Number 40

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

135times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.06σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

19.2average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

128longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 135 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 135 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 19.2 draws · longest completed wait 128 · waiting 9 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 smallest13 · chance 14.9
2nd smallest49 · chance 49.9
3rd smallest58 · chance 52.6
4th smallest15 · chance 17.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 50 11 36 1 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 77. 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
2026-09-21	16	2nd	26 40 54 74
2026-08-15	8	2nd	11 40 44 65
2026-07-27	2	3rd	8 11 40 46
2026-07-22	39	2nd	11 40 56 69
2026-04-22	3	4th

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-07	37	1st	40 42 48 60
2024-07-13	1	3rd	16 17 40 77
2024-07-10	5	3rd	8 24 40 70
2024-06-29	41	2nd	3 40 65 72
2024-03-25	39	2nd	14 40 50 77
2023-12-25	3	4th	3 13 25 40
2023-12-18	68	3rd	29 31 40 71
2023-07-12	19	3rd	24 38 40 71
2023-05-29	13	1st	40 42 52 71
2023-04-29	1	2nd	34 40 49 52
2023-04-26	4	2nd	26 40 41 63
2023-04-17	11	2nd	26 40 47 71
2023-03-22	18	4th	2 12 25 40
2023-02-08	9	1st	40 51 63 76
2023-01-18	14	2nd	38 40 41 69
2022-12-17	33	2nd	4 40 57 77
2022-10-01	32	4th	21 37 39 40
2022-07-18	11	3rd	5 16 40 49
2022-06-22	14	2nd	36 40 65 68
2022-05-21	5	1st	40 47 50 76
2022-05-09	9	2nd	39 40 47 67
2022-04-18	9	3rd	5 28 40 76
2022-03-28	6	2nd	1 40 59 74
2022-03-14	23	2nd	39 40 61 63
2022-01-19	2	3rd	17 38 40 53
2022-01-15	2	2nd	2 40 58 62
2022-01-10	35	3rd	32 35 40 52
2021-10-20	21	2nd	36 40 42 67
2021-09-01	4	3rd	1 11 40 52
2021-08-23	20	3rd	5 39 40 67
2021-07-07	38	3rd	8 19 40 65
2021-04-10	6	3rd	26 37 40 63
2021-03-27	17	4th	18 28 35 40
2021-02-15	128	4th	13 33 37 40
2020-04-22	9	4th	1 9 20 40
2020-04-01	5	3rd	4 16 40 53
2020-03-21	16	4th	11 14 21 40
2020-02-12	35	3rd	20 22 40 43
2019-11-23	7	3rd	16 32 40 54
2019-11-06	6	3rd	10 36 40 59
2019-10-23	3	1st	40 58 66 75
2019-10-16	10	2nd	32 40 64 65
2019-09-23	2	2nd	12 40 56 65
2019-09-18	15	2nd	27 40 56 73
2019-08-14	31	3rd	20 37 40 75
2019-06-03	6	2nd	27 40 42 68
2019-05-20	8	3rd	13 36 40 54
2019-05-01	99	3rd	7 30 40 75
2018-09-12	9	3rd	10 24 40 63
2018-08-22	3	3rd	14 38 40 50
2018-08-15	18	3rd	22 38 40 44
2018-07-04	13	2nd	23 40 49 64
2018-06-04	3	2nd	18 40 75 77
2018-05-28	37	4th	12 13 20 40
2018-03-03	9	3rd	1 20 40 60
2018-02-10	10	2nd	13 40 49 63
2018-01-17	31	3rd	6 33 40 49
2017-11-06	43	4th	6 8 35 40
2017-07-29	35	1st	40 44 55 62
2017-05-08	66	3rd	7 36 40 59
2016-12-05	49	2nd	11 40 41 74
2016-08-13	5	3rd	24 29 40 41
2016-08-01	16	4th	16 18 20 40
2016-06-25	10	3rd	21 27 40 59
2016-06-01	24	3rd	15 37 40 67
2016-04-06	5	3rd	2 27 40 75
2016-03-26	49	3rd	10 30 40 58
2015-12-02	44	2nd	7 40 68 74
2015-08-22	7	2nd	35 40 45 49
2015-08-05	6	2nd	16 40 47 67
2015-07-22	71	2nd	12 40 61 62
2015-02-07	3	3rd	10 22 40 64
2015-01-31	1	2nd	19 40 62 69
2015-01-28	7	1st	40 46 53 70
2015-01-12	2	2nd	21 40 72 75
2015-01-07	55	4th	9 11 13 40
2014-09-01	17	3rd	10 26 40 59
2014-07-23	1	3rd	1 34 40 65
2014-07-21	2	3rd	3 24 40 68
2014-07-16	21	4th	10 14 16 40
2014-05-28	38	3rd	23 36 40 50
2014-03-01	11	2nd	5 40 41 51
2014-02-03	53	3rd	16 17 40 76
2013-10-02	29	1st	40 59 62 76
2013-07-27	12	3rd	7 31 40 63
2013-06-29	21	2nd	35 40 42 51
2013-05-11	12	1st	40 70 76 77
2013-04-13	31	3rd	33 38 40 64
2013-01-30	18	3rd	7 17 40 74
2012-12-19	38	3rd	9 17 40 50
2012-09-22	6	3rd	3 31 40 55
2012-09-08	52	3rd	16 37 40 68
2012-05-07	8	2nd	28 40 44 50
2012-04-18	14	3rd	9 11 40 68
2012-03-17	35	3rd	15 16 40 48
2011-12-26	16	3rd	23 26 40 52
2011-11-19	26	3rd	11 13 40 72
2011-09-19	29	1st	40 54 67 74
2011-07-13	23	3rd	32 35 40 51
2011-05-21	22	2nd	7 40 46 53
2011-03-30	36	2nd	2 40 70 72
2011-01-05	5	3rd	27 38 40 52
2010-12-25	20	2nd	36 40 44 50
2010-11-08	9	2nd	36 40 52 57
2010-10-18	21	4th	10 31 39 40
2010-08-30	14	3rd	7 19 40 54
2010-07-28	4	3rd	25 29 40 59
2010-07-19	29	2nd	10 40 48 64
2010-05-12	4	2nd	6 40 56 57
2010-05-03	4	2nd	1 40 46 67
2010-04-24	—	2nd	19 40 50 58