Number 40

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

166times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.29σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

46longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 3 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 smallest1 · chance 0.4
2nd smallest7 · chance 5.5
3rd smallest26 · chance 26.0
4th smallest55 · chance 56.6
5th smallest64 · chance 56.6
6th smallest13 · chance 20.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 2 10 27 36 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-30	9	4th	17 27 31 40 46 57
2026-08-29	26	6th	6 16 28 30 37 40
2026-05-30	5	5th	8 15 35 38 40 58
2026-05-13

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-30	7	5th	7 22 30 32 40 48
2024-11-06	8	4th	1 7 27 40 52 59
2024-10-09	17	6th	9 17 18 29 32 40
2024-08-10	14	4th	9 29 38 40 48 57
2024-06-22	8	4th	5 13 34 40 45 57
2024-05-25	3	3rd	22 23 40 45 53 57
2024-05-15	17	4th	10 36 39 40 50 52
2024-03-16	10	5th	3 8 22 27 40 41
2024-02-10	1	5th	3 13 17 22 40 48
2024-02-07	10	2nd	21 40 42 44 53 55
2024-01-03	6	5th	12 15 16 34 40 58
2023-12-13	7	4th	10 17 22 40 47 50
2023-11-18	4	5th	4 13 27 28 40 42
2023-11-04	14	6th	6 13 16 21 35 40
2023-09-16	4	4th	16 20 37 40 48 49
2023-09-02	3	3rd	13 37 40 45 47 52
2023-08-23	15	5th	7 22 24 36 40 53
2023-07-01	9	5th	15 19 24 36 40 49
2023-05-31	11	5th	7 8 15 39 40 58
2023-04-22	26	3rd	3 23 40 53 57 58
2023-01-21	2	3rd	19 25 40 45 51 57
2023-01-14	7	5th	5 33 36 39 40 57
2022-12-21	20	5th	3 11 24 36 40 56
2022-10-12	6	5th	2 11 27 28 40 50
2022-09-21	1	4th	8 33 38 40 42 53
2022-09-17	4	4th	16 27 36 40 41 55
2022-09-03	8	4th	12 28 30 40 43 52
2022-08-06	15	5th	10 21 25 35 40 45
2022-06-15	22	4th	13 20 23 40 41 48
2022-03-30	6	4th	1 16 24 40 56 59
2022-03-09	31	6th	17 28 29 32 37 40
2021-11-20	16	5th	20 23 25 39 40 46
2021-09-25	8	5th	1 2 10 21 40 57
2021-08-28	1	6th	3 4 18 26 39 40
2021-08-25	4	6th	4 6 7 12 30 40
2021-08-11	4	4th	2 25 26 40 43 58
2021-07-28	22	5th	4 11 24 39 40 59
2021-05-12	1	3rd	2 39 40 43 53 57
2021-05-08	4	4th	29 34 36 40 47 54
2021-04-24	13	3rd	5 27 40 46 49 50
2021-03-10	5	5th	18 23 24 31 40 58
2021-02-20	6	5th	4 16 28 34 40 45
2021-01-30	1	5th	7 10 12 27 40 45
2021-01-27	14	3rd	4 33 40 47 49 50
2020-12-09	3	4th	19 20 34 40 46 49
2020-11-28	2	4th	6 18 34 40 47 51
2020-11-21	46	3rd	27 36 40 43 45 53
2020-06-13	17	5th	19 26 30 37 40 41
2020-04-15	40	5th	20 33 34 39 40 53
2019-11-27	10	4th	18 31 32 40 43 53
2019-10-23	2	4th	7 10 12 40 49 58
2019-10-16	20	5th	2 7 9 11 40 54
2019-08-07	38	4th	3 12 27 40 48 57
2019-03-27	3	4th	34 36 38 40 41 55
2019-03-16	6	4th	1 4 27 40 44 58
2019-02-23	10	4th	10 20 33 40 54 56
2019-01-19	1	2nd	38 40 43 48 58 59
2019-01-16	7	3rd	2 10 40 43 48 52
2018-12-22	14	3rd	28 37 40 41 48 59
2018-11-03	17	3rd	15 30 40 42 56 59
2018-09-05	5	5th	15 29 37 38 40 53
2018-08-18	5	5th	12 24 27 30 40 53
2018-08-01	18	5th	5 27 28 33 40 43
2018-05-30	5	4th	1 25 36 40 56 57
2018-05-12	9	3rd	1 26 40 42 47 55
2018-04-11	6	5th	18 19 31 33 40 46
2018-03-21	2	5th	17 26 27 36 40 50
2018-03-14	1	2nd	15 40 49 53 56 57
2018-03-10	9	4th	11 14 22 40 43 46
2018-02-07	9	3rd	13 25 40 41 42 44
2018-01-06	10	4th	1 2 4 40 55 59
2017-12-02	11	4th	2 3 26 40 41 55
2017-10-25	8	6th	5 9 19 29 38 40
2017-09-27	1	3rd	27 32 40 49 50 54
2017-09-23	18	4th	7 24 37 40 50 56
2017-07-22	6	5th	11 23 28 37 40 41
2017-07-01	1	3rd	20 32 40 46 52 54
2017-06-28	5	4th	30 32 35 40 50 58
2017-06-10	11	3rd	1 29 40 45 52 54
2017-05-03	1	1st	40 41 51 52 53 56
2017-04-29	13	4th	9 24 34 40 47 59
2017-03-15	5	6th	13 22 27 29 30 40
2017-02-25	1	5th	4 25 26 34 40 46
2017-02-22	15	5th	15 17 21 38 40 42
2016-12-31	1	4th	3 16 25 40 44 50
2016-12-28	12	3rd	16 21 40 41 44 49
2016-11-16	5	5th	2 21 25 26 40 57
2016-10-29	3	3rd	10 13 40 44 51 55
2016-10-19	3	5th	2 17 25 36 40 46
2016-10-08	12	4th	2 9 29 40 55 57
2016-08-27	11	4th	17 22 35 40 43 50
2016-07-20	8	4th	2 26 32 40 43 59
2016-06-22	23	2nd	31 40 42 48 49 57
2016-04-02	3	5th	8 10 24 28 40 52
2016-03-23	11	5th	4 8 15 29 40 56
2016-02-13	1	6th	5 11 15 33 39 40
2016-02-10	8	5th	11 14 21 28 40 49
2016-01-13	15	4th	20 31 34 40 42 54
2015-11-21	12	4th	22 25 34 40 45 46
2015-10-10	7	5th	2 17 26 39 40 41
2015-09-16	1	4th	2 31 36 40 46 51
2015-09-12	8	4th	13 36 39 40 41 46
2015-08-15	4	3rd	2 21 40 42 49 53
2015-08-01	32	5th	5 9 13 31 40 54
2015-04-11	43	5th	11 15 28 31 40 44
2014-11-12	32	5th	7 20 26 27 40 52
2014-07-23	32	5th	15 23 29 39 40 51
2014-04-02	11	4th	8 12 33 40 43 48
2014-02-22	1	5th	9 10 29 38 40 46
2014-02-19	2	5th	2 9 10 31 40 52
2014-02-12	1	5th	4 10 19 31 40 58
2014-02-08	25	6th	1 5 20 35 36 40
2013-11-13	23	4th	10 18 33 40 45 46
2013-08-24	8	3rd	16 25 40 46 55 58
2013-07-27	3	5th	12 17 20 23 40 58
2013-07-17	4	3rd	25 29 40 41 49 56
2013-07-03	36	5th	11 13 15 26 40 58
2013-02-27	5	4th	19 31 37 40 43 54
2013-02-09	9	4th	9 18 20 40 46 55
2013-01-09	3	5th	2 21 29 35 40 43
2012-12-29	9	5th	10 13 22 30 40 57
2012-11-28	36	4th	10 11 30 40 42 59
2012-07-25	11	5th	1 4 12 30 40 48
2012-06-16	11	4th	20 34 36 40 41 51
2012-05-09	3	5th	1 6 13 26 40 55
2012-04-28	8	3rd	3 32 40 46 50 56
2012-03-31	13	6th	1 14 20 28 35 40
2012-02-15	9	5th	1 13 16 25 40 43
2012-01-14	18	4th	10 22 23 40 46 52
2011-11-12	19	5th	8 24 32 36 40 42
2011-09-07	9	6th	14 16 19 30 37 40
2011-08-06	12	4th	12 18 32 40 50 52
2011-06-25	9	5th	13 27 29 33 40 45
2011-05-25	18	4th	4 7 17 40 42 44
2011-03-23	5	5th	4 21 30 36 40 46
2011-03-05	1	5th	15 17 27 37 40 49
2011-03-02	4	3rd	1 5 40 44 56 57
2011-02-16	4	4th	5 15 18 40 42 47
2011-02-02	11	5th	2 12 16 17 40 57
2010-12-24	2	4th	1 4 26 40 44 55
2010-12-18	16	4th	23 34 36 40 52 53
2010-10-23	—	4th	1 8 31 40 49 58