-05-25	14	5th	3 18 19 30 42
2021-05-11	1	5th	19 31 33 41 42
2021-05-10	29	4th	4 5 23 42 43
2021-04-11	5	4th	5 21 40 42 44
2021-04-06	1	4th	16 21 40 42 43
2021-04-05	5	4th	28 38 39 42 45
2021-03-31	24	4th	17 26 37 42 43
2021-03-07	14	5th	4 14 33 38 42
2021-02-21	7	4th	16 17 19 42 43
2021-02-14	10	5th	1 6 18 19 42
2021-02-04	11	5th	4 8 17 36 42
2021-01-24	9	4th	3 8 36 42 43
2021-01-15	15	4th	5 20 27 42 43
2020-12-31	9	5th	16 18 24 26 42
2020-12-22	49	5th	5 31 36 41 42
2020-11-03	3	5th	11 16 25 30 42
2020-10-31	2	5th	3 4 11 21 42
2020-10-29	20	5th	2 17 20 33 42
2020-10-09	3	5th	3 30 37 40 42
2020-10-06	14	5th	10 21 37 40 42
2020-09-22	21	5th	9 18 38 40 42
2020-09-01	5	5th	22 25 31 36 42
2020-08-27	4	5th	3 19 35 41 42
2020-08-23	7	4th	12 21 39 42 44
2020-08-16	20	5th	3 10 16 25 42
2020-07-27	2	5th	4 6 19 26 42
2020-07-25	2	4th	1 15 16 42 44
2020-07-23	34	5th	3 13 25 26 42
2020-06-19	3	5th	13 36 40 41 42
2020-06-16	23	5th	6 9 16 35 42
2020-05-24	18	5th	1 7 14 24 42
2020-05-06	21	5th	6 10 16 18 42
2020-04-15	5	5th	4 17 38 40 42
2020-04-10	2	5th	3 9 33 35 42
2020-04-08	5	5th	2 16 24 38 42
2020-04-03	2	5th	2 8 21 40 42
2020-04-01	1	5th	6 7 13 18 42
2020-03-31	11	4th	2 8 27 42 44
2020-03-20	29	5th	12 24 26 36 42
2020-02-20	5	5th	15 24 33 40 42
2020-02-15	2	5th	4 13 14 30 42
2020-02-13	5	5th	16 20 25 26 42
2020-02-08	9	5th	22 24 32 39 42
2020-01-30	4	5th	5 6 8 15 42
2020-01-26	3	4th	16 18 25 42 44
2020-01-23	27	4th	10 15 22 42 45
2019-12-27	38	4th	6 8 25 42 44
2019-11-19	7	5th	23 29 30 41 42
2019-11-12	1	5th	7 33 37 38 42
2019-11-11	2	5th	28 29 36 38 42
2019-11-09	6	5th	8 9 21 24 42
2019-11-03	6	4th	14 25 26 42 45
2019-10-28	1	5th	1 14 23 24 42
2019-10-27	8	5th	17 21 39 40 42
2019-10-19	8	5th	8 29 39 41 42
2019-10-11	6	5th	1 7 25 30 42
2019-10-05	24	5th	7 29 38 39 42
2019-09-11	3	5th	19 30 36 38 42
2019-09-08	8	4th	5 22 35 42 45
2019-08-31	2	4th	11 12 30 42 43
2019-08-29	5	5th	12 17 19 21 42
2019-08-24	22	4th	8 15 17 42 45
2019-08-02	9	5th	18 26 30 33 42
2019-07-24	13	5th	12 34 37 39 42
2019-07-11	34	4th	6 28 39 42 45
2019-06-07	1	5th	10 30 33 35 42
2019-06-06	4	5th	13 19 20 31 42
2019-06-02	3	5th	7 11 36 38 42
2019-05-30	15	5th	1 17 22 37 42
2019-05-15	8	4th	4 8 32 42 45
2019-05-07	3	5th	3 7 20 21 42
2019-05-04	6	5th	17 25 39 41 42
2019-04-28	3	5th	3 8 14 32 42
2019-04-25	4	5th	1 26 31 32 42
2019-04-21	2	5th	2 14 25 31 42
2019-04-19	2	5th	11 21 28 30 42
2019-04-17	11	5th	5 7 27 40 42
2019-04-06	7	5th	1 18 21 32 42
2019-03-30	1	4th	8 13 38 42 45
2019-03-29	4	5th	12 18 31 36 42
2019-03-25	7	4th	9 13 21 42 43
2019-03-18	1	4th	17 21 35 42 45
2019-03-17	3	4th	8 25 31 42 45
2019-03-14	76	5th	10 17 22 40 42
2018-12-28	29	4th	5 37 39 42 44
2018-11-29	30	5th	5 17 24 35 42
2018-10-30	8	5th	1 6 13 37 42
2018-10-22	19	4th	7 17 34 42 43
2018-10-03	1	5th	9 15 27 28 42
2018-10-02	1	5th	6 11 33 37 42
2018-10-01	2	5th	27 33 37 40 42
2018-09-29	4	4th	5 17 22 42 43
2018-09-25	4	5th	3 13 16 18 42
2018-09-21	4	5th	2 15 32 41 42
2018-09-17	1	5th	1 2 10 25 42
2018-09-16	9	4th	27 28 36 42 45
2018-09-07	3	4th	8 19 29 42 44
2018-09-04	10	4th	29 30 35 42 44
2018-08-25	5	4th	13 32 40 42 45
2018-08-20	10	5th	7 9 17 21 42
2018-08-10	11	5th	7 28 31 40 42
2018-07-30	7	5th	2 19 28 35 42
2018-07-23	2	5th	6 12 27 41 42
2018-07-21	2	5th	9 20 28 30 42
2018-07-19	2	4th	9 13 39 42 45
2018-07-17	4	5th	14 17 26 41 42
2018-07-13	11	5th	16 26 28 32 42
2018-07-02	3	4th	9 10 38 42 44
2018-06-29	5	5th	9 16 17 24 42
2018-06-24	8	4th	2 4 22 42 45
2018-06-16	3	5th	6 10 19 39 42
2018-06-13	18	5th	1 9 14 28 42
2018-05-26	1	5th	12 22 30 34 42
2018-05-25	14	4th	5 13 17 42 43
2018-05-11	4	5th	10 22 30 41 42
2018-05-07	7	5th	11 25 31 40 42
2018-04-30	7	4th	4 14 23 42 43
2018-04-23	31	4th	4 16 21 42 44
2018-03-23	15	5th	9 12 29 39 42
2018-03-08	8	5th	8 22 23 30 42
2018-02-28	11	5th	5 22 23 31 42
2018-02-17	14	5th	7 10 21 34 42
2018-02-03	3	5th	1 5 27 40 42
2018-01-31	7	5th	2 3 18 28 42
2018-01-24	8	5th	18 20 23 24 42
2018-01-16	3	5th	4 9 21 27 42
2018-01-13	1	5th	1 2 6 31 42
2018-01-12	7	5th	10 12 19 21 42
2018-01-05	3	5th	5 21 30 34 42
2018-01-02	6	5th	10 24 26 39 42
2017-12-27	13	5th	7 13 32 34 42
2017-12-14	31	4th	11 20 24 42 45
2017-11-13	12	5th	3 10 19 24 42
2017-11-01	1	5th	14 15 37 39 42
2017-10-31	6	4th	12 25 40 42 45
2017-10-25	8	5th	6 25 35 41 42
2017-10-16	9	4th	15 19 33 42 45
2017-10-07	2	5th	3 12 23 25 42
2017-10-05	5	5th	17 18 24 28 42
2017-09-29	4	5th	3 10 17 19 42
2017-09-25	2	5th	15 16 27 36 42
2017-09-23	10	5th	11 18 23 26 42
2017-09-13	14	4th	10 37 40 42 45
2017-08-30	11	4th	14 26 32 42 45
2017-08-19	2	4th	11 17 18 42 43
2017-08-17	5	4th	8 17 28 42 45
2017-08-12	5	5th	6 21 27 30 42
2017-08-07	1	5th	8 27 29 30 42
2017-08-06	14	5th	3 18 19 35 42
2017-07-23	5	5th	9 34 35 40 42
2017-07-18	25	5th	12 13 27 41 42
2017-06-23	—	5th	12 31 35 37 42