Number 40

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

138times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.53σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

48longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 138 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 138 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 13 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 40 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest138 · chance 138.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 3 6 11 13 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd most popular of 40. 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 40 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	15	5th	13 16 17 18 40
2026-09-13	6	5th	5 7 11 38 40
2026-09-07	4	5th	2 19 23 39 40
2026-09-03	2	5th	21 23 28 35

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: 40 is drawn with probability 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-21	7	5th	4 6 15 30 40
2026-02-14	1	5th	19 27 37 38 40
2026-02-13	22	5th	24 27 34 39 40
2026-01-22	3	5th	7 11 30 39 40
2026-01-19	16	5th	16 25 26 35 40
2026-01-03	3	5th	5 13 19 25 40
2025-12-31	9	5th	5 11 29 33 40
2025-12-22	19	5th	5 26 29 32 40
2025-12-03	1	5th	5 22 25 38 40
2025-12-02	2	5th	4 16 26 39 40
2025-11-30	16	5th	9 11 20 27 40
2025-11-14	25	5th	21 23 24 28 40
2025-10-20	3	5th	21 30 32 35 40
2025-10-17	2	5th	6 25 26 27 40
2025-10-15	4	5th	7 10 15 34 40
2025-10-11	10	5th	2 5 7 34 40
2025-10-01	10	5th	13 14 18 32 40
2025-09-21	28	5th	3 4 26 35 40
2025-08-24	4	5th	1 4 12 14 40
2025-08-20	12	5th	5 14 23 25 40
2025-08-08	9	5th	13 29 32 36 40
2025-07-30	2	5th	5 11 14 36 40
2025-07-28	3	5th	20 27 34 35 40
2025-07-25	1	5th	11 12 15 29 40
2025-07-24	1	5th	4 16 18 38 40
2025-07-23	5	5th	7 14 16 36 40
2025-07-18	9	5th	13 19 36 39 40
2025-07-09	8	5th	6 21 32 38 40
2025-07-01	1	5th	13 14 24 26 40
2025-06-30	7	5th	3 4 13 31 40
2025-06-23	7	5th	2 3 11 39 40
2025-06-16	6	5th	2 5 6 15 40
2025-06-10	1	5th	2 7 10 32 40
2025-06-09	8	5th	10 13 18 30 40
2025-06-01	1	5th	5 7 32 35 40
2025-05-31	22	5th	17 27 32 35 40
2025-05-09	5	5th	11 16 23 26 40
2025-05-04	16	5th	13 15 16 31 40
2025-04-18	10	5th	1 3 7 30 40
2025-04-08	4	5th	4 6 16 21 40
2025-04-04	13	5th	8 26 27 30 40
2025-03-22	3	5th	5 18 25 30 40
2025-03-19	2	5th	3 5 9 34 40
2025-03-17	16	5th	3 7 16 32 40
2025-03-01	2	5th	1 16 21 39 40
2025-02-27	1	5th	3 12 24 31 40
2025-02-26	7	5th	11 22 30 33 40
2025-02-19	10	5th	10 17 31 34 40
2025-02-09	1	5th	9 13 32 39 40
2025-02-08	1	5th	8 16 18 27 40
2025-02-07	10	5th	5 13 26 34 40
2025-01-28	9	5th	5 12 16 22 40
2025-01-19	12	5th	2 5 8 17 40
2025-01-07	12	5th	1 18 26 34 40
2024-12-26	3	5th	1 4 15 33 40
2024-12-23	3	5th	9 23 26 38 40
2024-12-20	7	5th	3 7 11 13 40
2024-12-13	1	5th	1 8 22 29 40
2024-12-12	3	5th	6 8 12 27 40
2024-12-09	2	5th	3 18 21 32 40
2024-12-07	8	5th	2 24 29 36 40
2024-11-29	5	5th	6 11 21 23 40
2024-11-24	14	5th	6 18 22 35 40
2024-11-10	48	5th	2 20 29 30 40
2024-09-23	4	5th	13 16 23 24 40
2024-09-19	2	5th	7 15 27 36 40
2024-09-17	8	5th	9 13 27 30 40
2024-09-09	24	5th	22 31 33 35 40
2024-08-16	5	5th	3 27 29 39 40
2024-08-11	19	5th	6 11 16 30 40
2024-07-23	4	5th	2 4 17 35 40
2024-07-19	5	5th	4 12 25 34 40
2024-07-14	11	5th	1 14 23 39 40
2024-07-03	7	5th	13 15 27 28 40
2024-06-26	1	5th	3 8 14 26 40
2024-06-25	6	5th	3 10 33 37 40
2024-06-19	4	5th	11 23 26 35 40
2024-06-15	12	5th	14 30 36 39 40
2024-06-03	3	5th	1 10 14 32 40
2024-05-31	2	5th	1 5 7 24 40
2024-05-29	9	5th	1 12 20 21 40
2024-05-20	12	5th	7 9 16 36 40
2024-05-08	2	5th	5 27 33 39 40
2024-05-06	8	5th	3 11 18 39 40
2024-04-28	4	5th	2 17 32 34 40
2024-04-24	11	5th	17 28 30 33 40
2024-04-13	15	5th	3 6 8 16 40
2024-03-29	10	5th	3 8 35 37 40
2024-03-19	4	5th	7 10 12 13 40
2024-03-15	5	5th	5 16 31 37 40
2024-03-10	2	5th	3 19 30 34 40
2024-03-08	1	5th	10 13 24 33 40
2024-03-07	7	5th	6 9 19 30 40
2024-02-29	8	5th	8 15 18 19 40
2024-02-21	2	5th	6 26 32 38 40
2024-02-19	20	5th	4 5 24 25 40
2024-01-30	7	5th	2 8 10 19 40
2024-01-23	2	5th	6 8 24 29 40
2024-01-21	1	5th	4 8 11 28 40
2024-01-20	29	5th	18 21 31 32 40
2023-12-22	34	5th	4 6 37 38 40
2023-11-18	6	5th	2 17 19 34 40
2023-11-12	10	5th	17 26 31 35 40
2023-11-02	3	5th	3 27 29 38 40
2023-10-30	1	5th	5 12 30 37 40
2023-10-29	9	5th	2 9 17 34 40
2023-10-20	10	5th	9 16 30 32 40
2023-10-10	2	5th	5 18 20 37 40
2023-10-08	16	5th	6 11 15 33 40
2023-09-22	13	5th	3 6 10 17 40
2023-09-09	1	5th	3 4 27 33 40
2023-09-08	1	5th	10 21 24 33 40
2023-09-07	14	5th	5 11 21 39 40
2023-08-24	—	5th	11 12 33 36 40