Number 42

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

125times drawn · chance expected 144 −1.68σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

50longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 125 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −1.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 125 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 11 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 smallest1 · chance 2.3
4th smallest30 · chance 29.4
5th smallest94 · chance 93.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 8 20 37 4 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-02	6	5th	3 18 27 32 42
2026-08-12	24	4th	1 21 35 42 44
2026-05-20	4	4th	2 37 39 42 43
2026-05-06	3	5th	2 3 8

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-22	20	5th	7 20 29 36 42
2024-11-13	8	5th	3 12 25 36 42
2024-10-16	10	5th	4 20 21 40 42
2024-09-11	16	5th	4 9 16 32 42
2024-07-17	18	5th	19 23 24 29 42
2024-05-15	25	5th	4 17 19 34 42
2024-02-17	3	5th	7 19 28 38 42
2024-02-07	5	5th	24 25 31 33 42
2024-01-20	3	5th	2 17 23 36 42
2024-01-10	1	5th	6 11 21 24 42
2024-01-06	2	5th	13 24 25 28 42
2023-12-30	4	5th	5 15 19 40 42
2023-12-16	3	5th	3 16 17 37 42
2023-12-06	1	4th	15 21 34 42 43
2023-12-02	27	4th	1 12 13 42 43
2023-08-30	2	5th	6 14 28 30 42
2023-08-23	17	4th	2 27 37 42 43
2023-06-24	13	4th	4 12 41 42 45
2023-05-10	9	4th	26 32 38 42 43
2023-04-08	16	4th	6 18 28 42 43
2023-02-11	10	4th	20 29 36 42 45
2023-01-07	4	4th	3 24 38 42 43
2022-12-24	12	5th	1 13 20 24 42
2022-11-12	33	5th	4 5 6 8 42
2022-07-20	19	4th	6 10 27 42 43
2022-05-14	4	4th	17 20 32 42 43
2022-04-30	4	5th	1 8 14 27 42
2022-04-16	6	4th	4 13 15 42 44
2022-03-26	2	5th	10 17 18 29 42
2022-03-19	15	5th	11 25 28 29 42
2022-01-26	11	5th	8 27 31 38 42
2021-12-18	2	4th	8 9 25 42 45
2021-12-11	5	5th	18 21 22 35 42
2021-11-24	2	5th	10 19 21 32 42
2021-11-17	32	4th	9 26 36 42 45
2021-07-28	3	4th	30 35 37 42 43
2021-07-17	10	5th	17 21 30 36 42
2021-06-12	4	3rd	35 37 42 44 45
2021-05-29	7	4th	1 16 37 42 45
2021-05-05	24	5th	11 28 36 39 42
2021-02-10	28	5th	3 19 34 39 42
2020-11-04	1	5th	2 25 28 41 42
2020-10-31	5	5th	2 14 20 32 42
2020-10-14	20	4th	1 8 19 42 43
2020-08-05	8	5th	13 22 32 40 42
2020-07-08	6	5th	6 19 28 31 42
2020-06-17	1	5th	3 6 23 41 42
2020-06-13	7	5th	12 14 27 30 42
2020-05-20	7	4th	1 20 30 42 44
2020-04-25	19	5th	1 6 9 39 42
2020-02-19	17	5th	3 21 24 40 42
2019-12-21	13	4th	8 23 24 42 45
2019-11-06	16	5th	18 22 23 37 42
2019-09-11	11	4th	21 31 32 42 44
2019-08-03	5	5th	10 30 36 41 42
2019-07-17	6	5th	1 8 19 20 42
2019-06-26	15	5th	1 17 18 25 42
2019-05-04	2	5th	5 15 20 40 42
2019-04-27	23	5th	10 11 16 25 42
2019-02-06	7	4th	24 31 39 42 44
2019-01-12	6	5th	4 22 29 30 42
2018-12-22	50	5th	19 26 35 39 42
2018-06-30	2	5th	9 12 21 24 42
2018-06-23	2	5th	16 23 24 27 42
2018-06-16	2	5th	2 23 28 30 42
2018-06-09	10	5th	8 29 33 34 42
2018-05-05	34	5th	2 5 14 22 42
2018-01-06	19	5th	8 21 26 35 42
2017-11-01	18	5th	12 14 25 30 42
2017-08-30	8	5th	10 23 28 29 42
2017-08-02	33	4th	18 29 37 42 43
2017-04-08	13	5th	2 11 30 38 42
2017-02-22	11	5th	15 34 37 40 42
2017-01-14	11	5th	13 15 16 20 42
2016-12-07	16	5th	5 8 14 38 42
2016-10-12	14	4th	18 24 41 42 45
2016-08-24	27	5th	10 15 20 27 42
2016-05-21	16	5th	12 16 24 33 42
2016-03-26	32	5th	30 31 33 37 42
2015-12-05	1	5th	5 6 13 41 42
2015-12-02	5	5th	21 30 34 41 42
2015-11-14	6	5th	9 30 33 34 42
2015-10-24	2	5th	6 12 24 41 42
2015-10-17	5	5th	14 26 37 39 42
2015-09-30	8	5th	19 22 24 25 42
2015-09-02	2	5th	3 18 25 33 42
2015-08-26	5	5th	4 5 10 40 42
2015-08-08	12	5th	24 27 32 37 42
2015-06-27	1	5th	1 6 7 11 42
2015-06-24	2	5th	3 27 29 37 42
2015-06-17	25	4th	4 11 34 42 43
2015-03-21	2	5th	4 15 32 34 42
2015-03-14	11	4th	25 39 41 42 45
2015-02-04	3	4th	13 31 35 42 44
2015-01-24	22	4th	9 28 35 42 45
2014-11-08	24	5th	4 19 20 41 42
2014-08-16	4	5th	5 6 9 39 42
2014-08-02	3	5th	12 23 24 39 42
2014-07-23	4	5th	4 8 39 41 42
2014-07-09	15	5th	13 20 24 34 42
2014-05-17	—	5th	1 21 34 38 42