Number 43

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

159times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.33σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

44longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +1.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 12 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest3 · chance 1.0
4th smallest31 · chance 26.9
5th smallest125 · chance 131.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 45 37 2 12 25

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-29	4	3rd	5 39 43 44 45
2026-08-15	4	5th	4 8 30 38 43
2026-08-01	4	5th	8 12 27 30 43
2026-07-18	7	5th	12 13 26

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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