Number 40

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

340times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.10σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

50longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 340 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +1.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 340 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 14 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 1.0
3rd smallest15 · chance 12.4
4th smallest66 · chance 65.3
5th smallest131 · chance 147.0
6th smallest128 · chance 114.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 32 37 39 48 25

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, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
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
2026-09-07	11	5th	3 13 21 33 40 41
2026-08-12	3	5th	13 29 32 35 40 48
2026-08-05	25	4th	5 17 25 40 42 45
2026-06-08

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-19	3	4th	8 22 27 40 43 45
2025-04-12	29	5th	13 25 26 27 40 48
2025-02-03	2	4th	6 19 35 40 46 48
2025-01-29	3	5th	2 21 24 25 40 47
2025-01-22	1	4th	3 12 15 40 43 47
2025-01-20	15	6th	5 11 12 20 26 40
2024-12-16	2	5th	1 8 16 25 40 48
2024-12-11	6	5th	6 13 35 39 40 48
2024-11-27	22	6th	1 5 15 34 37 40
2024-10-07	28	5th	7 8 12 26 40 44
2024-08-03	8	5th	23 32 36 38 40 48
2024-07-15	8	6th	6 13 16 17 24 40
2024-06-26	3	5th	7 12 13 22 40 43
2024-06-19	50	5th	26 31 35 36 40 47
2024-02-24	1	6th	10 16 17 32 34 40
2024-02-21	12	5th	4 11 20 32 40 46
2024-01-24	4	4th	18 20 21 40 44 47
2024-01-15	1	4th	33 36 39 40 43 45
2024-01-13	1	5th	7 8 13 36 40 49
2024-01-10	3	5th	3 19 28 37 40 49
2024-01-03	20	5th	25 29 37 39 40 49
2023-11-18	5	5th	1 30 33 36 40 42
2023-11-06	4	5th	12 16 18 30 40 44
2023-10-28	2	4th	13 19 33 40 41 42
2023-10-23	1	6th	5 14 24 29 35 40
2023-10-21	4	4th	20 28 37 40 43 44
2023-10-11	2	4th	4 28 32 40 46 47
2023-10-07	10	4th	2 15 19 40 44 48
2023-09-13	28	6th	2 8 31 36 37 40
2023-07-10	2	6th	14 23 29 36 37 40
2023-07-05	4	6th	7 12 17 23 38 40
2023-06-26	1	4th	6 26 37 40 44 45
2023-06-24	3	5th	5 13 14 31 40 45
2023-06-17	17	5th	28 32 33 39 40 42
2023-05-08	4	3rd	4 27 40 43 45 46
2023-04-29	13	3rd	7 27 40 43 45 48
2023-03-29	2	5th	4 6 18 24 40 46
2023-03-25	21	3rd	32 35 40 42 45 49
2023-02-04	2	6th	1 5 11 35 36 40
2023-01-30	3	4th	11 13 17 40 43 45
2023-01-23	4	3rd	20 27 40 42 44 48
2023-01-14	8	6th	9 20 26 28 29 40
2022-12-26	1	6th	9 15 19 25 27 40
2022-12-24	3	6th	4 9 14 28 37 40
2022-12-17	3	3rd	4 37 40 41 43 46
2022-12-10	3	6th	2 6 13 26 34 40
2022-12-03	5	5th	13 15 23 36 40 48
2022-11-21	3	4th	3 20 29 40 48 49
2022-11-14	15	6th	9 10 30 37 39 40
2022-10-10	1	5th	3 12 19 27 40 47
2022-10-08	1	5th	16 27 28 36 40 41
2022-10-05	6	5th	14 17 18 19 40 49
2022-09-21	2	6th	13 15 23 33 39 40
2022-09-17	1	6th	2 8 15 17 38 40
2022-09-14	2	5th	13 18 23 31 40 45
2022-09-10	3	4th	7 20 27 40 41 46
2022-09-03	21	6th	5 15 23 24 37 40
2022-07-16	3	5th	4 21 23 25 40 49
2022-07-09	19	6th	8 16 18 25 36 40
2022-05-25	6	5th	19 29 32 37 40 49
2022-05-11	12	4th	15 33 38 40 47 49
2022-04-13	6	6th	17 23 28 36 37 40
2022-03-30	12	4th	16 31 37 40 42 48
2022-03-02	15	4th	2 12 19 40 45 49
2022-01-26	17	4th	6 24 39 40 44 46
2021-12-18	2	6th	7 21 29 30 31 40
2021-12-13	1	5th	1 3 23 32 40 43
2021-12-11	2	6th	6 9 19 36 39 40
2021-12-06	15	6th	10 17 23 32 37 40
2021-11-01	8	5th	9 16 20 31 40 44
2021-10-13	17	6th	15 16 17 29 39 40
2021-09-04	11	5th	13 15 17 32 40 45
2021-08-09	8	6th	6 8 29 30 35 40
2021-07-21	7	5th	7 9 10 34 40 45
2021-07-05	7	6th	7 10 14 17 22 40
2021-06-19	4	6th	8 13 20 28 35 40
2021-06-09	1	5th	13 17 18 33 40 44
2021-06-07	9	5th	7 17 18 25 40 44
2021-05-17	1	6th	17 20 21 26 35 40
2021-05-15	5	5th	2 18 30 38 40 46
2021-05-03	38	5th	3 15 34 39 40 49
2021-02-03	15	4th	23 27 29 40 43 48
2020-12-30	7	5th	1 11 13 35 40 48
2020-12-14	17	6th	7 10 20 24 25 40
2020-11-04	4	5th	3 29 32 38 40 41
2020-10-26	16	5th	1 6 8 22 40 45
2020-09-19	3	6th	4 9 10 29 37 40
2020-09-12	5	5th	18 22 34 39 40 44
2020-08-31	8	6th	4 13 20 27 38 40
2020-08-12	8	6th	2 14 23 24 37 40
2020-07-25	6	5th	10 18 23 39 40 48
2020-07-11	4	6th	6 11 14 20 37 40
2020-07-01	13	4th	22 32 33 40 42 44
2020-06-01	4	5th	1 5 8 21 40 48
2020-05-23	19	5th	9 11 18 36 40 42
2020-04-08	12	5th	3 8 22 27 40 45
2020-03-11	24	5th	5 13 26 37 40 41
2020-01-15	5	5th	10 12 14 37 40 49
2020-01-04	2	4th	17 20 35 40 45 48
2019-12-30	8	5th	1 8 15 18 40 42
2019-12-11	1	4th	10 24 25 40 48 49
2019-12-09	2	5th	11 22 23 37 40 46
2019-12-04	12	6th	3 5 10 12 25 40
2019-11-06	1	5th	2 9 15 28 40 47
2019-11-04	7	5th	2 24 37 39 40 49
2019-10-19	1	3rd	14 20 40 43 44 47
2019-10-16	3	6th	2 27 30 32 38 40
2019-10-09	3	6th	2 8 29 33 37 40
2019-10-02	7	6th	1 19 24 32 34 40
2019-09-16	8	6th	3 12 15 24 32 40
2019-08-28	4	4th	3 6 26 40 41 46
2019-08-19	8	5th	1 5 20 32 40 49
2019-07-31	34	6th	11 21 26 27 32 40
2019-05-13	25	6th	14 24 28 38 39 40
2019-03-16	1	3rd	5 13 40 41 44 49
2019-03-13	3	6th	4 11 15 35 36 40
2019-03-06	1	4th	21 28 39 40 43 46
2019-03-04	8	5th	19 21 23 38 40 48
2019-02-13	1	6th	8 17 18 19 27 40
2019-02-11	1	5th	10 17 32 37 40 48
2019-02-09	16	4th	3 18 24 40 43 45
2019-01-02	2	6th	15 21 24 25 30 40
2018-12-29	6	5th	16 23 27 31 40 45
2018-12-15	9	5th	8 16 23 29 40 47
2018-11-24	11	6th	6 15 20 22 37 40
2018-10-29	13	4th	1 25 33 40 43 46
2018-09-29	32	6th	2 9 16 22 24 40
2018-07-16	11	5th	3 5 14 27 40 49
2018-06-20	1	3rd	9 33 40 41 44 47
2018-06-18	7	6th	2 10 27 30 32 40
2018-06-02	15	6th	10 16 22 32 36 40
2018-04-28	1	5th	16 18 19 30 40 48
2018-04-25	14	4th	14 16 30 40 42 46
2018-03-24	1	5th	11 12 23 33 40 49
2018-03-21	25	5th	6 16 18 37 40 45
2018-01-22	2	5th	2 6 22 25 40 42
2018-01-17	1	4th	24 29 38 40 41 48
2018-01-15	2	4th	19 35 36 40 43 48
2018-01-10	6	6th	1 8 12 31 36 40
2017-12-27	9	4th	26 27 39 40 44 46
2017-12-06	7	5th	2 7 8 36 40 42
2017-11-20	2	6th	3 8 34 36 39 40
2017-11-15	1	5th	4 20 21 31 40 48
2017-11-13	16	6th	5 13 17 31 32 40
2017-10-07	11	4th	4 10 12 40 45 48
2017-09-11	31	3rd	19 37 40 41 45 46
2017-07-01	10	5th	9 10 16 36 40 49
2017-06-07	3	5th	2 9 31 34 40 45
2017-05-31	3	6th	18 24 27 28 39 40
2017-05-24	2	6th	11 17 18 28 35 40
2017-05-20	1	5th	10 13 22 33 40 41
2017-05-17	1	4th	10 27 35 40 43 44
2017-05-15	4	3rd	14 29 40 41 43 45
2017-05-06	4	6th	3 13 26 27 29 40
2017-04-26	1	5th	15 18 29 35 40 45
2017-04-24	24	5th	7 26 28 35 40 45
2017-02-27	1	5th	5 28 36 37 40 45
2017-02-25	4	6th	9 12 29 34 39 40
2017-02-15	2	5th	19 28 31 35 40 49
2017-02-11	20	4th	12 16 32 40 45 46
2016-12-26	12	5th	28 29 30 38 40 44
2016-11-28	3	5th	7 9 20 23 40 46
2016-11-21	23	5th	8 23 24 30 40 46
2016-09-28	9	5th	8 14 16 32 40 41
2016-09-07	6	6th	12 21 23 33 39 40
2016-08-24	8	5th	1 18 21 27 40 47
2016-08-06	1	5th	19 31 32 37 40 48
2016-08-03	8	6th	1 9 25 35 39 40
2016-07-16	13	5th	10 21 28 34 40 44
2016-06-15	24	6th	12 14 19 23 34 40
2016-04-20	11	6th	2 6 24 29 39 40
2016-03-26	2	6th	1 7 14 28 39 40
2016-03-21	13	6th	1 3 12 19 27 40
2016-02-20	1	6th	12 15 21 28 37 40
2016-02-17	1	6th	1 5 15 32 34 40
2016-02-15	1	6th	1 2 16 17 19 40
2016-02-13	12	5th	3 4 28 34 40 48
2016-01-16	14	4th	4 8 19 40 45 49
2015-12-14	9	4th	20 21 35 40 41 46
2015-11-23	4	6th	7 11 19 32 38 40
2015-11-14	18	5th	1 6 29 37 40 41
2015-10-03	4	5th	3 7 29 34 40 47
2015-09-23	12	5th	5 8 12 21 40 49
2015-08-26	5	5th	5 12 21 22 40 45
2015-08-15	3	6th	4 5 8 11 37 40
2015-08-08	5	4th	13 34 38 40 44 49
2015-07-27	9	4th	9 11 21 40 41 43
2015-07-06	1	6th	9 16 19 32 38 40
2015-07-04	7	4th	22 26 32 40 41 42
2015-06-17	8	6th	3 18 32 33 39 40
2015-05-30	3	6th	15 16 19 22 33 40
2015-05-23	16	5th	3 6 20 24 40 41
2015-04-15	1	6th	18 23 26 27 37 40
2015-04-13	4	4th	5 6 13 40 43 48
2015-04-04	2	3rd	4 26 40 41 42 46
2015-03-30	9	4th	25 38 39 40 44 46
2015-03-09	7	4th	7 13 39 40 43 47
2015-02-21	22	5th	8 24 33 38 40 47
2014-12-31	14	5th	4 5 23 37 40 49
2014-11-29	2	5th	18 20 29 38 40 46
2014-11-24	6	4th	34 35 38 40 41 43
2014-11-10	3	6th	15 18 21 23 32 40
2014-11-03	13	4th	32 33 38 40 41 48
2014-10-04	6	6th	3 8 14 18 26 40
2014-09-20	33	6th	1 3 11 32 34 40
2014-07-05	2	6th	1 8 20 22 34 40
2014-06-30	3	4th	8 17 19 40 41 48
2014-06-23	8	4th	14 27 34 40 47 49
2014-06-04	14	5th	10 23 25 32 40 46
2014-05-03	3	6th	9 24 25 29 31 40
2014-04-26	1	6th	1 5 14 20 25 40
2014-04-23	3	3rd	35 39 40 41 44 47
2014-04-16	1	4th	15 25 26 40 44 47
2014-04-14	1	5th	2 3 4 37 40 42
2014-04-12	2	5th	6 10 23 34 40 41
2014-04-07	11	5th	27 32 36 38 40 44
2014-03-12	9	6th	1 14 19 31 39 40
2014-02-19	10	6th	10 14 19 26 28 40
2014-01-27	16	6th	1 23 28 36 38 40
2013-12-21	8	6th	13 24 32 33 34 40
2013-12-02	9	6th	6 8 26 36 38 40
2013-11-11	2	5th	2 20 26 30 40 42
2013-11-06	5	4th	22 26 32 40 42 43
2013-10-26	1	6th	4 10 12 29 32 40
2013-10-23	10	4th	4 14 19 40 41 42
2013-09-30	6	6th	3 6 19 33 39 40
2013-09-16	20	5th	12 18 25 34 40 44
2013-07-31	3	4th	2 11 27 40 48 49
2013-07-24	2	5th	3 16 25 36 40 44
2013-07-20	4	6th	17 18 28 31 37 40
2013-07-10	1	3rd	25 39 40 45 47 49
2013-07-08	1	4th	4 31 37 40 42 48
2013-07-06	6	5th	1 20 25 28 40 44
2013-06-22	13	6th	4 23 30 32 35 40
2013-05-22	8	5th	8 30 33 38 40 46
2013-05-04	19	4th	1 13 34 40 44 48
2013-03-20	3	6th	4 8 26 35 39 40
2013-03-13	24	6th	4 6 11 23 35 40
2013-01-16	2	6th	7 22 25 26 38 40
2013-01-12	3	5th	10 11 25 32 40 43
2013-01-05	3	6th	5 11 15 25 36 40
2012-12-29	3	6th	8 13 22 28 38 40
2012-12-22	5	5th	19 21 32 33 40 42
2012-12-10	10	6th	4 7 23 25 32 40
2012-11-17	6	6th	16 35 37 38 39 40
2012-11-03	4	6th	9 23 25 28 30 40
2012-10-24	1	5th	9 20 27 36 40 47
2012-10-22	4	4th	25 29 39 40 42 49
2012-10-13	2	6th	4 12 14 20 33 40
2012-10-08	3	5th	17 20 29 34 40 49
2012-10-01	5	6th	10 13 14 21 26 40
2012-09-19	5	6th	3 10 15 25 30 40
2012-09-08	2	5th	6 28 34 37 40 45
2012-09-03	1	6th	4 17 19 21 33 40
2012-09-01	3	5th	14 21 28 29 40 49
2012-08-25	2	6th	3 5 12 25 30 40
2012-08-20	7	5th	6 11 31 34 40 46
2012-08-04	5	5th	1 4 27 39 40 42
2012-07-23	1	6th	20 23 26 30 37 40
2012-07-21	7	3rd	17 24 40 44 46 48
2012-07-04	12	6th	1 3 7 15 29 40
2012-06-06	2	6th	7 10 15 18 32 40
2012-06-02	12	5th	20 26 34 39 40 42
2012-05-05	10	5th	9 16 24 30 40 45
2012-04-11	2	6th	6 7 23 29 35 40
2012-04-07	4	5th	14 20 24 37 40 49
2012-03-28	2	5th	8 10 24 38 40 44
2012-03-24	3	4th	6 7 20 40 44 49
2012-03-17	21	5th	1 9 15 26 40 46
2012-01-28	8	5th	2 9 13 22 40 48
2012-01-09	7	6th	4 7 9 28 34 40
2011-12-24	1	6th	13 21 24 27 39 40
2011-12-21	5	4th	6 8 25 40 45 47
2011-12-10	4	5th	14 18 31 37 40 42
2011-11-30	5	5th	13 14 23 33 40 43
2011-11-19	3	6th	4 22 23 34 36 40
2011-11-12	10	6th	9 17 23 29 31 40
2011-10-19	6	4th	12 22 29 40 46 48
2011-10-05	4	4th	17 22 25 40 41 42
2011-09-26	16	5th	7 16 23 37 40 43
2011-08-20	11	6th	9 10 13 27 37 40
2011-07-25	3	5th	3 8 9 24 40 48
2011-07-18	13	6th	1 4 12 15 19 40
2011-06-18	4	6th	3 6 15 23 26 40
2011-06-08	1	5th	1 12 16 21 40 46
2011-06-06	10	5th	9 11 30 33 40 46
2011-05-14	4	5th	23 27 30 32 40 45
2011-05-04	3	4th	2 4 5 40 41 44
2011-04-27	1	5th	1 8 20 22 40 42
2011-04-25	5	6th	11 19 28 32 34 40
2011-04-13	1	5th	9 27 34 38 40 42
2011-04-11	2	4th	26 27 32 40 47 48
2011-04-06	7	6th	3 4 10 18 22 40
2011-03-21	1	6th	2 4 10 14 20 40
2011-03-19	4	6th	2 3 7 18 29 40
2011-03-09	14	6th	5 10 13 14 27 40
2011-02-05	2	6th	7 12 24 27 38 40
2011-01-31	14	6th	7 11 28 31 37 40
2010-12-29	12	5th	3 7 14 29 40 47
2010-12-01	7	4th	3 16 36 40 43 49
2010-11-15	9	5th	12 23 28 30 40 48
2010-10-25	13	4th	21 29 32 40 41 46
2010-09-25	15	5th	9 11 13 36 40 47
2010-08-21	10	6th	2 5 10 23 32 40
2010-07-28	5	3rd	4 25 40 41 46 47
2010-07-17	3	5th	3 19 23 34 40 44
2010-07-10	14	6th	12 13 24 28 36 40
2010-06-07	3	6th	4 8 17 19 26 40
2010-05-31	17	4th	7 8 39 40 43 47
2010-04-21	12	4th	12 26 39 40 47 49
2010-03-24	1	4th	1 19 27 40 41 44
2010-03-22	13	5th	9 13 22 39 40 44
2010-02-20	8	6th	10 17 20 22 33 40
2010-02-01	3	6th	2 8 30 31 39 40
2010-01-25	10	5th	7 11 12 18 40 48
2010-01-02	—	6th	1 7 25 28 39 40