Number 42

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

328times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.38σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

42longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 328 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, +0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 328 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 11 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 0.3
3rd smallest8 · chance 5.5
4th smallest53 · chance 42.9
5th smallest116 · chance 135.8
6th smallest151 · chance 143.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 29 43 48 26 23

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
2026-09-16	8	6th	21 23 31 35 39 42
2026-08-29	10	5th	16 31 32 41 42 43
2026-08-05	3	5th	5 17 25 40 42 45
2026-07-29

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.

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