Number 43

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

125times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.82σ

49draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

19.9average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

87longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 125 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, −0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 49 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 125 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 19.9 draws · longest completed wait 87 · waiting 49 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 43 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 smallest5 · chance 10.6
2nd smallest37 · chance 41.9
3rd smallest59 · chance 52.1
4th smallest24 · chance 20.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 18 23 15 12 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-06-17	2	4th	5 9 36 43
2026-06-13	19	3rd	8 22 43 63
2026-04-29	36	4th	1 15 16 43
2026-02-04	12	4th	1 32 39 43
2026-01-07	3	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: 43 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-22	14	3rd	25 42 43 76
2024-04-20	3	3rd	9 15 43 50
2024-04-13	4	3rd	9 29 43 46
2024-04-03	9	2nd	17 43 62 68
2024-03-13	73	2nd	23 43 49 55
2023-09-25	44	3rd	12 26 43 71
2023-06-14	12	3rd	9 12 43 47
2023-05-17	41	3rd	20 32 43 63
2023-02-11	9	3rd	14 23 43 61
2023-01-21	7	2nd	36 43 71 77
2023-01-04	49	3rd	19 25 43 47
2022-09-12	14	3rd	13 18 43 47
2022-08-10	20	3rd	16 38 43 61
2022-06-25	9	3rd	7 37 43 68
2022-06-04	70	3rd	15 34 43 52
2021-12-22	20	4th	2 4 33 43
2021-11-06	13	3rd	7 19 43 56
2021-10-06	7	3rd	12 17 43 63
2021-09-20	47	2nd	27 43 71 77
2021-06-02	4	2nd	13 43 60 76
2021-05-24	3	4th	1 2 29 43
2021-05-17	21	3rd	5 20 43 58
2021-03-29	19	2nd	6 43 59 76
2021-02-13	4	2nd	15 43 46 75
2021-02-03	78	4th	4 11 33 43
2020-08-05	6	3rd	20 36 43 77
2020-07-22	10	3rd	15 19 43 59
2020-06-29	5	1st	43 48 71 73
2020-06-17	20	4th	16 30 41 43
2020-05-02	29	3rd	11 18 43 55
2020-02-24	5	3rd	5 8 43 48
2020-02-12	15	4th	20 22 40 43
2020-01-08	41	3rd	27 36 43 69
2019-10-05	27	4th	16 18 25 43
2019-08-03	1	3rd	28 29 43 53
2019-07-31	43	4th	21 26 41 43
2019-04-22	32	3rd	20 36 43 65
2019-02-06	13	3rd	18 33 43 61
2019-01-07	5	4th	7 20 30 43
2018-12-26	15	4th	1 32 33 43
2018-11-21	4	3rd	39 42 43 62
2018-11-12	40	3rd	12 19 43 50
2018-08-11	1	3rd	4 17 43 55
2018-08-08	33	2nd	28 43 56 57
2018-05-23	3	2nd	7 43 59 72
2018-05-16	7	1st	43 44 45 63
2018-04-30	2	2nd	21 43 62 66
2018-04-25	3	2nd	35 43 49 64
2018-04-18	1	3rd	7 16 43 45
2018-04-16	11	4th	11 15 35 43
2018-03-21	45	2nd	42 43 62 64
2017-12-06	18	3rd	19 27 43 66
2017-10-25	20	3rd	23 39 43 66
2017-09-09	10	2nd	7 43 54 69
2017-08-16	17	1st	43 54 65 76
2017-07-08	22	3rd	20 39 43 47
2017-05-17	25	3rd	23 38 43 52
2017-03-20	1	2nd	12 43 57 70
2017-03-18	17	4th	13 15 31 43
2017-02-06	13	3rd	24 39 43 54
2017-01-07	37	2nd	26 43 56 70
2016-10-12	87	2nd	14 43 76 77
2016-03-23	54	4th	20 21 23 43
2015-11-18	8	2nd	35 43 75 76
2015-10-31	2	3rd	23 28 43 58
2015-10-26	9	3rd	13 23 43 65
2015-10-05	14	3rd	13 18 43 61
2015-09-02	23	3rd	3 22 43 68
2015-07-11	81	4th	12 15 22 43
2015-01-03	26	1st	43 55 62 70
2014-11-03	48	2nd	22 43 69 70
2014-07-14	29	2nd	14 43 57 74
2014-05-07	21	2nd	31 43 47 51
2014-03-19	18	1st	43 58 61 76
2014-02-05	5	3rd	1 17 43 50
2014-01-25	7	3rd	15 39 43 44
2014-01-08	20	2nd	17 43 58 77
2013-11-23	10	3rd	9 27 43 62
2013-10-30	1	3rd	8 25 43 44
2013-10-28	50	3rd	18 25 43 56
2013-07-03	7	2nd	27 43 62 67
2013-06-17	17	4th	14 34 39 43
2013-05-08	16	3rd	36 37 43 69
2013-04-01	12	3rd	3 12 43 60
2013-03-04	6	3rd	4 14 43 63
2013-02-18	73	2nd	28 43 56 60
2012-09-01	26	3rd	8 34 43 75
2012-07-02	59	2nd	23 43 66 77
2012-02-13	12	2nd	17 43 48 49
2012-01-16	81	2nd	41 43 50 63
2011-07-11	20	2nd	22 43 53 76
2011-05-25	37	3rd	23 41 43 45
2011-02-28	7	3rd	2 10 43 73
2011-02-12	7	2nd	8 43 69 70
2011-01-26	3	3rd	12 30 43 71
2011-01-19	8	3rd	19 27 43 58
2011-01-01	12	3rd	14 23 43 65
2010-12-04	8	2nd	20 43 55 69
2010-11-15	9	3rd	25 30 43 57
2010-10-25	18	2nd	18 43 44 59
2010-09-13	—	3rd	2 41 43 74