Number 42

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

118times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.44σ

28draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

21.8average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

135longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −1.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 21.8 draws · longest completed wait 135 · waiting 28 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 smallest13 · chance 11.0
2nd smallest36 · chance 40.9
3rd smallest46 · chance 48.2
4th smallest23 · chance 17.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 39 47 14 24 21

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 0.7 such strangers 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 — 36th 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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-08	2	3rd	12 39 42 71
2026-08-03	54	3rd	29 33 42 60
2026-03-30	47	3rd	8 40 42 47
2025-12-10	38	3rd	15 25 42 53
2025-09-13	9	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-11-05	6	1st	42 53 57 74
2022-10-22	18	4th	12 15 34 42
2022-09-10	16	2nd	21 42 47 72
2022-08-03	31	2nd	36 42 50 60
2022-05-23	36	3rd	20 29 42 55
2022-02-28	15	2nd	31 42 47 55
2022-01-24	25	4th	4 6 38 42
2021-11-27	10	4th	5 17 21 42
2021-11-03	6	3rd	19 24 42 74
2021-10-20	17	3rd	36 40 42 67
2021-09-11	1	4th	7 10 17 42
2021-09-08	21	4th	16 17 18 42
2021-07-21	18	3rd	4 11 42 55
2021-06-09	1	2nd	20 42 45 47
2021-06-07	32	2nd	39 42 51 65
2021-03-24	5	3rd	7 29 42 48
2021-03-13	18	3rd	16 29 42 71
2021-01-30	6	4th	27 32 34 42
2021-01-16	24	2nd	13 42 56 63
2020-11-21	39	2nd	35 42 50 68
2020-08-22	9	2nd	32 42 57 74
2020-08-01	3	2nd	5 42 44 77
2020-07-25	4	3rd	21 29 42 58
2020-07-15	20	3rd	30 39 42 62
2020-05-30	10	1st	42 53 54 61
2020-05-06	13	3rd	33 36 42 44
2020-04-06	3	2nd	39 42 46 68
2020-03-30	24	2nd	21 42 49 63
2020-02-03	56	1st	42 51 57 65
2019-09-25	34	3rd	12 32 42 58
2019-07-08	9	4th	9 16 29 42
2019-06-17	6	2nd	15 42 49 58
2019-06-03	39	3rd	27 40 42 68
2019-03-04	44	3rd	6 21 42 69
2018-11-21	3	2nd	39 42 43 62
2018-11-14	62	3rd	11 25 42 56
2018-06-23	40	3rd	14 36 42 62
2018-03-21	6	1st	42 43 62 64
2018-03-07	65	4th	26 27 33 42
2017-10-07	29	2nd	26 42 64 67
2017-07-31	2	3rd	20 23 42 67
2017-07-26	18	2nd	14 42 60 74
2017-06-14	93	4th	5 14 33 42
2016-11-09	13	1st	42 63 68 77
2016-10-10	4	4th	2 12 41 42
2016-10-01	4	3rd	14 35 42 71
2016-09-21	5	2nd	28 42 62 69
2016-09-10	19	3rd	3 32 42 64
2016-07-27	51	3rd	6 8 42 69
2016-03-30	12	2nd	1 42 46 64
2016-03-02	17	3rd	12 33 42 45
2016-01-23	32	1st	42 47 52 70
2015-11-09	39	1st	42 46 47 70
2015-08-10	9	3rd	5 14 42 53
2015-07-20	30	3rd	1 14 42 54
2015-05-11	18	1st	42 62 64 73
2015-03-30	8	3rd	24 39 42 74
2015-03-11	23	1st	42 44 47 76
2015-01-17	5	1st	42 47 49 72
2015-01-05	17	2nd	29 42 55 61
2014-11-26	13	4th	16 24 31 42
2014-10-27	5	3rd	27 30 42 68
2014-10-15	18	4th	6 24 34 42
2014-09-03	6	3rd	4 18 42 76
2014-08-20	5	3rd	5 21 42 69
2014-08-09	9	1st	42 44 55 59
2014-07-19	37	4th	23 35 39 42
2014-04-23	18	2nd	27 42 56 64
2014-03-12	29	3rd	6 35 42 46
2014-01-04	23	4th	24 29 33 42
2013-11-11	15	3rd	13 17 42 62
2013-10-07	5	2nd	13 42 51 72
2013-09-25	24	4th	3 8 21 42
2013-07-31	14	2nd	35 42 48 73
2013-06-29	1	3rd	35 40 42 51
2013-06-26	1	4th	8 13 25 42
2013-06-24	17	3rd	4 22 42 76
2013-05-15	9	3rd	30 39 42 74
2013-04-24	77	4th	23 24 38 42
2012-10-27	1	2nd	19 42 57 65
2012-10-24	135	3rd	6 28 42 70
2011-12-12	2	3rd	4 34 42 69
2011-12-07	25	3rd	16 34 42 56
2011-10-10	5	3rd	10 32 42 74
2011-09-28	25	2nd	8 42 44 63
2011-08-01	27	3rd	2 17 42 52
2011-05-30	58	3rd	3 29 42 67
2011-01-15	7	2nd	7 42 56 74
2010-12-29	63	2nd	2 42 62 63
2010-08-04	17	2nd	24 42 52 53
2010-06-26	1	3rd	16 35 42 44
2010-06-23	31	2nd	24 42 56 70
2010-04-12	1	2nd	17 42 51 58
2010-04-10	—	3rd	9 28 42 75