Number 42

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

85times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.76σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

29longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 85 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.76σ. 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 85 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 29 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest85 · chance 85.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 4 10 17 34 30

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 — 33rd 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.

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
2026-10-10	10	6th	2 17 22 24 29 42
2026-09-05	2	6th	20 21 25 30 32 42
2026-08-29	19	6th	13 15 17 20 41 42
2026-06-24	2	6th	6

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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