Number 40

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

110times drawn · chance expected 121 −1.06σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

64longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 26 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 0.3
3rd smallest4 · chance 6.0
4th smallest38 · chance 37.0
5th smallest67 · chance 66.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 20 33 19 22 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 45. 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
2026-09-15	10	5th	7 11 19 26 40
2026-09-05	5	4th	1 24 26 40 42
2026-08-31	3	5th	1 10 12 16 40
2026-08-28	6	5th	4 11 14 33

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-03	3	5th	4 23 27 33 40
2025-12-31	8	4th	12 20 37 40 44
2025-12-23	11	5th	6 8 24 27 40
2025-12-12	15	5th	2 6 12 24 40
2025-11-27	2	5th	11 19 21 28 40
2025-11-25	5	3rd	4 32 40 43 45
2025-11-20	16	5th	16 20 25 29 40
2025-11-04	1	5th	8 19 27 31 40
2025-11-03	38	5th	1 8 22 29 40
2025-09-26	5	4th	7 11 14 40 41
2025-09-21	6	3rd	19 35 40 44 45
2025-09-15	2	3rd	14 34 40 41 45
2025-09-13	1	4th	8 12 36 40 43
2025-09-12	11	5th	25 27 33 38 40
2025-09-01	14	5th	6 23 32 39 40
2025-08-18	1	4th	7 19 21 40 43
2025-08-17	23	5th	19 31 34 37 40
2025-07-25	2	4th	20 33 39 40 43
2025-07-23	1	4th	4 22 37 40 44
2025-07-22	14	5th	4 20 31 32 40
2025-07-08	4	3rd	26 37 40 43 44
2025-07-04	6	4th	7 13 20 40 42
2025-06-28	8	4th	17 35 39 40 43
2025-06-20	1	5th	12 21 30 33 40
2025-06-19	7	5th	8 19 27 33 40
2025-06-12	2	5th	9 11 18 39 40
2025-06-10	9	4th	9 19 27 40 44
2025-06-01	29	5th	11 12 29 37 40
2025-05-03	64	4th	2 20 28 40 44
2025-02-28	4	4th	9 17 32 40 45
2025-02-24	9	4th	3 4 13 40 43
2025-02-15	24	5th	4 6 33 35 40
2025-01-22	1	4th	16 17 18 40 41
2025-01-21	4	4th	3 33 38 40 45
2025-01-17	19	4th	4 17 33 40 43
2024-12-29	8	5th	6 22 25 37 40
2024-12-21	5	5th	10 15 24 32 40
2024-12-16	17	5th	18 24 28 31 40
2024-11-29	15	5th	7 8 10 24 40
2024-11-14	1	5th	4 5 20 31 40
2024-11-13	27	4th	1 18 20 40 43
2024-10-17	1	5th	13 15 24 35 40
2024-10-16	9	5th	10 18 20 33 40
2024-10-07	11	5th	12 19 20 37 40
2024-09-26	3	4th	8 10 16 40 45
2024-09-23	8	5th	4 8 22 23 40
2024-09-15	7	5th	7 8 18 36 40
2024-09-08	8	5th	24 28 33 37 40
2024-08-31	17	4th	25 29 32 40 45
2024-08-14	3	5th	1 29 33 37 40
2024-08-11	12	5th	1 13 33 38 40
2024-07-30	3	4th	17 27 35 40 42
2024-07-27	10	5th	13 16 19 22 40
2024-07-17	1	5th	2 3 11 34 40
2024-07-16	3	5th	6 15 19 25 40
2024-07-13	6	5th	6 17 31 35 40
2024-07-07	1	5th	18 28 29 36 40
2024-07-06	5	5th	6 18 21 22 40
2024-07-01	3	5th	1 2 22 31 40
2024-06-28	3	4th	5 14 20 40 41
2024-06-25	5	5th	1 15 28 39 40
2024-06-20	11	4th	5 20 25 40 44
2024-06-09	1	4th	30 33 37 40 42
2024-06-08	5	5th	4 16 27 39 40
2024-06-03	4	2nd	12 40 42 44 45
2024-05-30	6	4th	1 20 22 40 44
2024-05-24	7	4th	16 18 20 40 43
2024-05-17	16	5th	2 11 24 39 40
2024-05-01	27	5th	22 25 27 29 40
2024-04-04	3	5th	3 11 12 26 40
2024-04-01	15	5th	2 10 23 26 40
2024-03-17	25	4th	2 8 38 40 45
2024-02-21	13	5th	13 15 36 38 40
2024-02-08	8	5th	2 12 30 34 40
2024-01-31	10	5th	18 19 34 38 40
2024-01-21	4	4th	13 15 38 40 43
2024-01-17	3	5th	10 22 28 31 40
2024-01-14	10	4th	4 27 32 40 45
2024-01-04	33	4th	5 15 23 40 44
2023-12-02	3	5th	4 15 17 23 40
2023-11-29	22	5th	4 8 22 29 40
2023-11-07	13	5th	9 13 22 24 40
2023-10-25	1	5th	9 10 31 37 40
2023-10-24	3	5th	4 17 28 31 40
2023-10-21	1	4th	6 29 38 40 44
2023-10-20	—	4th	7 25 31 40 43