Number 42

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

196times drawn · chance expected 220 −1.71σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

51longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 196 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, −1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 196 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 9 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 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 smallest3 · chance 1.2
4th smallest12 · chance 15.2
5th smallest71 · chance 72.4
6th smallest110 · chance 107.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 2 23 32 16 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-09	6	6th	2 12 20 30 31 42
2026-08-19	17	6th	4 6 7 9 26 42
2026-06-20	1	6th	10 21 23 27 31 42
2026-06-17

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-02	19	6th	12 13 23 30 34 42
2024-07-27	11	4th	4 32 34 42 44 46
2024-06-19	6	6th	9 10 12 22 39 42
2024-05-29	15	6th	4 18 20 30 36 42
2024-04-06	8	5th	12 22 27 36 42 44
2024-03-09	1	5th	17 29 33 38 42 43
2024-03-06	18	6th	4 21 23 31 33 42
2024-01-03	17	6th	1 8 13 15 27 42
2023-11-04	18	5th	5 14 33 40 42 44
2023-09-02	10	5th	18 29 39 41 42 47
2023-07-29	9	6th	2 11 12 20 29 42
2023-06-28	6	6th	23 27 30 34 40 42
2023-06-07	11	5th	17 21 35 37 42 44
2023-04-29	2	5th	19 32 37 38 42 44
2023-04-22	21	6th	5 22 29 33 40 42
2023-02-08	21	5th	21 26 27 35 42 45
2022-11-26	4	5th	25 34 38 41 42 46
2022-11-12	7	5th	2 3 10 17 42 44
2022-10-19	1	6th	2 18 19 24 31 42
2022-10-15	1	5th	6 8 11 31 42 45
2022-10-12	4	3rd	20 29 42 43 45 46
2022-09-28	7	6th	2 5 14 30 32 42
2022-09-03	2	5th	13 26 29 41 42 43
2022-08-27	3	6th	7 11 12 26 27 42
2022-08-17	11	5th	12 16 35 39 42 43
2022-07-09	1	6th	7 10 28 31 32 42
2022-07-06	9	5th	8 16 35 41 42 44
2022-06-04	4	6th	3 15 17 23 33 42
2022-05-21	10	6th	8 11 17 24 28 42
2022-04-16	2	5th	1 2 6 23 42 44
2022-04-09	8	6th	6 7 10 20 25 42
2022-03-12	1	6th	9 21 25 35 40 42
2022-03-09	8	6th	27 28 29 33 41 42
2022-02-09	5	6th	3 4 12 13 34 42
2022-01-22	7	6th	8 22 28 31 35 42
2021-12-29	13	5th	9 18 26 31 42 47
2021-11-13	2	6th	10 11 27 38 40 42
2021-11-06	10	5th	5 17 29 30 42 46
2021-10-02	3	4th	2 31 37 42 44 47
2021-09-22	6	6th	18 19 26 28 38 42
2021-09-01	5	5th	6 22 33 37 42 43
2021-08-14	2	5th	7 10 23 39 42 44
2021-08-07	3	5th	1 10 24 25 42 44
2021-07-28	19	6th	5 6 7 31 38 42
2021-05-22	9	5th	16 17 25 37 42 46
2021-04-21	1	5th	20 29 32 39 42 47
2021-04-17	13	6th	14 16 27 29 40 42
2021-03-03	13	4th	10 30 32 42 43 46
2021-01-16	10	6th	23 24 31 36 40 42
2020-12-12	1	4th	29 32 41 42 46 47
2020-12-09	10	5th	1 8 27 37 42 47
2020-11-04	8	6th	2 16 24 25 37 42
2020-10-07	10	6th	6 15 17 27 30 42
2020-09-02	17	6th	4 23 25 30 41 42
2020-07-04	24	5th	4 12 23 33 42 43
2020-04-11	9	5th	2 10 12 33 42 43
2020-03-11	2	6th	3 16 20 22 35 42
2020-03-04	2	6th	4 9 10 17 33 42
2020-02-26	1	4th	6 28 37 42 43 46
2020-02-22	3	5th	5 16 22 36 42 43
2020-02-12	13	4th	23 24 36 42 44 47
2019-12-28	7	5th	10 28 30 38 42 46
2019-12-04	3	5th	10 27 35 40 42 43
2019-11-23	3	6th	4 28 29 33 41 42
2019-11-13	31	6th	2 9 17 38 41 42
2019-07-27	10	6th	3 11 27 34 36 42
2019-06-22	8	6th	2 22 23 24 36 42
2019-05-25	4	4th	15 18 32 42 45 47
2019-05-11	6	5th	9 20 21 37 42 46
2019-04-20	5	6th	5 18 28 31 38 42
2019-04-03	6	6th	4 16 17 30 39 42
2019-03-13	7	5th	15 18 30 39 42 45
2019-02-16	9	6th	2 9 16 26 28 42
2019-01-16	5	6th	6 25 28 31 38 42
2018-12-29	23	6th	9 12 18 20 32 42
2018-10-10	1	6th	5 12 24 31 35 42
2018-10-06	14	6th	2 5 15 26 41 42
2018-08-18	6	6th	2 5 23 31 38 42
2018-07-28	4	5th	1 24 25 34 42 45
2018-07-14	2	5th	6 13 30 39 42 43
2018-07-07	5	6th	9 18 30 34 40 42
2018-06-20	2	6th	6 27 29 32 39 42
2018-06-13	12	5th	7 14 17 26 42 46
2018-05-02	15	4th	25 27 29 42 45 46
2018-03-10	14	6th	7 11 23 27 33 42
2018-01-20	22	6th	5 12 18 22 33 42
2017-11-04	3	6th	7 8 23 33 35 42
2017-10-25	11	4th	2 25 28 42 45 47
2017-09-16	1	5th	14 22 23 32 42 43
2017-09-13	11	5th	13 22 26 35 42 47
2017-08-05	4	6th	17 30 31 33 34 42
2017-07-22	3	6th	13 26 32 33 39 42
2017-07-12	2	5th	4 18 19 35 42 46
2017-07-05	6	6th	22 28 33 35 37 42
2017-06-14	5	5th	20 22 23 33 42 43
2017-05-27	5	6th	5 7 8 12 18 42
2017-05-10	1	6th	4 5 7 26 32 42
2017-05-06	26	6th	2 9 26 36 38 42
2017-02-04	2	6th	9 17 18 27 32 42
2017-01-28	2	6th	7 17 24 30 33 42
2017-01-21	1	6th	7 16 22 35 38 42
2017-01-18	10	5th	1 4 25 29 42 47
2016-12-14	21	6th	1 3 9 16 37 42
2016-10-01	1	6th	6 22 28 34 39 42
2016-09-28	3	5th	17 31 33 40 42 43
2016-09-17	3	6th	5 14 35 36 41 42
2016-09-07	4	6th	5 23 28 34 39 42
2016-08-24	8	5th	8 18 21 24 42 45
2016-07-27	6	6th	3 11 19 28 40 42
2016-07-06	1	6th	2 7 8 14 36 42
2016-07-02	6	6th	16 19 25 28 29 42
2016-06-11	34	5th	20 22 32 41 42 47
2016-02-13	5	6th	2 12 32 34 36 42
2016-01-27	36	5th	6 13 25 41 42 47
2015-09-23	27	5th	16 18 21 34 42 43
2015-06-20	12	4th	26 29 38 42 44 46
2015-05-09	1	6th	2 15 23 34 39 42
2015-05-06	1	5th	10 28 34 39 42 47
2015-05-02	22	6th	21 25 32 34 36 42
2015-02-14	14	5th	17 28 37 41 42 44
2014-12-27	6	5th	11 14 20 27 42 47
2014-12-06	11	5th	3 24 35 36 42 46
2014-10-29	3	6th	6 10 14 24 36 42
2014-10-11	2	6th	1 14 16 29 40 42
2014-10-04	8	6th	10 14 27 31 39 42
2014-09-06	9	5th	4 13 20 38 42 43
2014-08-06	3	6th	2 3 10 35 41 42
2014-07-26	5	5th	16 17 18 26 42 47
2014-07-09	5	5th	16 32 33 35 42 47
2014-06-21	10	3rd	15 22 42 44 45 46
2014-05-17	12	5th	3 5 22 34 42 47
2014-04-05	11	6th	9 19 26 29 41 42
2014-02-26	7	5th	2 11 34 40 42 43
2014-02-01	16	6th	6 23 30 35 38 42
2013-12-07	9	5th	13 14 21 32 42 46
2013-11-06	11	5th	7 11 23 25 42 46
2013-09-28	18	5th	2 3 12 21 42 44
2013-07-27	4	6th	2 5 16 21 24 42
2013-07-13	30	6th	10 18 21 25 36 42
2013-03-30	8	5th	5 6 31 33 42 46
2013-03-02	9	5th	4 8 13 14 42 43
2013-01-30	4	5th	8 15 16 33 42 47
2013-01-16	2	6th	4 16 22 29 36 42
2013-01-09	4	6th	1 15 18 19 21 42
2012-12-26	2	6th	17 26 33 34 36 42
2012-12-19	17	6th	15 18 22 24 30 42
2012-10-20	1	6th	1 9 11 13 18 42
2012-10-17	4	6th	1 8 29 31 40 42
2012-10-03	26	5th	5 7 9 35 42 47
2012-07-04	8	6th	20 23 26 34 41 42
2012-06-06	1	6th	8 15 28 31 34 42
2012-06-02	1	5th	15 16 28 33 42 44
2012-05-30	5	5th	21 25 29 35 42 47
2012-05-12	3	6th	16 35 37 40 41 42
2012-05-02	23	5th	2 4 39 41 42 47
2012-02-11	25	6th	9 10 17 35 38 42
2011-11-16	1	6th	1 9 19 38 39 42
2011-11-12	5	4th	5 16 27 42 44 45
2011-10-26	3	5th	4 10 18 33 42 45
2011-10-15	20	5th	8 10 12 27 42 47
2011-08-06	7	6th	2 5 6 23 33 42
2011-07-13	11	6th	11 12 21 25 26 42
2011-06-04	20	5th	12 14 23 41 42 45
2011-03-26	29	4th	1 28 31 42 44 46
2010-12-11	16	6th	6 7 9 17 22 42
2010-10-16	6	6th	3 20 23 32 36 42
2010-09-25	4	6th	4 18 21 30 32 42
2010-09-11	7	5th	16 20 26 38 42 46
2010-08-18	9	6th	15 17 23 28 40 42
2010-07-17	5	6th	5 20 26 30 41 42
2010-06-30	16	5th	5 20 37 40 42 44
2010-05-05	—	5th	5 32 33 34 42 47