Number 42

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2020 rules — 2,279 draws, 5 from 1–45.

273times drawn · chance expected 253 +1.32σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

82longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 273 times in 2,279 draws against 253.2 expected, +1.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 273 times in 2,279 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 82 · 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 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 0.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 4.9
4th smallest70 · chance 64.3
5th smallest201 · chance 203.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 6 14 18 37 7

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
2026-10-08	2	5th	10 24 35 37 42
2026-10-06	2	4th	7 8 16 42 43
2026-10-04	8	5th	24 25 31 41 42
2026-09-25	1	4th	4 10 39

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.

2026-04-11	20	5th	3 20 27 31 42
2026-03-22	4	4th	14 35 37 42 45
2026-03-18	10	5th	1 29 37 41 42
2026-03-08	12	5th	6 18 19 21 42
2026-02-24	1	5th	3 27 30 37 42
2026-02-23	3	5th	1 11 25 35 42
2026-02-20	1	5th	8 24 34 39 42
2026-02-19	16	5th	20 26 29 32 42
2026-02-03	3	3rd	2 29 42 44 45
2026-01-31	35	5th	5 13 17 36 42
2025-12-27	5	5th	14 22 25 30 42
2025-12-21	14	5th	3 13 20 28 42
2025-12-07	9	5th	26 30 40 41 42
2025-11-28	5	5th	9 25 29 35 42
2025-11-23	2	5th	5 10 21 38 42
2025-11-21	2	4th	6 10 19 42 45
2025-11-19	1	5th	2 19 28 32 42
2025-11-18	13	5th	8 16 23 33 42
2025-11-05	3	5th	8 9 28 34 42
2025-11-02	5	4th	5 14 34 42 44
2025-10-28	1	5th	14 21 27 37 42
2025-10-27	9	4th	2 5 26 42 44
2025-10-18	4	5th	4 5 39 40 42
2025-10-14	20	5th	5 13 16 41 42
2025-09-24	2	4th	13 31 39 42 43
2025-09-22	3	5th	11 18 22 37 42
2025-09-19	3	5th	18 38 40 41 42
2025-09-16	7	5th	4 17 26 33 42
2025-09-09	7	5th	7 15 17 25 42
2025-09-02	5	5th	1 4 5 23 42
2025-08-28	1	5th	10 12 14 21 42
2025-08-27	37	5th	1 23 24 33 42
2025-07-21	3	5th	22 29 36 39 42
2025-07-18	23	4th	23 30 32 42 45
2025-06-25	5	5th	2 5 30 32 42
2025-06-20	3	5th	6 11 17 25 42
2025-06-17	3	5th	18 34 37 38 42
2025-06-14	2	5th	22 35 37 40 42
2025-06-12	3	5th	2 6 9 31 42
2025-06-09	14	5th	9 12 15 20 42
2025-05-26	8	5th	18 36 37 41 42
2025-05-18	2	5th	15 26 30 34 42
2025-05-16	15	5th	7 19 21 22 42
2025-05-01	1	5th	3 5 18 32 42
2025-04-30	2	4th	5 37 40 42 43
2025-04-28	3	4th	3 33 39 42 43
2025-04-25	10	5th	5 13 16 32 42
2025-04-15	3	5th	3 6 25 30 42
2025-04-12	16	5th	10 15 17 22 42
2025-03-27	4	5th	14 17 25 37 42
2025-03-23	9	5th	2 19 30 34 42
2025-03-14	7	5th	3 19 26 35 42
2025-03-07	5	5th	1 6 10 21 42
2025-03-02	43	5th	24 30 37 41 42
2025-01-18	6	5th	9 13 27 32 42
2025-01-12	2	5th	24 27 35 36 42
2025-01-10	3	4th	7 10 25 42 45
2025-01-07	3	5th	10 11 32 33 42
2025-01-04	12	5th	7 17 18 25 42
2024-12-22	20	5th	27 36 37 39 42
2024-12-02	1	4th	4 27 30 42 44
2024-12-01	4	5th	11 16 25 27 42
2024-11-27	9	5th	3 5 18 19 42
2024-11-18	22	4th	26 28 32 42 44
2024-10-27	9	5th	14 26 36 39 42
2024-10-18	27	5th	1 23 31 33 42
2024-09-21	7	5th	6 7 18 32 42
2024-09-14	2	5th	7 14 35 40 42
2024-09-12	7	5th	16 29 35 40 42
2024-09-05	2	5th	2 8 9 13 42
2024-09-03	9	5th	12 30 32 33 42
2024-08-25	2	5th	1 4 15 41 42
2024-08-23	1	5th	5 8 19 29 42
2024-08-22	9	5th	6 10 15 31 42
2024-08-13	8	5th	6 7 38 41 42
2024-08-05	3	5th	7 14 20 29 42
2024-08-02	1	4th	14 31 35 42 44
2024-08-01	6	5th	1 32 37 41 42
2024-07-26	8	5th	2 22 30 32 42
2024-07-18	2	5th	23 24 26 34 42
2024-07-16	5	4th	19 22 24 42 45
2024-07-11	15	5th	4 6 17 22 42
2024-06-26	1	4th	12 19 21 42 44
2024-06-25	5	4th	18 20 31 42 43
2024-06-20	13	5th	24 31 32 34 42
2024-06-07	6	5th	4 5 14 37 42
2024-06-01	5	5th	1 19 38 39 42
2024-05-27	3	5th	9 19 27 37 42
2024-05-24	5	5th	6 17 19 31 42
2024-05-19	2	5th	11 13 22 39 42
2024-05-17	11	5th	13 16 34 36 42
2024-05-06	14	5th	2 23 27 32 42
2024-04-22	3	5th	16 26 33 40 42
2024-04-19	12	5th	7 14 23 28 42
2024-04-07	5	5th	8 13 18 27 42
2024-04-02	35	5th	2 7 12 30 42
2024-02-27	5	4th	17 19 23 42 43
2024-02-22	6	5th	3 11 28 41 42
2024-02-16	13	4th	8 13 34 42 44
2024-02-03	1	5th	2 6 9 29 42
2024-02-02	5	5th	2 7 14 34 42
2024-01-28	13	5th	8 11 18 35 42
2024-01-15	2	4th	8 25 36 42 43
2024-01-13	2	5th	13 17 25 33 42
2024-01-11	10	5th	14 17 32 34 42
2024-01-01	3	4th	11 14 27 42 45
2023-12-29	8	5th	19 21 32 33 42
2023-12-20	12	5th	6 11 14 26 42
2023-12-08	4	5th	7 11 12 25 42
2023-12-04	4	5th	5 6 18 23 42
2023-11-30	8	4th	4 16 28 42 44
2023-11-22	3	5th	12 27 28 39 42
2023-11-19	4	4th	6 8 11 42 45
2023-11-15	20	5th	3 5 20 23 42
2023-10-26	2	5th	10 17 20 36 42
2023-10-24	2	4th	10 33 36 42 44
2023-10-22	21	4th	1 13 35 42 43
2023-10-01	2	4th	5 18 40 42 45
2023-09-29	1	4th	2 35 38 42 44
2023-09-28	18	5th	5 22 23 39 42
2023-09-10	3	4th	15 19 25 42 44
2023-09-07	8	5th	1 12 14 16 42
2023-08-30	1	5th	1 8 10 34 42
2023-08-29	15	5th	19 20 22 30 42
2023-08-14	21	4th	6 26 41 42 44
2023-07-24	6	5th	12 14 15 20 42
2023-07-18	19	5th	25 31 32 37 42
2023-06-29	5	5th	11 14 15 16 42
2023-06-24	1	5th	7 18 21 34 42
2023-06-23	7	4th	8 22 38 42 44
2023-06-16	7	5th	9 15 19 41 42
2023-06-09	2	4th	17 21 23 42 43
2023-06-07	14	4th	18 19 21 42 44
2023-05-24	3	5th	12 14 27 37 42
2023-05-21	8	5th	8 9 10 26 42
2023-05-13	11	4th	6 27 33 42 43
2023-05-02	8	5th	4 7 11 30 42
2023-04-24	17	4th	10 34 37 42 45
2023-04-07	1	4th	22 23 39 42 43
2023-04-06	4	5th	4 14 18 29 42
2023-04-02	8	5th	3 25 34 35 42
2023-03-25	1	5th	5 6 8 30 42
2023-03-24	12	5th	10 13 24 27 42
2023-03-12	4	4th	2 7 21 42 44
2023-03-08	2	5th	6 25 30 31 42
2023-03-06	1	5th	1 9 15 23 42
2023-03-05	2	4th	16 20 38 42 43
2023-03-03	13	4th	4 7 19 42 44
2023-02-18	2	5th	18 30 33 37 42
2023-02-16	1	4th	10 13 15 42 45
2023-02-15	3	5th	2 13 19 28 42
2023-02-12	7	5th	24 29 32 35 42
2023-02-05	18	5th	7 14 18 29 42
2023-01-18	6	5th	17 21 28 30 42
2023-01-12	50	5th	11 19 21 24 42
2022-11-22	1	5th	2 20 29 35 42
2022-11-21	25	5th	6 19 25 26 42
2022-10-27	82	4th	14 31 36 42 45
2022-08-06	2	5th	2 12 14 27 42
2022-08-04	1	4th	4 34 37 42 45
2022-08-03	9	4th	10 19 20 42 45
2022-07-25	26	5th	3 16 26 39 42
2022-06-29	8	5th	13 15 22 40 42
2022-06-21	7	5th	2 3 11 30 42
2022-06-14	9	4th	4 31 35 42 45
2022-06-05	2	4th	2 37 38 42 45
2022-06-03	46	5th	19 29 34 41 42
2022-04-18	1	4th	17 27 34 42 45
2022-04-17	3	5th	26 27 28 40 42
2022-04-14	3	5th	3 6 26 29 42
2022-04-11	4	5th	10 15 19 37 42
2022-04-07	6	5th	3 14 20 26 42
2022-04-01	1	5th	6 8 11 29 42
2022-03-31	36	5th	17 22 26 30 42
2022-02-23	9	4th	6 8 13 42 45
2022-02-14	8	4th	11 20 28 42 45
2022-02-06	1	4th	4 18 22 42 44
2022-02-05	10	5th	4 6 17 39 42
2022-01-26	10	5th	5 14 16 34 42
2022-01-16	10	5th	4 11 28 41 42
2022-01-06	12	5th	3 5 18 23 42
2021-12-24	1	4th	16 20 39 42 45
2021-12-23	5	4th	8 18 37 42 44
2021-12-18	1	5th	16 18 23 38 42
2021-12-17	2	4th	6 35 36 42 43
2021-12-15	2	5th	3 11 23 38 42
2021-12-13	15	5th	24 32 35 41 42
2021-11-28	6	4th	13 26 33 42 43
2021-11-22	6	5th	28 32 33 35 42
2021-11-16	4	4th	23 26 34 42 45
2021-11-12	6	5th	3 24 35 36 42
2021-11-06	3	5th	6 8 28 31 42
2021-11-03	5	5th	13 16 25 35 42
2021-10-29	2	4th	10 20 31 42 45
2021-10-27	2	4th	7 18 29 42 44
2021-10-25	3	5th	11 19 25 31 42
2021-10-22	3	5th	14 15 18 26 42
2021-10-19	1	5th	8 14 31 39 42
2021-10-18	1	5th	2 7 24 39 42
2021-10-17	10	5th	11 21 35 37 42
2021-10-07	4	5th	5 26 32 35 42
2021-10-03	18	5th	2 8 12 16 42
2021-09-15	5	5th	1 3 19 21 42
2021-09-10	2	5th	6 14 26 31 42
2021-09-08	16	5th	25 28 36 41 42
2021-08-23	1	5th	4 16 31 39 42
2021-08-22	5	5th	2 5 22 40 42
2021-08-17	12	5th	6 15 19 40 42
2021-08-05	33	5th	5 12 18 19 42
2021-07-03	14	5th	11 15 16 38 42
2021-06-19	4	4th	14 22 37 42 45
2021-06-15	1	3rd	3 7 42 43 45
2021-06-14	8	5th	4 26 36 37 42
2021-06-06	2	5th	10 18 30 36 42
2021-06-04	45	5th	1 3 7 15 42
2021-04-20	4	5th	20 22 32 38 42
2021-04-16	2	5th	3 13 18 22 42
2021-04-14	6	5th	6 27 31 36 42
2021-04-08	4	5th	14 23 26 41 42
2021-04-04	15	5th	10 13 26 40 42
2021-03-20	1	5th	27 31 37 39 42
2021-03-19	1	5th	2 25 27 40 42
2021-03-18	1	4th	4 11 40 42 44
2021-03-17	17	5th	2 10 26 30 42
2021-02-28	5	5th	12 24 28 41 42
2021-02-23	20	4th	12 21 39 42 45
2021-02-03	4	5th	6 18 20 35 42
2021-01-30	15	5th	5 17 21 30 42
2021-01-15	25	5th	6 13 15 30 42
2020-12-20	3	5th	6 24 37 41 42
2020-12-17	5	5th	5 18 19 37 42
2020-12-12	3	5th	7 8 23 28 42
2020-12-09	36	5th	5 9 19 35 42
2020-11-03	1	5th	14 20 28 39 42
2020-11-02	3	5th	13 21 33 40 42
2020-10-30	1	5th	23 26 30 34 42
2020-10-29	4	5th	18 20 21 30 42
2020-10-25	2	5th	19 21 32 33 42
2020-10-23	3	4th	3 21 26 42 43
2020-10-20	6	4th	27 36 37 42 44
2020-10-14	23	5th	1 24 27 29 42
2020-09-21	23	5th	5 17 26 38 42
2020-08-29	1	5th	7 19 25 31 42
2020-08-28	23	5th	5 10 27 29 42
2020-08-05	1	4th	7 14 20 42 43
2020-08-04	9	4th	29 32 38 42 45
2020-07-26	12	4th	22 23 36 42 45
2020-07-14	5	5th	2 6 21 37 42
2020-07-09	—	5th	15 19 31 39 42