Number 42

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

89times drawn · chance expected 112 −2.30σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

38longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, −2.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 939 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 7 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest89 · chance 89.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 7 15 17 37 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-05	4	5th	8 19 21 31 42
2026-10-01	3	5th	7 14 24 37 42
2026-09-28	11	5th	1 8 37 38 42
2026-09-17	36	5th	17 18

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-07	2	5th	16 33 40 41 42
2026-03-05	28	5th	18 21 30 31 42
2026-02-05	35	5th	11 15 18 25 42
2026-01-01	9	5th	6 10 31 40 42
2025-12-23	12	5th	1 5 8 34 42
2025-12-11	2	5th	2 9 21 22 42
2025-12-09	4	5th	1 10 15 34 42
2025-12-05	6	5th	13 17 23 33 42
2025-11-29	18	5th	4 15 38 39 42
2025-11-11	19	5th	4 19 23 38 42
2025-10-23	6	5th	6 7 13 26 42
2025-10-17	4	5th	1 2 4 31 42
2025-10-13	3	5th	6 19 28 41 42
2025-10-10	1	5th	8 18 25 32 42
2025-10-09	31	5th	10 18 20 29 42
2025-09-08	16	5th	1 13 17 30 42
2025-08-23	6	5th	4 10 13 31 42
2025-08-17	10	5th	1 8 23 41 42
2025-08-07	3	5th	10 26 34 36 42
2025-08-04	8	5th	3 27 37 40 42
2025-07-27	10	5th	4 5 29 33 42
2025-07-17	7	5th	23 27 31 35 42
2025-07-10	8	5th	12 14 25 29 42
2025-07-02	2	5th	4 33 36 39 42
2025-06-30	25	5th	1 12 27 28 42
2025-06-05	19	5th	12 14 20 30 42
2025-05-17	6	5th	6 17 19 37 42
2025-05-11	7	5th	1 3 34 38 42
2025-05-04	7	5th	11 27 34 39 42
2025-04-27	29	5th	7 19 28 32 42
2025-03-29	35	5th	3 6 15 30 42
2025-02-22	14	5th	3 8 17 33 42
2025-02-08	9	5th	2 8 10 15 42
2025-01-30	1	5th	14 19 23 25 42
2025-01-29	27	5th	16 25 38 39 42
2025-01-02	2	5th	18 32 36 38 42
2024-12-31	32	5th	12 20 26 33 42
2024-11-29	1	5th	13 23 26 41 42
2024-11-28	6	5th	4 24 26 32 42
2024-11-22	5	5th	8 13 27 33 42
2024-11-17	11	5th	18 19 26 33 42
2024-11-06	7	5th	1 15 29 31 42
2024-10-30	3	5th	7 16 23 28 42
2024-10-27	15	5th	3 14 17 26 42
2024-10-12	16	5th	1 3 12 32 42
2024-09-26	22	5th	8 19 32 39 42
2024-09-04	13	5th	9 30 32 41 42
2024-08-22	13	5th	2 14 28 37 42
2024-08-09	14	5th	4 20 34 39 42
2024-07-26	8	5th	23 25 36 40 42
2024-07-18	6	5th	17 18 23 41 42
2024-07-12	10	5th	11 17 21 37 42
2024-07-02	11	5th	5 34 38 40 42
2024-06-21	18	5th	2 9 15 31 42
2024-06-03	2	5th	1 16 29 37 42
2024-06-01	8	5th	10 19 20 32 42
2024-05-24	1	5th	17 20 30 32 42
2024-05-23	9	5th	3 17 28 41 42
2024-05-14	1	5th	14 32 37 41 42
2024-05-13	7	5th	10 14 15 37 42
2024-05-06	14	5th	13 31 33 38 42
2024-04-22	18	5th	2 20 23 36 42
2024-04-04	5	5th	2 3 7 24 42
2024-03-30	9	5th	6 7 18 33 42
2024-03-21	—	5th	7 9 11 20 42