Number 43

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

244times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.08σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

52longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 244 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 244 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 5 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 smallest1 · chance 0.6
3rd smallest12 · chance 11.8
4th smallest83 · chance 78.5
5th smallest148 · chance 153.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 25 15 24 27 47

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-16	2	4th	6 29 36 43 46
2026-02-14	14	4th	14 17 30 43 48
2026-01-31	21	5th	9 13 25 30 43
2026-01-10	7	5th	17 24 36

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-25	14	4th	7 28 33 43 48
2025-06-11	3	5th	7 9 30 36 43
2025-06-08	11	5th	5 11 20 42 43
2025-05-28	1	4th	3 11 35 43 47
2025-05-27	14	4th	10 12 18 43 46
2025-05-13	2	4th	4 14 17 43 44
2025-05-11	1	5th	16 26 30 34 43
2025-05-10	6	4th	5 12 19 43 47
2025-05-04	5	5th	12 26 31 35 43
2025-04-29	10	4th	24 25 39 43 45
2025-04-19	3	5th	3 22 39 41 43
2025-04-16	3	4th	1 34 38 43 47
2025-04-13	11	4th	2 29 30 43 45
2025-04-02	32	5th	18 22 35 36 43
2025-03-01	6	5th	12 25 28 30 43
2025-02-23	6	3rd	1 18 43 44 46
2025-02-17	20	4th	2 7 42 43 47
2025-01-28	9	5th	7 20 24 39 43
2025-01-19	1	4th	8 24 35 43 46
2025-01-18	22	5th	4 12 13 32 43
2024-12-27	3	5th	15 21 24 32 43
2024-12-24	1	4th	16 22 24 43 47
2024-12-23	1	5th	10 20 22 23 43
2024-12-22	39	4th	4 7 37 43 47
2024-11-13	7	4th	18 24 27 43 45
2024-11-06	2	5th	4 7 12 14 43
2024-11-04	5	5th	8 18 28 36 43
2024-10-30	41	5th	14 17 27 28 43
2024-09-19	1	5th	11 20 28 35 43
2024-09-18	7	4th	10 13 28 43 47
2024-09-11	12	4th	12 19 37 43 48
2024-08-30	20	5th	3 24 25 30 43
2024-08-10	1	5th	3 26 30 37 43
2024-08-09	13	5th	19 26 36 42 43
2024-07-27	29	5th	9 32 37 40 43
2024-06-28	5	4th	10 21 41 43 48
2024-06-23	7	4th	3 5 23 43 46
2024-06-16	21	5th	1 12 20 38 43
2024-05-26	12	5th	2 17 25 26 43
2024-05-14	1	3rd	9 27 43 44 48
2024-05-13	7	5th	13 16 20 39 43
2024-05-06	23	4th	10 32 35 43 47
2024-04-13	7	5th	15 20 34 36 43
2024-04-06	2	5th	4 13 19 24 43
2024-04-04	3	5th	5 24 26 27 43
2024-04-01	10	4th	2 11 29 43 45
2024-03-22	5	5th	18 27 34 35 43
2024-03-17	3	4th	1 15 20 43 44
2024-03-14	1	5th	7 24 27 29 43
2024-03-13	8	2nd	27 43 44 45 47
2024-03-05	13	5th	7 17 22 25 43
2024-02-21	16	4th	20 21 29 43 45
2024-02-05	5	4th	7 26 39 43 46
2024-01-31	2	4th	2 28 38 43 46
2024-01-29	21	5th	14 16 28 30 43
2024-01-08	5	5th	9 19 25 33 43
2024-01-03	2	5th	3 17 21 25 43
2024-01-01	15	5th	6 7 15 31 43
2023-12-17	16	5th	6 14 21 37 43
2023-12-01	8	5th	15 33 34 41 43
2023-11-23	1	4th	7 25 33 43 44
2023-11-22	3	5th	7 31 35 39 43
2023-11-19	46	5th	11 14 29 42 43
2023-10-04	4	4th	11 25 28 43 45
2023-09-30	14	4th	23 26 38 43 45
2023-09-16	8	5th	8 20 32 38 43
2023-09-08	10	5th	1 3 13 35 43
2023-08-29	7	5th	9 24 32 42 43
2023-08-22	1	5th	5 14 15 33 43
2023-08-21	12	5th	2 12 15 28 43
2023-08-09	4	5th	13 19 26 27 43
2023-08-05	33	4th	18 24 27 43 44
2023-07-03	14	5th	12 14 25 29 43
2023-06-19	12	4th	15 17 22 43 45
2023-06-07	1	4th	1 5 18 43 47
2023-06-06	6	4th	3 35 38 43 47
2023-05-31	1	3rd	10 19 43 45 47
2023-05-30	26	4th	25 28 35 43 46
2023-05-04	8	5th	8 9 13 19 43
2023-04-26	33	5th	20 26 28 38 43
2023-03-24	3	5th	1 8 30 31 43
2023-03-21	9	5th	7 25 36 38 43
2023-03-12	2	5th	9 27 32 37 43
2023-03-10	1	5th	11 14 24 29 43
2023-03-09	4	3rd	28 39 43 44 47
2023-03-05	28	5th	1 7 10 25 43
2023-02-05	11	4th	2 16 23 43 47
2023-01-25	15	5th	19 22 29 41 43
2023-01-10	4	5th	7 15 29 41 43
2023-01-06	10	5th	7 18 24 33 43
2022-12-27	1	5th	9 19 35 42 43
2022-12-26	22	5th	17 18 22 37 43
2022-12-04	10	5th	4 8 22 38 43
2022-11-24	4	5th	12 15 22 25 43
2022-11-20	6	4th	19 24 35 43 47
2022-11-14	4	5th	4 15 19 36 43
2022-11-10	3	5th	12 30 34 36 43
2022-11-07	3	5th	11 12 15 34 43
2022-11-04	7	5th	7 14 15 36 43
2022-10-28	1	5th	14 18 22 37 43
2022-10-27	9	5th	15 28 29 37 43
2022-10-18	3	5th	2 18 28 29 43
2022-10-15	22	5th	8 15 25 34 43
2022-09-23	9	5th	10 14 17 42 43
2022-09-14	3	5th	4 12 25 39 43
2022-09-11	20	5th	3 5 28 33 43
2022-08-22	2	5th	6 7 15 41 43
2022-08-20	1	3rd	3 38 43 44 48
2022-08-19	8	4th	25 30 40 43 44
2022-08-11	7	4th	3 8 15 43 46
2022-08-04	16	4th	16 21 26 43 45
2022-07-19	1	5th	2 8 19 25 43
2022-07-18	2	5th	4 9 16 36 43
2022-07-16	8	5th	13 14 34 37 43
2022-07-08	1	5th	2 20 25 34 43
2022-07-07	48	5th	2 28 33 34 43
2022-05-20	18	3rd	3 19 43 44 48
2022-05-02	7	5th	2 12 32 35 43
2022-04-25	14	5th	8 18 32 36 43
2022-04-11	21	5th	1 8 38 41 43
2022-03-21	28	4th	8 11 40 43 46
2022-02-21	10	4th	10 19 35 43 45
2022-02-11	6	5th	5 7 16 19 43
2022-02-05	13	4th	4 18 25 43 45
2022-01-23	3	5th	7 20 34 37 43
2022-01-20	2	5th	4 25 27 33 43
2022-01-18	7	5th	4 31 36 37 43
2022-01-11	1	5th	2 5 8 18 43
2022-01-10	5	4th	7 14 32 43 48
2022-01-05	18	5th	5 8 22 37 43
2021-12-18	5	4th	4 7 27 43 44
2021-12-13	5	5th	3 9 20 24 43
2021-12-08	1	5th	5 20 24 40 43
2021-12-07	29	4th	24 31 41 43 44
2021-11-08	22	5th	23 24 33 40 43
2021-10-17	7	5th	5 11 24 42 43
2021-10-10	9	5th	7 23 27 33 43
2021-10-01	9	4th	2 15 38 43 47
2021-09-22	3	4th	11 34 38 43 46
2021-09-19	43	5th	3 4 31 37 43
2021-08-07	13	4th	2 35 41 43 44
2021-07-25	11	4th	6 12 27 43 46
2021-07-01	3	5th	15 22 30 33 43
2021-06-21	3	5th	22 28 33 38 43
2021-06-10	4	5th	6 8 10 24 43
2021-05-27	2	5th	5 6 8 40 43
2021-05-20	10	4th	7 13 38 43 44
2021-04-15	15	5th	3 4 18 31 43
2021-02-22	15	4th	2 10 12 43 45
2020-12-31	5	5th	11 28 30 39 43
2020-12-14	5	5th	7 25 34 37 43
2020-11-26	14	5th	11 25 31 41 43
2020-10-08	18	5th	28 30 31 42 43
2020-08-06	6	4th	14 18 30 43 45
2020-07-16	7	4th	5 7 20 43 48
2020-06-22	10	4th	13 33 34 43 44
2020-05-18	9	4th	10 27 32 43 47
2020-04-16	1	5th	6 8 20 28 43
2020-04-13	38	4th	1 37 39 43 45
2019-12-02	16	3rd	10 31 43 44 46
2019-10-07	1	5th	13 18 31 38 43
2019-10-03	2	4th	1 13 42 43 44
2019-09-26	1	4th	4 11 33 43 47
2019-09-23	3	4th	4 23 25 43 48
2019-09-12	4	4th	2 16 29 43 46
2019-08-29	16	5th	11 24 28 33 43
2019-07-04	4	4th	2 7 31 43 48
2019-06-20	3	5th	13 30 33 39 43
2019-06-10	4	5th	26 34 39 40 43
2019-05-27	31	3rd	15 37 43 46 47
2019-02-07	5	5th	18 23 29 34 43
2019-01-21	3	4th	2 16 40 43 47
2019-01-10	3	5th	9 13 21 34 43
2018-12-31	8	5th	4 10 15 19 43
2018-12-03	2	5th	7 8 28 37 43
2018-11-26	2	5th	10 23 29 37 43
2018-11-19	6	4th	1 14 15 43 44
2018-10-29	13	5th	14 16 26 29 43
2018-09-13	3	5th	6 12 23 29 43
2018-09-03	5	3rd	27 40 43 44 47
2018-08-16	11	4th	8 39 42 43 48
2018-07-09	2	3rd	18 24 43 46 48
2018-07-02	7	5th	13 18 27 39 43
2018-06-07	14	5th	2 9 27 38 43
2018-04-19	24	4th	16 19 35 43 48
2018-01-25	9	4th	8 9 31 43 45
2017-12-25	9	3rd	8 37 43 44 45
2017-11-23	8	4th	10 15 19 43 44
2017-10-26	4	5th	2 6 12 39 43
2017-10-12	1	5th	5 19 27 35 43
2017-10-09	13	5th	19 21 23 27 43
2017-08-24	4	5th	1 3 27 40 43
2017-08-10	11	4th	19 29 30 43 48
2017-07-03	12	3rd	15 19 43 45 47
2017-05-22	12	4th	12 16 31 43 46
2017-04-10	52	5th	13 34 36 41 43
2016-10-10	2	4th	14 23 26 43 48
2016-10-03	4	5th	2 16 20 35 43
2016-09-19	6	4th	1 4 19 43 46
2016-08-29	5	5th	13 21 27 35 43
2016-08-11	6	5th	14 31 32 38 43
2016-07-21	2	4th	3 27 36 43 46
2016-07-14	1	4th	25 27 30 43 48
2016-07-11	13	5th	3 6 17 18 43
2016-05-26	6	5th	2 21 22 27 43
2016-05-05	25	5th	14 15 21 22 43
2016-02-08	3	4th	18 30 31 43 47
2016-01-28	7	5th	1 14 24 35 43
2016-01-04	24	4th	1 25 31 43 45
2015-10-12	7	4th	4 7 37 43 48
2015-09-17	10	5th	1 9 30 33 43
2015-08-13	16	5th	6 24 26 27 43
2015-06-18	2	5th	4 12 24 42 43
2015-06-11	19	5th	17 27 35 38 43
2015-04-06	1	5th	3 18 20 32 43
2015-04-02	4	4th	17 21 23 43 48
2015-03-19	3	4th	3 7 22 43 47
2015-03-09	1	5th	6 18 23 31 43
2015-03-05	8	5th	15 17 22 36 43
2015-02-05	—	4th	1 15 25 43 47