Number 42

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

159times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.86σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

10.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

68longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.86σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 8 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 smallest1 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest6 · chance 3.4
3rd smallest19 · chance 19.3
4th smallest44 · chance 50.3
5th smallest57 · chance 59.7
6th smallest32 · chance 26.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 15 53 55 34 9

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, 42 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 42 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-12	5	3rd	8 31 42 45 48 49
2026-08-26	6	6th	5 10 14 15 30 42
2026-08-05	5	5th	2 9 30 38 42 53
2026-07-18

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-01	22	5th	3 6 12 19 42 47
2024-02-14	2	4th	3 23 41 42 44 54
2024-02-07	8	3rd	21 40 42 44 53 55
2024-01-10	7	3rd	39 41 42 44 47 53
2023-12-16	2	6th	4 10 19 29 34 42
2023-12-09	6	6th	4 12 13 18 21 42
2023-11-18	15	6th	4 13 27 28 40 42
2023-09-27	9	6th	2 7 13 15 27 42
2023-08-26	2	5th	15 26 29 30 42 51
2023-08-19	3	5th	3 14 15 41 42 48
2023-08-09	16	3rd	8 11 42 51 54 59
2023-06-14	13	6th	1 9 21 22 31 42
2023-04-29	29	5th	14 27 31 34 42 48
2023-01-18	30	6th	5 9 21 25 35 42
2022-10-05	4	2nd	1 42 48 50 52 59
2022-09-21	6	5th	8 33 38 40 42 53
2022-08-31	6	1st	42 45 47 49 52 56
2022-08-10	7	6th	3 13 16 25 32 42
2022-07-16	35	5th	20 22 27 37 42 56
2022-03-16	13	2nd	34 42 48 51 56 59
2022-01-29	1	5th	11 29 33 41 42 45
2022-01-26	14	4th	4 9 15 42 48 58
2021-12-08	13	5th	13 22 28 33 42 59
2021-10-23	42	5th	1 2 8 30 42 45
2021-05-29	9	4th	1 32 38 42 45 53
2021-04-28	13	6th	15 17 20 29 38 42
2021-03-13	11	5th	11 15 18 31 42 58
2021-02-03	4	5th	2 11 13 29 42 59
2021-01-20	21	3rd	23 26 42 52 54 55
2020-11-07	1	5th	3 10 18 32 42 44
2020-11-04	6	4th	7 31 35 42 43 50
2020-10-14	3	4th	10 35 36 42 54 55
2020-10-03	11	4th	19 20 24 42 44 56
2020-08-26	14	5th	13 28 38 41 42 51
2020-07-08	16	3rd	25 27 42 45 56 58
2020-05-13	11	4th	1 33 41 42 43 56
2020-04-04	4	2nd	33 42 46 48 50 55
2020-03-21	4	5th	6 15 18 34 42 58
2020-03-07	7	5th	7 11 18 39 42 43
2020-02-12	2	4th	5 24 28 42 44 57
2020-02-05	1	5th	6 15 32 33 42 49
2020-02-01	11	5th	10 16 36 38 42 55
2019-12-25	1	6th	7 10 31 32 34 42
2019-12-21	2	4th	24 28 39 42 48 52
2019-12-14	10	5th	14 21 36 38 42 56
2019-11-09	24	5th	4 9 16 32 42 44
2019-08-17	16	4th	25 31 34 42 49 53
2019-06-22	7	2nd	12 42 46 51 53 57
2019-05-29	1	6th	6 12 15 24 31 42
2019-05-25	46	4th	15 22 24 42 50 53
2018-12-15	1	6th	8 12 33 34 38 42
2018-12-12	11	6th	5 12 16 28 33 42
2018-11-03	2	4th	15 30 40 42 56 59
2018-10-27	1	5th	5 13 26 28 42 51
2018-10-24	6	4th	7 18 39 42 44 58
2018-10-03	1	6th	4 18 19 24 31 42
2018-09-29	13	5th	9 13 35 41 42 51
2018-08-15	12	3rd	2 36 42 53 54 55
2018-07-04	8	4th	16 19 34 42 44 57
2018-06-06	7	5th	17 28 31 33 42 55
2018-05-12	2	4th	1 26 40 42 47 55
2018-05-05	2	6th	2 16 17 38 41 42
2018-04-28	20	5th	8 27 38 39 42 48
2018-02-17	2	4th	3 26 32 42 43 49
2018-02-10	1	6th	2 6 11 19 35 42
2018-02-07	4	5th	13 25 40 41 42 44
2018-01-24	48	4th	4 24 41 42 49 51
2017-08-09	2	4th	5 12 14 42 52 55
2017-08-02	1	5th	3 23 29 31 42 53
2017-07-29	45	6th	19 21 22 28 41 42
2017-02-22	18	6th	15 17 21 38 40 42
2016-12-21	5	5th	6 23 25 39 42 53
2016-12-03	3	2nd	12 42 49 53 54 59
2016-11-23	5	6th	6 9 10 18 25 42
2016-11-05	6	6th	5 11 15 23 26 42
2016-10-15	33	6th	1 8 17 18 24 42
2016-06-22	7	3rd	31 40 42 48 49 57
2016-05-28	3	6th	3 8 9 26 39 42
2016-05-18	10	3rd	19 26 42 47 49 59
2016-04-13	1	5th	12 23 25 29 42 46
2016-04-09	25	4th	3 19 23 42 45 56
2016-01-13	11	5th	20 31 34 40 42 54
2015-12-05	3	6th	5 7 13 17 38 42
2015-11-25	12	4th	13 32 35 42 52 54
2015-10-14	5	3rd	13 35 42 47 48 58
2015-09-26	1	4th	12 14 23 42 55 58
2015-09-23	11	5th	1 7 30 31 42 44
2015-08-15	68	4th	2 21 40 42 49 53
2014-12-20	1	6th	9 17 20 27 32 42
2014-12-17	4	4th	3 14 36 42 45 48
2014-12-03	9	3rd	1 27 42 54 56 58
2014-11-01	6	4th	27 29 30 42 48 59
2014-10-11	9	5th	4 28 30 32 42 46
2014-09-10	11	6th	2 9 10 22 35 42
2014-08-02	14	3rd	3 10 42 46 52 53
2014-06-14	22	4th	15 25 33 42 53 57
2014-03-29	7	5th	7 29 30 37 42 53
2014-03-05	17	6th	17 18 20 21 32 42
2014-01-04	9	6th	17 25 30 37 39 42
2013-12-04	2	2nd	34 42 43 44 48 55
2013-11-27	14	4th	6 22 28 42 50 55
2013-10-09	19	3rd	27 35 42 45 55 59
2013-08-03	1	5th	9 11 17 25 42 44
2013-07-31	15	4th	9 19 20 42 46 55
2013-06-08	8	4th	9 17 35 42 53 57
2013-05-11	3	3rd	14 25 42 47 51 56
2013-05-01	1	4th	10 17 19 42 44 49
2013-04-27	29	4th	29 31 38 42 52 58
2013-01-16	8	5th	6 15 22 30 42 56
2012-12-19	6	5th	12 21 29 33 42 54
2012-11-28	10	5th	10 11 30 40 42 59
2012-10-24	3	5th	5 8 14 37 42 55
2012-10-13	4	6th	1 6 8 28 35 42
2012-09-29	6	4th	6 24 41 42 49 55
2012-09-08	6	6th	2 9 25 31 39 42
2012-08-18	2	6th	5 6 7 15 26 42
2012-08-11	6	5th	14 24 25 34 42 43
2012-07-21	3	3rd	30 34 42 50 53 55
2012-07-11	8	5th	23 25 31 36 42 59
2012-06-13	8	5th	23 36 38 39 42 44
2012-05-16	3	5th	8 12 16 27 42 52
2012-05-05	50	5th	1 4 18 39 42 54
2011-11-12	24	6th	8 24 32 36 40 42
2011-08-20	1	4th	2 9 19 42 43 54
2011-08-17	2	5th	18 20 34 37 42 56
2011-08-10	6	4th	15 22 33 42 48 53
2011-07-20	16	4th	3 22 41 42 45 47
2011-05-25	3	5th	4 7 17 40 42 44
2011-05-14	5	5th	17 30 34 36 42 57
2011-04-27	3	6th	16 22 24 33 37 42
2011-04-16	8	4th	2 8 20 42 54 59
2011-03-19	9	5th	1 14 24 31 42 51
2011-02-16	14	5th	5 15 18 40 42 47
2010-12-29	11	5th	12 28 31 41 42 59
2010-11-20	—	3rd	17 29 42 45 47 52