Number 42

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

142times drawn · chance expected 121 +2.01σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

29longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, +2.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 3 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 smallest7 · chance 2.6
4th smallest33 · chance 33.5
5th smallest102 · chance 105.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 24 15 34 37 30

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, 42 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-09	4	5th	1 6 29 30 42
2026-10-05	8	5th	4 11 14 24 42
2026-09-27	11	5th	12 20 25 37 42
2026-09-16	5	5th	3 9 16 26

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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