Number 43

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

98times drawn · chance expected 111 −1.27σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

11.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

57longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 98 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −1.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 98 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 11.7 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 1 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 43 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 1.4
3rd smallest14 · chance 12.2
4th smallest42 · chance 40.5
5th smallest42 · chance 43.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 4 42 51 52 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 43 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 52. 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	11	5th	7 10 19 20 43
2026-09-12	57	4th	2 8 15 43 52
2026-05-02	5	4th	4 18 35 43 50
2026-04-20	11	5th	5 7 31

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: 43 is drawn with probability 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-14	21	4th	6 25 31 43 51
2024-08-26	10	4th	23 38 42 43 44
2024-08-03	5	5th	5 10 21 42 43
2024-07-22	9	4th	2 12 15 43 52
2024-07-01	11	5th	7 18 36 37 43
2024-06-05	6	4th	3 15 17 43 49
2024-05-22	25	5th	2 5 15 41 43
2024-03-25	4	5th	19 32 35 40 43
2024-03-16	10	3rd	11 30 43 47 51
2024-02-21	33	5th	2 6 26 40 43
2023-12-06	16	5th	22 24 27 34 43
2023-10-30	28	3rd	11 28 43 49 50
2023-08-26	4	4th	8 21 38 43 51
2023-08-16	5	5th	14 18 31 37 43
2023-08-05	12	5th	1 36 38 41 43
2023-07-08	2	4th	29 33 38 43 49
2023-07-03	1	5th	12 27 37 42 43
2023-07-01	1	4th	13 16 23 43 52
2023-06-28	10	4th	9 28 33 43 47
2023-06-05	5	5th	6 15 33 42 43
2023-05-24	1	5th	1 23 24 35 43
2023-05-22	4	5th	5 8 23 32 43
2023-05-13	3	5th	7 34 35 39 43
2023-05-06	1	4th	13 20 42 43 46
2023-05-03	14	4th	8 9 31 43 44
2023-04-01	7	3rd	2 38 43 46 51
2023-03-15	7	3rd	31 36 43 45 52
2023-02-27	5	4th	12 17 41 43 51
2023-02-15	10	5th	3 11 32 37 43
2023-01-23	6	4th	6 8 16 43 47
2023-01-09	13	5th	27 32 34 39 43
2022-12-10	3	5th	2 17 29 31 43
2022-12-03	7	5th	30 32 36 42 43
2022-11-16	24	4th	3 19 26 43 50
2022-09-21	9	4th	6 32 38 43 45
2022-08-31	1	4th	4 22 41 43 52
2022-08-29	7	5th	4 16 17 22 43
2022-08-13	4	4th	12 14 27 43 47
2022-08-03	12	5th	13 20 35 42 43
2022-07-02	16	3rd	9 19 43 44 50
2022-05-07	4	3rd	18 32 43 48 51
2022-04-23	5	4th	6 15 31 43 46
2022-04-06	1	5th	22 27 38 42 43
2022-04-02	6	4th	3 4 11 43 44
2022-03-12	55	4th	4 19 22 43 48
2021-09-01	2	3rd	10 15 43 47 49
2021-08-25	13	4th	3 37 38 43 50
2021-07-10	1	5th	6 14 27 28 43
2021-07-07	25	5th	1 4 19 24 43
2021-04-10	2	3rd	16 24 43 49 52
2021-04-03	17	3rd	17 42 43 47 48
2021-02-03	22	5th	12 35 38 40 43
2020-11-18	6	5th	17 35 39 42 43
2020-10-28	1	5th	4 14 35 41 43
2020-10-24	2	3rd	22 26 43 50 51
2020-10-17	8	5th	11 12 19 35 43
2020-09-19	13	4th	15 34 35 43 52
2020-08-05	28	5th	6 23 26 29 43
2020-04-29	26	4th	11 18 28 43 45
2020-01-29	3	5th	9 11 12 25 43
2020-01-18	16	5th	5 7 31 41 43
2019-11-23	15	4th	4 5 18 43 46
2019-10-02	5	4th	16 23 34 43 49
2019-09-14	10	5th	7 9 16 37 43
2019-08-10	2	4th	3 15 26 43 46
2019-08-03	8	5th	8 18 27 41 43
2019-07-06	37	3rd	20 22 43 47 52
2019-02-27	29	4th	27 33 35 43 52
2018-11-17	16	4th	4 6 11 43 52
2018-09-22	56	4th	1 7 38 43 47
2018-03-10	8	4th	23 24 41 43 44
2018-02-10	6	3rd	28 42 43 44 52
2018-01-20	5	4th	15 23 40 43 45
2018-01-03	—	5th	3 18 22 33 43