Number 40

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

249times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.26σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

43longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 249 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 249 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 10 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 40 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 0.1
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.0
3rd smallest20 · chance 29.0
4th smallest91 · chance 102.1
5th smallest134 · chance 114.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 33 15 3 25 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd most popular of 48. 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 40 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-11	13	5th	2 12 18 31 40
2026-01-29	5	5th	14 24 25 39 40
2026-01-24	15	4th	8 17 25 40 44
2026-01-09	23	3rd	19 24 40

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: 40 is drawn with probability 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-10	2	4th	6 11 25 40 46
2025-08-08	2	4th	20 23 32 40 46
2025-08-06	6	5th	7 22 38 39 40
2025-07-31	1	5th	14 25 33 39 40
2025-07-30	16	5th	2 5 22 33 40
2025-07-14	1	4th	19 21 26 40 48
2025-07-13	6	5th	4 7 20 35 40
2025-07-07	9	4th	3 12 24 40 42
2025-06-28	4	3rd	9 11 40 46 47
2025-06-24	9	4th	1 4 27 40 45
2025-06-15	3	4th	12 17 25 40 44
2025-06-12	8	5th	2 4 6 37 40
2025-06-04	2	4th	11 12 14 40 41
2025-06-02	12	5th	1 10 22 29 40
2025-05-21	23	4th	8 23 32 40 45
2025-04-28	2	5th	16 19 20 33 40
2025-04-26	1	3rd	15 38 40 45 48
2025-04-25	11	3rd	9 15 40 41 48
2025-04-14	8	5th	10 11 23 35 40
2025-04-06	6	5th	3 6 27 37 40
2025-03-31	3	4th	8 31 39 40 42
2025-03-28	7	5th	10 15 23 31 40
2025-03-21	1	4th	7 25 28 40 45
2025-03-20	1	5th	7 14 25 35 40
2025-03-19	5	4th	17 21 36 40 45
2025-03-14	5	4th	7 16 28 40 48
2025-03-09	1	4th	6 14 18 40 46
2025-03-08	3	4th	9 20 31 40 44
2025-03-05	9	5th	4 12 21 22 40
2025-02-24	4	5th	7 16 23 33 40
2025-02-20	5	3rd	15 39 40 42 47
2025-02-15	7	4th	21 34 38 40 48
2025-02-08	9	5th	1 7 15 17 40
2025-01-30	4	5th	9 13 18 23 40
2025-01-26	2	5th	1 10 21 28 40
2025-01-24	3	5th	14 26 35 39 40
2025-01-21	20	4th	18 27 30 40 44
2025-01-01	18	5th	7 15 17 39 40
2024-12-14	6	4th	10 16 35 40 42
2024-12-08	28	4th	1 2 39 40 42
2024-11-10	3	5th	11 18 32 38 40
2024-11-07	38	5th	5 10 30 37 40
2024-09-30	4	4th	21 28 29 40 42
2024-09-26	13	5th	4 8 27 37 40
2024-09-13	9	5th	14 15 18 33 40
2024-09-04	9	4th	4 12 14 40 47
2024-08-26	6	4th	12 18 24 40 44
2024-08-20	1	5th	8 12 24 39 40
2024-08-19	23	4th	15 17 35 40 45
2024-07-27	11	4th	9 32 37 40 43
2024-07-16	7	5th	21 26 31 34 40
2024-07-09	13	3rd	25 31 40 41 44
2024-06-26	23	5th	5 12 36 39 40
2024-06-03	2	5th	8 21 23 39 40
2024-06-01	14	5th	22 29 33 36 40
2024-05-18	3	5th	18 21 34 37 40
2024-05-15	17	5th	12 18 24 38 40
2024-04-28	4	5th	4 25 32 35 40
2024-04-24	2	2nd	4 40 41 45 46
2024-04-22	1	4th	33 36 39 40 47
2024-04-21	10	5th	23 24 31 33 40
2024-04-11	21	5th	4 10 27 33 40
2024-03-21	13	4th	10 11 32 40 41
2024-03-08	27	4th	24 32 36 40 48
2024-02-10	18	5th	13 15 27 31 40
2024-01-23	3	5th	5 8 11 38 40
2024-01-20	11	5th	9 10 18 23 40
2024-01-09	7	5th	5 29 30 39 40
2024-01-02	4	3rd	10 24 40 44 48
2023-12-29	9	4th	11 17 21 40 46
2023-12-20	14	5th	1 11 19 34 40
2023-12-06	2	5th	4 9 15 25 40
2023-12-04	1	5th	1 16 22 39 40
2023-12-03	5	5th	11 15 28 36 40
2023-11-28	2	5th	9 15 18 31 40
2023-11-26	6	5th	5 30 31 33 40
2023-11-20	17	5th	5 12 16 31 40
2023-11-03	3	5th	11 16 30 34 40
2023-10-31	2	4th	28 31 33 40 47
2023-10-29	9	4th	17 25 35 40 47
2023-10-20	13	5th	2 8 37 39 40
2023-10-07	2	5th	10 18 21 29 40
2023-10-05	13	4th	15 23 30 40 41
2023-09-22	23	4th	8 30 31 40 46
2023-08-30	2	5th	6 8 14 39 40
2023-08-28	2	4th	5 19 26 40 48
2023-08-26	2	5th	10 13 24 30 40
2023-08-24	13	4th	5 30 35 40 41
2023-08-11	10	5th	5 8 26 32 40
2023-08-01	5	3rd	13 33 40 42 47
2023-07-27	21	5th	19 25 32 36 40
2023-07-06	8	5th	5 7 11 12 40
2023-06-28	11	4th	14 27 38 40 45
2023-06-17	26	4th	14 29 30 40 44
2023-05-22	3	4th	17 25 37 40 41
2023-05-19	8	5th	1 10 28 30 40
2023-05-11	1	4th	10 16 34 40 47
2023-05-10	15	5th	8 9 35 37 40
2023-04-25	11	4th	17 28 33 40 42
2023-04-14	12	4th	3 15 38 40 44
2023-04-02	7	5th	3 6 18 22 40
2023-03-26	11	4th	20 30 33 40 47
2023-03-15	13	5th	16 20 21 39 40
2023-03-02	3	4th	10 13 33 40 47
2023-02-27	11	5th	2 3 17 38 40
2023-02-16	8	3rd	6 11 40 42 45
2023-02-08	25	5th	2 10 32 37 40
2023-01-14	9	5th	4 7 16 22 40
2023-01-05	1	5th	7 15 23 32 40
2023-01-04	4	5th	2 5 11 13 40
2022-12-31	23	5th	2 5 37 39 40
2022-12-08	5	5th	2 4 14 29 40
2022-12-03	25	5th	1 7 13 30 40
2022-11-08	14	5th	15 17 33 37 40
2022-10-25	5	3rd	17 30 40 41 45
2022-10-20	10	4th	3 27 33 40 41
2022-10-10	6	5th	15 16 20 28 40
2022-10-04	1	5th	21 25 32 37 40
2022-10-03	26	5th	2 9 27 33 40
2022-09-07	14	4th	2 27 37 40 42
2022-08-24	5	5th	23 26 30 38 40
2022-08-19	40	3rd	25 30 40 43 44
2022-07-10	13	5th	1 17 24 35 40
2022-06-27	10	5th	2 12 16 29 40
2022-06-17	1	5th	6 13 21 31 40
2022-06-16	13	5th	6 14 23 36 40
2022-06-03	6	4th	2 30 32 40 46
2022-05-28	13	5th	3 21 31 37 40
2022-05-15	32	5th	4 7 13 25 40
2022-04-13	12	5th	10 26 38 39 40
2022-04-01	11	4th	6 16 25 40 47
2022-03-21	23	3rd	8 11 40 43 46
2022-02-26	10	2nd	30 40 44 47 48
2022-02-16	7	5th	1 2 7 32 40
2022-02-09	3	5th	8 16 22 23 40
2022-02-06	4	5th	24 25 33 37 40
2022-02-02	6	5th	3 5 11 32 40
2022-01-27	8	5th	16 23 27 34 40
2022-01-19	5	4th	17 20 24 40 42
2022-01-14	10	5th	2 12 14 36 40
2022-01-04	2	5th	7 8 13 29 40
2022-01-02	25	5th	3 5 12 36 40
2021-12-08	7	4th	5 20 24 40 43
2021-12-01	1	5th	4 6 32 36 40
2021-11-30	11	4th	9 25 29 40 42
2021-11-19	11	5th	3 4 9 19 40
2021-11-08	3	4th	23 24 33 40 43
2021-11-05	20	5th	1 2 11 35 40
2021-10-16	5	5th	20 33 38 39 40
2021-10-11	12	5th	4 17 20 22 40
2021-09-29	2	3rd	9 26 40 41 45
2021-09-27	3	4th	1 13 17 40 45
2021-09-24	4	5th	7 18 20 31 40
2021-09-20	16	4th	22 35 38 40 41
2021-09-04	10	5th	20 22 23 33 40
2021-08-25	9	4th	9 24 33 40 48
2021-08-16	43	4th	3 13 39 40 44
2021-05-27	3	4th	5 6 8 40 43
2021-05-17	20	4th	18 29 32 40 44
2021-03-08	9	3rd	3 9 40 41 44
2021-02-04	12	5th	3 9 13 24 40
2020-12-24	1	3rd	2 15 40 44 47
2020-12-21	25	5th	3 32 35 38 40
2020-09-24	10	4th	17 21 30 40 46
2020-08-20	2	5th	9 11 18 39 40
2020-08-13	7	5th	9 33 34 36 40
2020-07-20	4	4th	11 15 37 40 46
2020-07-06	8	3rd	2 10 40 47 48
2020-06-08	2	5th	26 29 31 34 40
2020-06-01	18	4th	5 15 30 40 45
2020-03-30	8	5th	2 22 29 36 40
2020-03-02	5	5th	6 13 24 32 40
2020-02-13	13	4th	5 14 31 40 46
2019-12-30	3	4th	4 15 34 40 47
2019-12-19	7	4th	6 27 28 40 44
2019-11-25	5	5th	1 2 3 31 40
2019-11-07	5	5th	1 10 15 18 40
2019-10-21	18	5th	9 14 15 35 40
2019-08-19	18	5th	8 17 26 28 40
2019-06-17	2	4th	3 25 29 40 47
2019-06-10	21	4th	26 34 39 40 43
2019-03-28	19	4th	21 31 34 40 44
2019-01-21	9	3rd	2 16 40 43 47
2018-12-20	2	4th	8 21 26 40 41
2018-12-13	6	5th	15 31 38 39 40
2018-11-22	4	4th	8 18 38 40 48
2018-11-08	11	5th	10 16 38 39 40
2018-10-01	3	5th	8 10 13 16 40
2018-09-20	5	5th	8 10 17 36 40
2018-09-03	1	2nd	27 40 43 44 47
2018-08-30	12	4th	16 20 32 40 46
2018-07-19	21	5th	14 27 29 36 40
2018-05-07	12	5th	2 5 6 15 40
2018-03-26	3	5th	3 4 15 23 40
2018-03-15	10	4th	10 16 17 40 47
2018-02-08	7	5th	4 10 13 32 40
2018-01-15	19	5th	11 15 32 33 40
2017-11-09	3	3rd	10 36 40 41 42
2017-10-30	19	4th	2 12 22 40 46
2017-08-24	8	4th	1 3 27 40 43
2017-07-27	12	5th	16 17 31 38 40
2017-06-15	4	4th	9 19 36 40 45
2017-06-01	23	4th	7 28 34 40 46
2017-03-13	3	5th	2 9 24 27 40
2017-03-02	4	4th	23 24 25 40 41
2017-02-16	2	3rd	6 18 40 46 47
2017-02-09	20	4th	5 9 17 40 44
2016-12-01	10	4th	21 23 39 40 41
2016-10-27	14	4th	15 26 34 40 44
2016-09-08	1	5th	3 19 33 35 40
2016-09-05	8	5th	9 14 21 34 40
2016-08-08	17	5th	20 29 31 33 40
2016-06-09	5	5th	2 7 25 36 40
2016-05-23	16	4th	3 31 35 40 46
2016-03-28	8	5th	12 21 25 30 40
2016-02-29	17	5th	19 26 31 34 40
2015-12-31	10	4th	23 24 29 40 44
2015-11-26	26	5th	3 29 33 37 40
2015-08-27	25	4th	16 17 39 40 46
2015-06-01	4	5th	3 6 22 25 40
2015-05-18	3	4th	3 29 38 40 47
2015-05-07	13	5th	4 14 19 26 40
2015-03-23	2	5th	4 17 37 39 40
2015-03-16	6	5th	1 18 22 37 40
2015-02-23	—	5th	17 22 24 38 40