Number 42

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

212times drawn · chance expected 222 −0.74σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

57longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 212 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, −0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 212 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 16 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 smallest1 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest1 · chance 3.6
4th smallest26 · chance 27.7
5th smallest82 · chance 87.8
6th smallest102 · chance 92.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 3 37 32 35 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-03	4	5th	11 23 24 40 42 46
2026-08-24	18	4th	30 38 41 42 44 45
2026-07-13	5	6th	1 12 13 21 30 42
2026-07-02	7	5th	5

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-17	24	6th	17 21 24 30 41 42
2025-01-23	11	5th	6 12 20 39 42 46
2024-12-16	4	6th	14 16 18 28 37 42
2024-12-02	9	6th	1 28 33 39 40 42
2024-10-31	2	6th	1 2 3 4 35 42
2024-10-24	6	5th	2 4 20 31 42 43
2024-10-03	6	5th	4 8 13 31 42 43
2024-09-12	42	6th	14 19 26 36 40 42
2024-04-18	2	6th	9 14 20 27 31 42
2024-04-11	7	4th	2 3 26 42 44 46
2024-03-18	3	6th	3 11 13 14 33 42
2024-03-07	3	4th	7 21 38 42 44 46
2024-02-26	9	6th	11 21 23 26 33 42
2024-01-25	2	6th	2 20 29 34 37 42
2024-01-18	22	6th	1 3 17 21 29 42
2023-11-02	1	6th	13 16 26 27 39 42
2023-10-30	20	6th	1 6 21 27 39 42
2023-08-21	16	5th	1 9 10 21 42 44
2023-06-26	16	6th	5 12 32 39 41 42
2023-05-01	2	6th	13 19 24 29 40 42
2023-04-24	2	6th	2 7 26 28 37 42
2023-04-17	1	6th	14 30 34 36 40 42
2023-04-13	7	6th	10 12 23 25 33 42
2023-03-20	1	5th	25 32 35 39 42 45
2023-03-16	8	5th	14 26 30 32 42 45
2023-02-16	3	6th	3 7 17 18 26 42
2023-02-06	7	6th	32 34 37 38 41 42
2023-01-12	13	4th	7 10 12 42 43 46
2022-11-28	11	5th	7 29 32 37 42 44
2022-10-20	3	6th	4 8 13 19 30 42
2022-10-10	1	6th	3 11 15 16 18 42
2022-10-06	5	5th	2 22 24 31 42 44
2022-09-19	2	5th	14 25 31 39 42 46
2022-09-12	13	5th	6 14 19 38 42 44
2022-07-28	15	5th	9 21 34 37 42 46
2022-06-06	7	6th	4 10 15 26 32 42
2022-05-12	8	6th	3 8 9 35 36 42
2022-04-14	28	6th	6 20 21 22 32 42
2022-01-06	3	5th	2 3 24 38 42 48
2021-12-27	31	5th	9 17 19 24 42 46
2021-09-09	5	6th	8 23 25 31 41 42
2021-08-23	1	6th	5 13 28 29 38 42
2021-08-19	10	6th	8 24 29 36 40 42
2021-07-15	3	6th	6 16 26 30 36 42
2021-07-05	4	6th	1 4 9 28 35 42
2021-06-21	6	5th	1 4 5 23 42 48
2021-05-31	1	5th	3 11 34 36 42 46
2021-05-27	7	6th	7 16 31 32 33 42
2021-05-03	7	5th	2 3 9 27 42 44
2021-04-08	3	5th	11 17 21 29 42 45
2021-03-29	19	2nd	5 42 43 45 46 49
2021-01-21	3	5th	5 6 22 36 42 43
2021-01-11	22	6th	21 25 26 36 37 42
2020-10-26	7	4th	19 27 33 42 48 49
2020-10-01	7	5th	5 6 24 29 42 48
2020-09-07	7	6th	1 4 13 21 36 42
2020-08-13	3	5th	3 21 31 34 42 43
2020-08-03	12	4th	2 11 25 42 48 49
2020-06-22	3	4th	23 32 39 42 43 46
2020-06-11	4	6th	23 26 31 35 38 42
2020-05-28	7	5th	16 17 20 34 42 45
2020-05-04	11	6th	2 8 9 10 37 42
2020-03-26	1	5th	9 12 22 37 42 49
2020-03-23	11	5th	24 28 32 39 42 45
2020-02-13	5	6th	14 20 23 34 38 42
2020-01-27	1	6th	17 25 36 39 41 42
2020-01-23	3	4th	15 37 40 42 46 49
2020-01-13	6	5th	4 12 37 39 42 48
2019-12-23	19	5th	4 11 13 25 42 49
2019-10-17	1	4th	24 29 31 42 47 48
2019-10-14	34	3rd	18 30 42 43 48 49
2019-06-17	11	6th	5 22 27 29 39 42
2019-05-09	9	5th	6 18 23 35 42 49
2019-04-08	5	5th	24 25 33 40 42 47
2019-03-21	25	5th	23 25 26 32 42 45
2018-12-24	4	6th	1 2 13 19 25 42
2018-12-10	4	6th	13 15 35 39 40 42
2018-11-26	5	5th	19 27 37 41 42 46
2018-11-08	15	5th	10 14 23 30 42 43
2018-09-17	3	6th	9 13 27 32 40 42
2018-09-06	2	6th	1 2 4 20 35 42
2018-08-30	4	5th	22 30 38 41 42 47
2018-08-16	7	4th	1 26 35 42 44 46
2018-07-23	11	6th	8 9 20 30 41 42
2018-06-14	9	5th	2 5 17 38 42 49
2018-05-14	5	6th	4 9 20 22 32 42
2018-04-26	1	5th	12 23 35 39 42 44
2018-04-23	15	6th	2 5 17 26 35 42
2018-03-01	19	5th	6 9 10 37 42 49
2017-12-26	8	5th	2 24 31 36 42 47
2017-11-27	16	5th	18 23 25 31 42 46
2017-10-02	20	5th	12 25 29 32 42 46
2017-07-24	16	6th	18 30 32 34 37 42
2017-05-29	2	5th	22 28 37 41 42 43
2017-05-22	1	5th	6 8 29 40 42 44
2017-05-18	3	5th	6 10 23 29 42 46
2017-05-08	1	5th	16 25 27 32 42 49
2017-05-04	7	6th	3 7 10 25 31 42
2017-04-10	2	4th	11 22 27 42 43 49
2017-04-03	20	6th	13 23 25 30 33 42
2017-01-23	5	5th	4 23 35 41 42 46
2017-01-05	2	5th	14 26 39 40 42 47
2016-12-29	6	4th	13 27 36 42 46 47
2016-12-08	2	5th	7 12 21 36 42 45
2016-12-01	1	5th	2 7 27 40 42 43
2016-11-28	3	6th	23 30 31 34 35 42
2016-11-17	2	6th	11 20 25 28 35 42
2016-11-10	9	6th	1 12 16 20 41 42
2016-10-10	8	5th	26 28 33 34 42 45
2016-09-12	1	6th	12 14 16 28 35 42
2016-09-08	4	4th	4 5 6 42 43 48
2016-08-25	1	5th	12 30 33 37 42 47
2016-08-22	11	5th	3 15 23 26 42 45
2016-07-14	1	6th	1 11 13 15 17 42
2016-07-11	7	6th	6 30 35 37 41 42
2016-06-16	4	4th	3 8 11 42 46 49
2016-06-02	2	6th	3 14 22 24 30 42
2016-05-26	1	4th	9 19 23 42 44 49
2016-05-23	1	6th	3 7 14 21 32 42
2016-05-19	2	6th	16 17 28 32 37 42
2016-05-12	2	6th	12 17 20 25 39 42
2016-05-05	1	4th	1 26 41 42 43 47
2016-05-02	3	6th	1 16 22 24 40 42
2016-04-21	2	6th	12 28 35 36 38 42
2016-04-14	6	5th	2 12 24 29 42 49
2016-03-24	45	6th	14 17 19 29 38 42
2015-10-19	18	6th	10 15 21 32 37 42
2015-08-17	9	6th	13 14 18 28 34 42
2015-07-16	9	6th	2 12 16 18 39 42
2015-06-15	4	6th	6 8 24 27 41 42
2015-06-01	57	5th	3 4 27 37 42 46
2014-11-13	30	6th	3 25 26 30 34 42
2014-07-31	6	6th	8 20 22 29 31 42
2014-07-10	7	6th	2 3 18 36 38 42
2014-06-16	6	6th	3 12 18 34 35 42
2014-05-26	15	4th	13 34 38 42 43 48
2014-04-03	7	6th	8 17 24 31 40 42
2014-03-10	2	4th	13 31 33 42 45 46
2014-03-03	3	6th	8 10 19 34 38 42
2014-02-20	10	4th	2 7 16 42 44 48
2014-01-16	4	6th	5 16 23 38 40 42
2014-01-02	2	5th	3 33 34 36 42 49
2013-12-26	1	6th	17 19 21 25 40 42
2013-12-23	8	6th	8 14 19 37 41 42
2013-11-25	24	6th	20 28 35 36 40 42
2013-09-02	26	6th	9 11 32 36 37 42
2013-06-03	16	5th	15 21 29 37 42 44
2013-04-08	31	6th	7 8 25 27 32 42
2012-12-20	6	5th	8 24 30 34 42 49
2012-11-29	2	6th	2 3 16 20 35 42
2012-11-22	19	6th	1 8 15 23 35 42
2012-09-17	18	4th	3 16 31 42 43 48
2012-07-16	17	4th	3 9 11 42 44 48
2012-05-17	18	4th	6 13 27 42 43 46
2012-03-15	8	5th	5 6 13 32 42 48
2012-02-16	2	5th	17 21 24 28 42 46
2012-02-09	6	6th	1 11 22 31 38 42
2012-01-19	2	6th	5 12 17 30 41 42
2012-01-12	6	6th	8 27 28 36 41 42
2011-12-22	1	6th	12 13 16 33 40 42
2011-12-19	5	6th	4 20 27 28 32 42
2011-12-01	8	5th	12 23 31 34 42 45
2011-11-03	3	5th	4 11 28 38 42 46
2011-10-24	2	5th	3 13 18 19 42 43
2011-10-17	16	5th	10 14 29 35 42 46
2011-08-22	2	6th	16 21 22 26 38 42
2011-08-15	6	6th	6 18 21 25 27 42
2011-07-25	28	6th	1 7 20 22 41 42
2011-04-18	5	6th	11 16 22 33 36 42
2011-03-31	1	5th	6 13 35 41 42 49
2011-03-28	3	6th	1 21 26 30 32 42
2011-03-17	3	4th	10 12 39 42 44 47
2011-03-07	39	4th	6 10 30 42 46 47
2010-10-21	3	4th	2 12 34 42 44 49
2010-10-11	4	5th	4 21 23 36 42 49
2010-09-27	3	5th	5 6 24 37 42 44
2010-09-16	6	6th	2 7 16 35 40 42
2010-08-26	1	5th	3 5 31 38 42 44
2010-08-23	1	5th	10 13 27 37 42 46
2010-08-19	6	5th	2 6 31 35 42 45
2010-07-29	3	5th	7 25 26 38 42 46
2010-07-19	14	6th	9 13 21 35 41 42
2010-05-31	2	5th	1 11 21 38 42 46
2010-05-24	21	5th	2 12 22 38 42 47
2010-03-11	5	6th	9 25 31 32 40 42
2010-02-22	2	6th	5 11 25 34 37 42
2010-02-15	9	5th	3 6 14 36 42 48
2010-01-14	—	6th	10 11 14 29 36 42