Number 42

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

248times drawn · chance expected 265 −1.13σ

27draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

56longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 248 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, −1.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 27 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 248 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 27 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 smallest248 · chance 248.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 31 22 20 19 4

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
2026-09-15	2	5th	5 9 11 33 42
2026-09-13	5	5th	22 28 31 41 42
2026-09-08	1	5th	19 33 34 38 42
2026-09-07	1	5th	3 32 34 39

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.

2026-05-15	4	5th	14 20 28 40 42
2026-05-11	2	5th	7 9 11 32 42
2026-05-09	17	5th	1 20 24 39 42
2026-04-22	25	5th	2 3 27 32 42
2026-03-28	23	5th	6 12 20 30 42
2026-03-05	4	5th	4 10 25 31 42
2026-03-01	5	5th	26 30 31 41 42
2026-02-24	1	5th	4 26 30 31 42
2026-02-23	12	5th	4 9 26 34 42
2026-02-11	3	5th	1 9 22 25 42
2026-02-08	5	5th	8 13 27 38 42
2026-02-03	12	5th	4 15 29 41 42
2026-01-22	11	5th	6 20 23 34 42
2026-01-11	30	5th	6 22 24 34 42
2025-12-12	1	5th	16 24 25 41 42
2025-12-11	18	5th	3 6 9 34 42
2025-11-23	26	5th	7 17 21 22 42
2025-10-28	2	5th	24 25 31 35 42
2025-10-26	1	5th	7 20 32 41 42
2025-10-25	56	5th	7 14 31 37 42
2025-08-30	8	5th	5 18 29 40 42
2025-08-22	13	5th	3 22 26 28 42
2025-08-09	20	5th	4 16 36 39 42
2025-07-20	14	5th	6 18 22 33 42
2025-07-06	18	5th	7 19 28 38 42
2025-06-18	3	5th	20 35 37 38 42
2025-06-15	18	5th	5 32 34 35 42
2025-05-28	21	5th	5 23 27 37 42
2025-05-07	5	5th	10 15 34 38 42
2025-05-02	2	5th	8 17 33 39 42
2025-04-30	2	5th	5 14 21 31 42
2025-04-28	1	5th	3 21 23 40 42
2025-04-27	11	5th	15 24 33 38 42
2025-04-16	3	5th	23 27 33 34 42
2025-04-13	2	5th	3 13 38 40 42
2025-04-11	2	5th	3 4 8 18 42
2025-04-09	32	5th	3 8 18 35 42
2025-03-08	12	5th	2 3 20 25 42
2025-02-24	15	5th	7 10 24 35 42
2025-02-09	2	5th	12 20 22 29 42
2025-02-07	10	5th	8 11 21 33 42
2025-01-28	1	5th	3 4 19 27 42
2025-01-27	6	5th	2 9 20 22 42
2025-01-21	1	5th	3 11 37 39 42
2025-01-20	23	5th	8 27 31 33 42
2024-12-28	18	5th	1 6 8 22 42
2024-12-10	2	5th	3 9 12 21 42
2024-12-08	5	5th	1 27 28 38 42
2024-12-03	6	5th	8 10 25 39 42
2024-11-27	17	5th	3 31 35 37 42
2024-11-10	9	5th	9 10 12 22 42
2024-11-01	6	5th	7 22 31 41 42
2024-10-26	6	5th	2 7 12 19 42
2024-10-20	4	5th	11 13 14 40 42
2024-10-16	2	5th	15 31 38 39 42
2024-10-14	11	5th	4 11 31 35 42
2024-10-03	9	5th	8 23 28 31 42
2024-09-24	3	5th	1 3 29 35 42
2024-09-21	5	5th	6 18 19 22 42
2024-09-16	1	5th	4 8 10 17 42
2024-09-15	1	5th	8 10 17 40 42
2024-09-14	15	5th	6 15 16 24 42
2024-08-30	17	5th	1 11 34 38 42
2024-08-13	3	5th	1 5 33 38 42
2024-08-10	2	5th	1 14 24 27 42
2024-08-08	1	5th	11 17 20 31 42
2024-08-07	2	5th	13 19 29 30 42
2024-08-05	33	5th	3 9 23 34 42
2024-07-03	1	5th	10 27 32 40 42
2024-07-02	2	5th	6 10 18 41 42
2024-06-30	1	5th	2 17 20 24 42
2024-06-29	6	5th	3 4 6 37 42
2024-06-23	6	5th	10 29 32 37 42
2024-06-17	2	5th	11 14 19 22 42
2024-06-15	9	5th	1 9 15 20 42
2024-06-06	6	5th	14 15 24 31 42
2024-05-31	2	5th	5 16 18 37 42
2024-05-29	1	5th	13 18 29 32 42
2024-05-28	12	5th	10 16 25 29 42
2024-05-16	3	5th	14 17 25 31 42
2024-05-13	25	5th	8 22 23 35 42
2024-04-18	19	5th	14 29 38 40 42
2024-03-30	4	5th	16 22 31 36 42
2024-03-26	8	5th	8 13 21 24 42
2024-03-18	3	5th	4 9 21 35 42
2024-03-15	5	5th	6 22 24 36 42
2024-03-10	21	5th	6 12 24 31 42
2024-02-18	1	5th	15 26 28 33 42
2024-02-17	11	5th	2 22 30 38 42
2024-02-06	1	5th	11 25 36 41 42
2024-02-05	18	5th	13 15 34 41 42
2024-01-18	7	5th	5 6 13 40 42
2024-01-11	18	5th	6 13 19 38 42
2023-12-24	1	5th	6 18 35 39 42
2023-12-23	4	5th	11 25 33 34 42
2023-12-19	5	5th	4 8 10 36 42
2023-12-14	1	5th	9 19 22 32 42
2023-12-13	5	5th	7 9 29 36 42
2023-12-08	6	5th	2 18 19 22 42
2023-12-02	33	5th	4 7 28 38 42
2023-10-30	21	5th	3 5 21 23 42
2023-10-09	13	5th	12 13 18 38 42
2023-09-26	19	5th	13 15 16 20 42
2023-09-07	1	5th	3 8 11 35 42
2023-09-06	15	5th	4 14 39 41 42
2023-08-22	9	5th	9 12 14 17 42
2023-08-13	6	5th	2 6 11 27 42
2023-08-07	2	5th	5 6 19 35 42
2023-08-05	10	5th	12 15 22 31 42
2023-07-26	5	5th	18 20 22 35 42
2023-07-21	8	5th	14 25 30 31 42
2023-07-13	6	5th	9 12 23 35 42
2023-07-07	2	5th	5 7 13 18 42
2023-07-05	3	5th	16 21 29 31 42
2023-07-02	3	5th	2 11 16 25 42
2023-06-29	4	5th	7 8 11 25 42
2023-06-25	2	5th	9 14 24 27 42
2023-06-23	17	5th	24 26 30 40 42
2023-06-06	3	5th	2 12 19 31 42
2023-06-03	2	5th	3 12 19 20 42
2023-06-01	1	5th	8 20 35 39 42
2023-05-31	5	5th	3 13 29 36 42
2023-05-26	3	5th	2 9 30 31 42
2023-05-23	1	5th	2 13 16 41 42
2023-05-22	1	5th	19 22 23 26 42
2023-05-21	6	5th	3 18 20 25 42
2023-05-15	7	5th	8 14 38 39 42
2023-05-08	17	5th	5 21 23 31 42
2023-04-21	37	5th	11 17 21 38 42
2023-03-15	2	5th	10 21 33 38 42
2023-03-13	7	5th	13 15 37 40 42
2023-03-06	2	5th	9 18 29 30 42
2023-03-04	10	5th	1 4 18 36 42
2023-02-22	12	5th	15 19 25 30 42
2023-02-10	9	5th	15 16 20 38 42
2023-02-01	14	5th	12 14 15 29 42
2023-01-18	23	5th	12 18 24 30 42
2022-12-26	14	5th	1 8 19 25 42
2022-12-12	4	5th	4 8 21 30 42
2022-12-08	13	5th	11 25 35 40 42
2022-11-25	3	5th	8 9 27 40 42
2022-11-22	10	5th	3 5 26 41 42
2022-11-12	29	5th	2 23 28 29 42
2022-10-14	2	5th	3 20 30 33 42
2022-10-12	18	5th	6 13 19 34 42
2022-09-24	23	5th	14 21 32 38 42
2022-09-01	25	5th	4 11 18 29 42
2022-08-07	22	5th	1 7 19 29 42
2022-07-16	25	5th	7 10 17 27 42
2022-06-21	1	5th	2 5 23 40 42
2022-06-20	27	5th	6 11 14 36 42
2022-05-24	6	5th	4 6 8 30 42
2022-05-18	7	5th	20 32 33 38 42
2022-05-11	7	5th	9 25 26 32 42
2022-05-04	1	5th	7 12 31 32 42
2022-05-03	19	5th	2 16 18 19 42
2022-04-14	6	5th	7 19 25 37 42
2022-04-08	5	5th	2 6 8 16 42
2022-04-03	7	5th	8 14 16 22 42
2022-03-27	1	5th	20 32 34 39 42
2022-03-26	2	5th	18 20 23 36 42
2022-03-24	21	5th	1 16 33 36 42
2022-03-03	3	5th	1 19 23 40 42
2022-02-28	3	5th	6 14 25 28 42
2022-02-25	1	5th	10 24 29 31 42
2022-02-24	6	5th	5 20 24 28 42
2022-02-18	10	5th	6 14 20 36 42
2022-02-08	7	5th	1 13 16 31 42
2022-02-01	9	5th	4 22 23 31 42
2022-01-23	9	5th	7 15 29 40 42
2022-01-14	6	5th	2 3 22 39 42
2022-01-08	1	5th	1 9 15 23 42
2022-01-07	16	5th	11 19 20 22 42
2021-12-22	5	5th	23 24 28 40 42
2021-12-17	4	5th	7 10 29 36 42
2021-12-13	3	5th	16 19 20 34 42
2021-12-10	2	5th	4 13 26 39 42
2021-12-08	14	5th	7 24 31 35 42
2021-11-24	4	5th	1 2 4 18 42
2021-11-20	3	5th	9 10 26 33 42
2021-11-17	7	5th	1 29 34 39 42
2021-11-10	13	5th	17 18 35 41 42
2021-10-28	1	5th	3 19 28 35 42
2021-10-27	1	5th	4 13 15 30 42
2021-10-26	3	5th	3 13 22 24 42
2021-10-23	9	5th	3 7 15 38 42
2021-10-14	11	5th	2 11 12 33 42
2021-10-03	10	5th	4 14 27 33 42
2021-09-23	12	5th	9 14 21 24 42
2021-09-11	14	5th	19 20 22 34 42
2021-08-28	16	5th	3 7 23 40 42
2021-08-12	15	5th	4 6 21 34 42
2021-07-28	8	5th	22 25 27 34 42
2021-07-20	15	5th	21 24 26 35 42
2021-07-05	13	5th	10 27 29 41 42
2021-06-22	6	5th	1 7 33 41 42
2021-06-16	7	5th	5 33 35 40 42
2021-06-09	12	5th	18 20 31 39 42
2021-05-28	13	5th	5 16 26 40 42
2021-05-15	9	5th	6 12 29 38 42
2021-05-06	10	5th	3 13 15 33 42
2021-04-26	6	5th	1 15 17 41 42
2021-04-20	7	5th	9 10 13 36 42
2021-04-13	1	5th	3 19 24 34 42
2021-04-12	5	5th	2 14 31 37 42
2021-04-07	10	5th	3 4 14 37 42
2021-03-28	19	5th	1 23 24 38 42
2021-03-09	19	5th	9 11 18 32 42
2021-02-18	13	5th	2 26 34 41 42
2021-02-05	6	5th	6 10 21 28 42
2021-01-30	7	5th	19 20 32 41 42
2021-01-23	4	5th	1 12 22 27 42
2021-01-19	1	5th	31 33 37 38 42
2021-01-18	3	5th	17 22 30 38 42
2021-01-15	2	5th	5 19 31 34 42
2021-01-13	14	5th	15 29 32 34 42
2020-12-30	6	5th	3 11 23 29 42
2020-12-24	11	5th	5 19 21 34 42
2020-12-13	25	5th	7 10 15 41 42
2020-11-18	15	5th	6 16 20 30 42
2020-11-03	12	5th	3 17 28 40 42
2020-10-22	39	5th	3 5 18 40 42
2020-09-13	7	5th	4 6 12 35 42
2020-09-06	—	5th	3 26 28 31 42