Number 41

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

220times drawn · chance expected 245 −1.70σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

49longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

41 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −1.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 41, draw by draw

Drawn 220 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 3 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 41 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 smallest3 · chance 1.7
3rd smallest17 · chance 20.2
4th smallest89 · chance 85.3
5th smallest111 · chance 112.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 30 44 1 9 28

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, 41 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 41 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-18	29	5th	3 11 16 18 41
2026-01-20	5	4th	6 9 28 41 45
2026-01-15	15	5th	3 24 32 39 41
2025-12-31	11	3rd	26 30 41

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

2025-06-16	6	5th	17 27 34 38 41
2025-06-10	4	4th	10 26 30 41 44
2025-06-06	1	4th	10 15 38 41 45
2025-06-05	1	5th	1 14 19 28 41
2025-06-04	21	5th	11 12 14 40 41
2025-05-14	5	4th	14 23 37 41 46
2025-05-09	8	4th	4 9 22 41 46
2025-05-01	4	4th	17 32 36 41 46
2025-04-27	2	5th	4 19 35 36 41
2025-04-25	6	4th	9 15 40 41 48
2025-04-19	7	4th	3 22 39 41 43
2025-04-12	11	5th	1 14 16 19 41
2025-04-01	3	5th	9 20 29 36 41
2025-03-29	14	5th	4 8 13 18 41
2025-03-15	24	5th	9 12 30 39 41
2025-02-19	8	4th	7 21 30 41 42
2025-02-11	5	4th	8 25 28 41 46
2025-02-06	10	5th	18 21 32 39 41
2025-01-27	14	3rd	7 16 41 42 48
2025-01-13	13	4th	13 17 35 41 44
2024-12-31	10	4th	19 27 37 41 48
2024-12-21	3	4th	2 9 10 41 42
2024-12-18	11	5th	19 26 30 31 41
2024-12-07	42	4th	1 17 34 41 45
2024-10-26	35	5th	6 12 32 35 41
2024-09-21	9	4th	7 21 31 41 44
2024-09-12	42	4th	23 32 38 41 44
2024-08-01	2	4th	3 25 36 41 42
2024-07-30	4	4th	19 22 34 41 45
2024-07-26	17	5th	1 4 21 37 41
2024-07-09	4	4th	25 31 40 41 44
2024-07-05	7	4th	7 15 23 41 48
2024-06-28	19	3rd	10 21 41 43 48
2024-06-09	11	5th	2 3 33 39 41
2024-05-29	8	4th	9 12 15 41 46
2024-05-21	2	4th	5 13 24 41 48
2024-05-19	9	5th	6 16 32 34 41
2024-05-10	1	5th	24 30 32 35 41
2024-05-09	7	5th	3 6 7 22 41
2024-05-02	2	5th	7 14 16 37 41
2024-04-30	5	5th	7 8 19 36 41
2024-04-25	1	5th	3 9 21 31 41
2024-04-24	8	3rd	4 40 41 45 46
2024-04-16	13	4th	20 22 28 41 45
2024-04-03	13	3rd	30 36 41 42 45
2024-03-21	21	5th	10 11 32 40 41
2024-02-29	14	4th	15 21 37 41 44
2024-02-15	2	2nd	17 41 42 45 46
2024-02-13	25	4th	5 11 35 41 44
2024-01-19	14	5th	17 30 33 36 41
2024-01-05	12	5th	15 21 29 35 41
2023-12-24	10	5th	2 18 22 39 41
2023-12-14	13	3rd	11 18 41 46 48
2023-12-01	1	4th	15 33 34 41 43
2023-11-30	39	5th	7 12 28 37 41
2023-10-22	17	3rd	24 30 41 46 47
2023-10-05	32	5th	15 23 30 40 41
2023-09-03	3	5th	9 22 26 35 41
2023-08-31	4	5th	1 27 30 39 41
2023-08-27	2	2nd	38 41 42 45 46
2023-08-25	1	4th	4 6 26 41 44
2023-08-24	4	5th	5 30 35 40 41
2023-08-20	30	4th	2 18 34 41 47
2023-07-21	17	5th	1 13 28 30 41
2023-07-04	16	4th	3 6 21 41 42
2023-06-18	6	5th	6 12 14 17 41
2023-06-12	8	5th	9 26 27 35 41
2023-06-04	13	5th	13 15 20 35 41
2023-05-22	5	5th	17 25 37 40 41
2023-05-17	2	5th	15 22 28 29 41
2023-05-15	6	5th	1 13 17 34 41
2023-05-09	17	4th	6 12 15 41 46
2023-04-22	14	4th	5 18 38 41 45
2023-04-08	21	5th	1 16 18 20 41
2023-03-18	18	5th	8 18 19 29 41
2023-02-28	7	4th	1 20 32 41 44
2023-02-21	1	4th	19 22 35 41 48
2023-02-20	6	3rd	8 12 41 42 47
2023-02-14	20	4th	7 21 27 41 44
2023-01-25	10	4th	19 22 29 41 43
2023-01-15	4	4th	5 8 13 41 44
2023-01-11	1	3rd	24 39 41 42 45
2023-01-10	13	4th	7 15 29 41 43
2022-12-28	3	5th	7 10 14 15 41
2022-12-25	2	4th	9 25 34 41 48
2022-12-23	13	5th	5 12 30 37 41
2022-12-10	22	5th	2 16 30 39 41
2022-11-18	9	5th	20 24 26 33 41
2022-11-09	11	5th	3 5 9 36 41
2022-10-29	4	4th	11 12 39 41 44
2022-10-25	3	4th	17 30 40 41 45
2022-10-22	2	5th	1 10 32 37 41
2022-10-20	25	5th	3 27 33 40 41
2022-09-25	3	5th	4 5 17 39 41
2022-09-22	7	5th	4 10 28 31 41
2022-09-15	3	4th	2 18 27 41 45
2022-09-12	21	4th	4 6 16 41 46
2022-08-22	6	4th	6 7 15 41 43
2022-08-16	15	3rd	26 33 41 45 46
2022-08-01	15	5th	1 5 14 22 41
2022-07-17	8	5th	2 4 18 22 41
2022-07-09	6	5th	14 21 31 35 41
2022-07-03	9	4th	20 23 29 41 48
2022-06-24	13	4th	15 18 28 41 44
2022-06-11	21	5th	11 16 31 37 41
2022-05-21	14	4th	13 17 31 41 47
2022-05-07	10	5th	10 23 24 38 41
2022-04-27	5	5th	4 6 13 24 41
2022-04-22	3	4th	2 5 20 41 47
2022-04-19	1	4th	1 26 38 41 42
2022-04-18	7	4th	2 14 28 41 48
2022-04-11	6	4th	1 8 38 41 43
2022-04-05	5	5th	1 15 28 29 41
2022-03-31	12	4th	8 20 36 41 45
2022-03-19	9	5th	6 13 16 37 41
2022-03-10	2	4th	1 7 18 41 42
2022-03-08	17	5th	1 8 17 26 41
2022-02-19	2	5th	5 6 14 37 41
2022-02-17	3	5th	9 29 33 38 41
2022-02-14	7	5th	3 10 20 27 41
2022-02-07	3	5th	6 28 36 39 41
2022-02-04	4	5th	19 20 22 28 41
2022-01-31	6	5th	3 27 28 35 41
2022-01-25	25	5th	19 30 32 36 41
2021-12-31	3	5th	19 36 37 39 41
2021-12-28	16	5th	4 6 14 33 41
2021-12-12	3	4th	7 21 35 41 44
2021-12-09	2	5th	8 21 23 25 41
2021-12-07	2	3rd	24 31 41 43 44
2021-12-05	10	5th	7 14 18 19 41
2021-11-25	2	5th	10 12 14 36 41
2021-11-23	19	5th	6 11 14 16 41
2021-11-04	28	5th	6 9 12 23 41
2021-10-07	8	5th	2 7 21 34 41
2021-09-29	6	4th	9 26 40 41 45
2021-09-23	3	5th	13 27 32 39 41
2021-09-20	18	5th	22 35 38 40 41
2021-09-02	26	5th	6 21 22 27 41
2021-08-07	4	3rd	2 35 41 43 44
2021-08-03	4	4th	10 15 18 41 45
2021-07-30	49	2nd	6 41 44 46 48
2021-03-08	12	4th	3 9 40 41 44
2021-01-25	17	5th	1 24 28 34 41
2020-11-26	11	4th	11 25 31 41 43
2020-10-19	8	5th	11 17 23 34 41
2020-09-21	1	4th	7 28 39 41 47
2020-09-17	32	4th	5 28 34 41 44
2020-05-28	1	4th	1 13 36 41 44
2020-05-25	3	5th	4 28 31 32 41
2020-05-14	6	5th	20 26 29 34 41
2020-04-23	8	4th	5 31 38 41 45
2020-03-26	10	5th	7 8 10 30 41
2020-02-20	24	4th	24 27 36 41 47
2019-11-28	8	5th	3 9 22 24 41
2019-10-31	5	4th	2 31 33 41 46
2019-10-14	24	5th	12 17 19 35 41
2019-07-22	32	4th	5 31 33 41 47
2019-04-01	14	5th	9 19 22 33 41
2019-02-11	13	5th	3 5 10 32 41
2018-12-27	2	5th	9 16 32 39 41
2018-12-20	6	5th	8 21 26 40 41
2018-11-29	11	5th	1 4 11 36 41
2018-10-22	2	4th	7 36 37 41 46
2018-10-15	18	4th	1 30 39 41 42
2018-08-13	17	5th	1 15 22 27 41
2018-06-14	4	5th	7 13 33 37 41
2018-05-31	29	3rd	16 34 41 42 48
2018-02-19	11	3rd	2 14 41 44 47
2018-01-11	10	5th	8 12 15 16 41
2017-12-07	8	4th	7 18 21 41 46
2017-11-09	38	4th	10 36 40 41 42
2017-06-29	23	5th	4 12 27 29 41
2017-04-10	1	4th	13 34 36 41 43
2017-04-06	10	4th	6 18 37 41 47
2017-03-02	5	5th	23 24 25 40 41
2017-02-13	6	4th	4 9 38 41 42
2017-01-23	5	4th	3 20 29 41 45
2017-01-05	10	4th	10 11 26 41 47
2016-12-01	23	5th	21 23 39 40 41
2016-09-12	16	4th	25 28 30 41 47
2016-07-18	30	5th	3 4 10 17 41
2016-04-04	6	5th	1 15 27 34 41
2016-03-14	1	5th	4 7 8 37 41
2016-03-10	5	5th	1 11 12 20 41
2016-02-22	1	5th	17 19 30 39 41
2016-02-18	7	5th	5 16 21 26 41
2016-01-25	2	3rd	17 39 41 42 47
2016-01-18	1	4th	2 12 26 41 48
2016-01-14	7	4th	2 6 33 41 48
2015-12-21	6	4th	7 32 36 41 48
2015-11-30	7	4th	10 19 36 41 44
2015-11-05	9	4th	3 19 30 41 44
2015-10-05	1	4th	8 28 31 41 48
2015-10-01	25	4th	4 24 33 41 46
2015-07-06	42	4th	12 22 33 41 44
2015-02-09	—	5th	8 15 25 33 41