Number 40

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

281times drawn · chance expected 265 +1.03σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

71longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 281 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 281 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 71 · waiting 2 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 2.1
4th smallest45 · chance 50.7
5th smallest236 · chance 228.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 5 21 36 22 3

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, 40 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
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
2026-10-10	5	4th	18 19 22 40 41
2026-10-05	6	5th	20 26 27 38 40
2026-09-29	3	5th	14 33 34 36 40
2026-09-26	2	5th	4 11 16 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: 40 is drawn with probability 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-20	8	5th	16 27 29 34 40
2026-04-12	71	5th	2 13 19 21 40
2026-01-31	2	5th	10 14 24 31 40
2026-01-29	3	5th	9 28 36 38 40
2026-01-26	1	5th	9 12 25 36 40
2026-01-25	5	5th	4 8 11 36 40
2026-01-20	4	5th	3 11 17 39 40
2026-01-16	7	5th	2 18 28 35 40
2026-01-09	1	5th	15 18 31 33 40
2026-01-08	3	5th	2 15 16 30 40
2026-01-05	5	5th	12 27 38 39 40
2025-12-31	3	5th	13 23 25 27 40
2025-12-28	4	4th	6 25 27 40 41
2025-12-24	2	5th	20 22 24 31 40
2025-12-22	1	5th	18 19 35 38 40
2025-12-21	3	5th	13 33 35 37 40
2025-12-18	23	5th	10 12 38 39 40
2025-11-25	8	5th	5 7 25 26 40
2025-11-17	6	5th	7 8 18 38 40
2025-11-11	7	5th	1 16 27 33 40
2025-11-04	15	5th	15 23 35 36 40
2025-10-20	7	5th	3 13 14 37 40
2025-10-13	9	5th	5 23 24 29 40
2025-10-04	6	4th	4 12 35 40 41
2025-09-28	6	4th	2 36 38 40 41
2025-09-22	1	5th	2 23 30 33 40
2025-09-21	4	5th	21 23 28 30 40
2025-09-17	2	5th	22 23 29 32 40
2025-09-15	1	5th	3 5 9 12 40
2025-09-14	5	5th	1 6 12 37 40
2025-09-09	7	5th	7 12 16 31 40
2025-09-02	3	5th	11 22 31 33 40
2025-08-30	10	4th	5 18 29 40 42
2025-08-20	1	5th	20 27 30 36 40
2025-08-19	9	5th	1 22 28 35 40
2025-08-10	18	5th	3 9 29 38 40
2025-07-23	13	5th	5 29 32 33 40
2025-07-10	1	5th	1 3 21 34 40
2025-07-09	8	5th	3 12 19 34 40
2025-07-01	8	5th	9 11 13 28 40
2025-06-23	10	5th	4 8 17 27 40
2025-06-13	6	5th	9 21 32 33 40
2025-06-07	8	5th	7 22 24 32 40
2025-05-30	32	5th	14 18 29 32 40
2025-04-28	2	4th	3 21 23 40 42
2025-04-26	8	5th	4 7 20 37 40
2025-04-18	5	5th	3 18 22 35 40
2025-04-13	5	4th	3 13 38 40 42
2025-04-08	4	5th	7 15 18 29 40
2025-04-04	22	5th	11 20 21 38 40
2025-03-13	1	5th	21 25 29 33 40
2025-03-12	12	5th	7 8 17 24 40
2025-02-28	5	5th	4 11 33 34 40
2025-02-23	9	5th	15 18 19 25 40
2025-02-14	9	5th	6 11 18 38 40
2025-02-05	6	4th	4 14 15 40 41
2025-01-30	8	4th	21 22 37 40 41
2025-01-22	8	5th	1 3 7 17 40
2025-01-14	3	5th	2 13 14 19 40
2025-01-11	16	4th	14 29 37 40 41
2024-12-26	1	5th	3 22 25 26 40
2024-12-25	1	5th	9 14 22 29 40
2024-12-24	5	5th	7 10 11 15 40
2024-12-19	34	4th	15 17 35 40 41
2024-11-15	12	5th	3 8 13 24 40
2024-11-03	1	5th	4 5 13 23 40
2024-11-02	3	5th	2 17 19 29 40
2024-10-30	10	5th	2 12 14 28 40
2024-10-20	10	4th	11 13 14 40 42
2024-10-10	3	5th	23 27 33 38 40
2024-10-07	2	5th	15 17 26 29 40
2024-10-05	1	5th	12 19 26 36 40
2024-10-04	4	5th	1 7 12 29 40
2024-09-30	4	5th	20 27 32 39 40
2024-09-26	6	5th	8 20 24 25 40
2024-09-20	1	5th	1 21 23 28 40
2024-09-19	1	5th	6 15 32 36 40
2024-09-18	3	5th	4 5 22 24 40
2024-09-15	6	4th	8 10 17 40 42
2024-09-09	19	5th	2 17 22 37 40
2024-08-21	5	5th	4 9 15 19 40
2024-08-16	12	5th	10 18 19 36 40
2024-08-04	20	5th	5 11 21 26 40
2024-07-15	12	5th	3 5 33 34 40
2024-07-03	6	4th	10 27 32 40 42
2024-06-27	26	5th	1 12 19 29 40
2024-06-01	30	5th	1 22 34 36 40
2024-05-02	9	5th	1 29 34 36 40
2024-04-23	5	5th	10 14 17 20 40
2024-04-18	35	4th	14 29 38 40 42
2024-03-14	17	5th	5 9 16 18 40
2024-02-26	7	5th	7 12 19 39 40
2024-02-19	4	5th	2 7 19 38 40
2024-02-15	3	5th	7 22 29 32 40
2024-02-12	10	5th	4 10 16 21 40
2024-02-02	6	5th	4 8 36 39 40
2024-01-27	9	5th	6 8 20 35 40
2024-01-18	5	4th	5 6 13 40 42
2024-01-13	18	5th	9 20 30 33 40
2023-12-26	1	5th	6 24 35 39 40
2023-12-25	5	5th	2 8 10 36 40
2023-12-20	2	5th	10 12 16 30 40
2023-12-18	3	5th	14 28 32 39 40
2023-12-15	9	5th	8 11 14 31 40
2023-12-06	12	5th	2 4 26 29 40
2023-11-24	4	5th	5 23 26 36 40
2023-11-20	1	5th	12 14 34 39 40
2023-11-19	7	5th	4 6 14 27 40
2023-11-12	3	5th	4 21 30 36 40
2023-11-09	5	5th	19 23 28 38 40
2023-11-04	10	5th	1 3 26 39 40
2023-10-25	4	5th	2 11 14 17 40
2023-10-21	8	5th	4 9 18 33 40
2023-10-13	6	5th	27 28 30 34 40
2023-10-07	6	5th	11 21 23 32 40
2023-10-01	58	5th	4 11 13 35 40
2023-08-04	1	5th	1 8 13 32 40
2023-08-03	4	5th	1 13 21 22 40
2023-07-30	8	5th	1 2 16 38 40
2023-07-22	2	5th	9 19 23 26 40
2023-07-20	17	5th	1 5 27 36 40
2023-07-03	10	5th	11 20 23 28 40
2023-06-23	5	4th	24 26 30 40 42
2023-06-18	2	5th	29 30 32 38 40
2023-06-16	2	5th	10 12 21 36 40
2023-06-14	4	5th	18 23 29 30 40
2023-06-10	3	5th	11 20 24 38 40
2023-06-07	2	5th	1 3 8 22 40
2023-06-05	6	5th	3 16 26 33 40
2023-05-30	19	5th	4 14 17 18 40
2023-05-11	2	5th	5 12 17 29 40
2023-05-09	13	5th	1 3 8 28 40
2023-04-26	4	4th	10 30 35 40 41
2023-04-22	3	5th	17 23 31 36 40
2023-04-19	1	5th	1 7 11 20 40
2023-04-18	1	5th	11 15 29 30 40
2023-04-17	2	5th	2 13 18 29 40
2023-04-15	13	5th	19 20 35 39 40
2023-04-02	1	5th	2 7 24 37 40
2023-04-01	2	5th	8 21 27 36 40
2023-03-30	1	5th	4 18 31 36 40
2023-03-29	9	5th	12 24 29 36 40
2023-03-20	4	5th	29 32 33 37 40
2023-03-16	3	5th	5 21 34 36 40
2023-03-13	5	4th	13 15 37 40 42
2023-03-08	3	5th	9 24 29 39 40
2023-03-05	2	5th	22 26 34 35 40
2023-03-03	8	5th	22 28 32 38 40
2023-02-23	2	5th	1 4 20 21 40
2023-02-21	10	5th	5 28 34 37 40
2023-02-11	3	4th	5 30 34 40 41
2023-02-08	14	5th	5 10 12 15 40
2023-01-25	5	4th	27 36 37 40 41
2023-01-20	5	5th	4 19 22 32 40
2023-01-15	16	4th	7 22 34 40 41
2022-12-30	16	5th	4 14 28 32 40
2022-12-14	6	5th	3 6 16 22 40
2022-12-08	1	4th	11 25 35 40 42
2022-12-07	12	5th	1 20 29 34 40
2022-11-25	1	4th	8 9 27 40 42
2022-11-24	4	5th	2 22 27 32 40
2022-11-20	6	5th	23 25 30 37 40
2022-11-14	7	5th	6 10 14 25 40
2022-11-07	11	5th	3 14 23 38 40
2022-10-27	3	5th	6 7 11 39 40
2022-10-24	35	5th	8 21 30 36 40
2022-09-19	20	5th	1 7 17 22 40
2022-08-30	16	5th	9 16 29 33 40
2022-08-14	16	5th	3 16 21 36 40
2022-07-29	9	5th	15 16 20 29 40
2022-07-20	10	4th	1 5 38 40 41
2022-07-10	8	5th	14 28 35 39 40
2022-07-02	2	5th	2 4 7 11 40
2022-06-30	9	5th	4 5 25 27 40
2022-06-21	8	4th	2 5 23 40 42
2022-06-13	14	5th	2 10 28 38 40
2022-05-30	23	4th	15 29 39 40 41
2022-05-07	10	5th	19 29 33 39 40
2022-04-27	5	5th	12 13 27 37 40
2022-04-22	10	5th	5 15 31 39 40
2022-04-12	5	5th	13 23 33 34 40
2022-04-07	13	5th	6 16 21 25 40
2022-03-25	7	4th	22 23 31 40 41
2022-03-18	10	5th	4 8 15 35 40
2022-03-08	2	5th	3 6 9 25 40
2022-03-06	3	5th	1 5 6 33 40
2022-03-03	2	4th	1 19 23 40 42
2022-03-01	9	5th	14 15 17 25 40
2022-02-20	3	5th	11 16 21 30 40
2022-02-17	14	5th	4 14 29 38 40
2022-02-03	7	5th	18 27 31 34 40
2022-01-27	4	5th	3 5 10 25 40
2022-01-23	13	4th	7 15 29 40 42
2022-01-10	11	5th	10 23 25 34 40
2021-12-30	8	5th	19 29 32 37 40
2021-12-22	7	4th	23 24 28 40 42
2021-12-15	14	5th	2 8 13 21 40
2021-12-01	5	5th	12 15 25 38 40
2021-11-26	10	5th	8 19 34 36 40
2021-11-16	15	5th	7 20 24 30 40
2021-11-01	12	5th	5 13 29 34 40
2021-10-20	8	5th	4 8 31 38 40
2021-10-12	25	5th	13 19 31 35 40
2021-09-17	1	5th	7 11 30 36 40
2021-09-16	9	5th	1 11 27 29 40
2021-09-07	5	5th	3 8 21 39 40
2021-09-02	5	5th	1 22 24 37 40
2021-08-28	4	4th	3 7 23 40 42
2021-08-24	1	4th	27 32 33 40 41
2021-08-23	5	5th	8 18 23 29 40
2021-08-18	1	5th	7 28 32 36 40
2021-08-17	17	5th	5 8 27 34 40
2021-07-31	2	5th	16 21 30 33 40
2021-07-29	5	5th	10 11 26 30 40
2021-07-24	2	5th	9 21 26 29 40
2021-07-22	5	5th	8 24 31 32 40
2021-07-17	7	5th	6 10 18 26 40
2021-07-10	12	4th	13 14 26 40 41
2021-06-28	3	5th	1 14 28 39 40
2021-06-25	9	4th	3 16 21 40 41
2021-06-16	2	4th	5 33 35 40 42
2021-06-14	3	5th	13 20 22 32 40
2021-06-11	12	5th	22 27 28 31 40
2021-05-30	2	5th	3 9 20 35 40
2021-05-28	4	4th	5 16 26 40 42
2021-05-24	19	5th	5 15 16 20 40
2021-05-05	5	5th	2 10 20 30 40
2021-04-30	8	4th	4 15 35 40 41
2021-04-22	1	5th	19 26 37 38 40
2021-04-21	10	5th	9 21 33 35 40
2021-04-11	9	5th	11 29 35 37 40
2021-04-02	8	5th	5 7 18 22 40
2021-03-25	1	4th	3 23 25 40 41
2021-03-24	17	5th	4 16 20 33 40
2021-03-07	10	5th	4 10 22 24 40
2021-02-25	10	5th	14 19 27 38 40
2021-02-15	5	5th	3 14 24 31 40
2021-02-10	6	5th	11 15 21 28 40
2021-02-04	1	5th	18 24 26 39 40
2021-02-03	9	5th	7 14 16 36 40
2021-01-25	36	5th	8 20 22 33 40
2020-12-20	4	5th	19 30 34 39 40
2020-12-16	23	5th	13 25 29 32 40
2020-11-23	1	5th	1 7 29 34 40
2020-11-22	1	5th	10 25 32 34 40
2020-11-21	1	5th	13 15 19 32 40
2020-11-20	17	5th	3 12 26 30 40
2020-11-03	11	4th	3 17 28 40 42
2020-10-23	1	5th	10 12 19 35 40
2020-10-22	11	4th	3 5 18 40 42
2020-10-11	4	5th	5 17 31 36 40
2020-10-07	2	5th	16 17 35 36 40
2020-10-05	6	5th	10 11 12 16 40
2020-09-29	1	5th	8 15 18 21 40
2020-09-28	18	5th	12 20 23 31 40
2020-09-10	1	5th	9 19 29 34 40
2020-09-09	—	5th	1 28 29 38 40