Number 40

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

341times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.16σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

47longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 341 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +1.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 341 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 12 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 1.0
3rd smallest9 · chance 12.4
4th smallest57 · chance 65.5
5th smallest162 · chance 147.4
6th smallest112 · chance 114.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 22 6 16 27 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-12	21	5th	13 16 27 37 40 44
2026-07-25	4	4th	31 34 38 40 45 48
2026-07-15	4	5th	1 5 23 37 40 44
2026-07-06	2	6th	10

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-21	14	5th	2 6 20 33 40 49
2025-06-18	4	5th	4 12 14 39 40 45
2025-06-09	1	5th	8 10 25 33 40 42
2025-06-07	1	5th	5 30 36 38 40 47
2025-06-04	5	5th	10 15 25 27 40 45
2025-05-24	12	5th	6 10 23 29 40 49
2025-04-26	11	5th	4 18 32 34 40 44
2025-03-31	7	6th	5 7 12 16 30 40
2025-03-15	10	4th	2 23 30 40 42 43
2025-02-19	4	5th	17 20 32 37 40 43
2025-02-10	7	6th	2 25 29 30 39 40
2025-01-25	7	5th	7 31 32 34 40 42
2025-01-08	13	6th	5 6 17 19 38 40
2024-12-09	1	6th	23 26 28 33 36 40
2024-12-07	1	5th	3 17 20 29 40 45
2024-12-04	6	6th	1 16 20 25 33 40
2024-11-20	10	5th	7 10 21 22 40 47
2024-10-28	18	5th	4 16 23 39 40 45
2024-09-16	7	6th	1 6 17 24 28 40
2024-08-31	12	5th	16 21 28 31 40 45
2024-08-03	14	5th	6 11 12 28 40 43
2024-07-01	2	5th	15 16 27 39 40 45
2024-06-26	4	6th	3 6 8 13 30 40
2024-06-17	12	4th	9 13 16 40 47 48
2024-05-20	3	6th	1 9 11 16 35 40
2024-05-13	47	4th	10 12 18 40 41 45
2024-01-24	1	6th	3 10 15 25 35 40
2024-01-22	16	5th	10 22 32 36 40 45
2023-12-16	2	5th	23 24 27 39 40 42
2023-12-11	16	6th	3 4 21 28 37 40
2023-11-04	2	6th	1 10 19 34 36 40
2023-10-30	6	3rd	8 34 40 44 45 46
2023-10-16	6	6th	11 18 19 28 32 40
2023-10-02	1	6th	2 7 11 15 27 40
2023-09-30	2	6th	3 13 22 28 30 40
2023-09-25	4	5th	4 5 19 22 40 47
2023-09-16	3	5th	2 17 26 38 40 45
2023-09-09	6	5th	14 17 20 39 40 43
2023-08-26	20	5th	9 10 23 30 40 46
2023-07-10	1	5th	1 5 16 35 40 45
2023-07-08	1	5th	2 3 16 20 40 47
2023-07-05	5	4th	8 15 32 40 42 47
2023-06-24	4	5th	2 14 31 39 40 42
2023-06-14	3	5th	1 2 18 32 40 49
2023-06-07	21	4th	5 17 24 40 45 46
2023-04-19	3	6th	24 25 30 36 37 40
2023-04-12	4	5th	10 12 36 39 40 45
2023-04-03	11	5th	11 16 20 25 40 48
2023-03-08	2	6th	2 6 14 15 32 40
2023-03-04	1	6th	2 3 15 19 37 40
2023-03-01	15	4th	4 13 36 40 43 44
2023-01-25	3	5th	7 20 24 38 40 42
2023-01-18	6	6th	2 13 15 18 29 40
2023-01-04	8	5th	4 12 17 25 40 49
2022-12-17	7	5th	10 21 23 27 40 44
2022-11-30	6	5th	10 24 26 28 40 47
2022-11-16	2	4th	7 28 39 40 41 44
2022-11-12	20	5th	2 12 20 27 40 49
2022-09-26	8	5th	4 13 21 30 40 49
2022-09-07	8	4th	7 14 22 40 47 49
2022-08-20	9	5th	1 7 13 28 40 45
2022-07-30	8	4th	8 10 22 40 42 45
2022-07-11	2	5th	3 30 35 36 40 41
2022-07-06	5	5th	7 18 29 31 40 43
2022-06-25	13	5th	12 31 34 35 40 46
2022-05-25	1	5th	10 18 22 31 40 49
2022-05-23	4	6th	20 24 25 31 33 40
2022-05-14	6	6th	13 18 19 22 35 40
2022-04-30	2	4th	8 15 17 40 42 46
2022-04-25	10	4th	2 31 34 40 42 45
2022-04-02	5	6th	4 17 24 25 31 40
2022-03-21	12	5th	11 26 34 35 40 46
2022-02-21	3	5th	3 13 32 36 40 43
2022-02-14	4	6th	13 15 19 27 30 40
2022-02-05	1	5th	1 4 15 32 40 43
2022-02-02	9	6th	23 28 35 37 38 40
2022-01-12	36	5th	13 16 32 36 40 46
2021-10-20	10	6th	8 12 30 35 37 40
2021-09-27	13	5th	3 8 10 37 40 43
2021-08-28	6	6th	1 10 12 13 30 40
2021-08-14	2	3rd	5 30 40 44 46 47
2021-08-09	8	5th	4 27 29 32 40 45
2021-07-21	14	5th	6 7 8 12 40 42
2021-06-19	3	6th	5 17 21 24 39 40
2021-06-12	6	5th	12 28 29 30 40 41
2021-05-29	2	5th	18 19 27 28 40 49
2021-05-24	3	4th	1 14 19 40 46 47
2021-05-17	27	5th	2 27 28 32 40 49
2021-03-15	21	6th	2 15 17 22 23 40
2021-01-25	1	5th	4 9 20 33 40 41
2021-01-23	1	4th	5 12 38 40 43 44
2021-01-20	1	6th	4 10 16 31 37 40
2021-01-18	24	6th	8 13 23 24 25 40
2020-11-23	3	6th	14 15 18 34 37 40
2020-11-16	6	5th	6 16 18 27 40 47
2020-11-02	4	6th	6 7 15 30 32 40
2020-10-24	2	5th	13 22 32 39 40 42
2020-10-19	11	6th	4 5 12 13 34 40
2020-09-23	3	5th	6 14 15 20 40 47
2020-09-16	3	6th	1 5 15 19 38 40
2020-09-09	2	4th	5 16 33 40 44 45
2020-09-05	8	5th	10 17 22 29 40 41
2020-08-17	2	6th	17 21 23 26 28 40
2020-08-12	4	5th	4 5 8 24 40 49
2020-08-03	9	6th	12 22 24 27 30 40
2020-07-13	7	3rd	2 31 40 41 42 47
2020-06-27	3	6th	3 18 27 32 35 40
2020-06-20	5	6th	4 6 9 32 39 40
2020-06-08	15	5th	9 12 30 38 40 43
2020-05-04	16	5th	2 6 30 31 40 42
2020-03-28	19	6th	1 7 16 27 29 40
2020-02-12	3	6th	9 18 21 23 28 40
2020-02-05	7	4th	18 27 36 40 43 49
2020-01-20	2	6th	22 25 27 37 38 40
2020-01-15	13	6th	9 15 22 27 37 40
2019-12-16	2	3rd	25 29 40 43 44 46
2019-12-11	31	6th	1 15 24 27 29 40
2019-09-30	8	5th	18 28 32 38 40 41
2019-09-11	5	6th	5 8 18 21 24 40
2019-08-31	5	5th	3 10 31 38 40 43
2019-08-19	7	6th	1 2 8 24 36 40
2019-08-03	21	6th	18 23 30 38 39 40
2019-06-15	9	5th	4 16 27 39 40 46
2019-05-25	4	5th	1 17 28 30 40 47
2019-05-15	4	4th	5 15 19 40 44 46
2019-05-06	1	5th	4 30 33 37 40 47
2019-05-04	1	6th	6 14 22 30 33 40
2019-05-01	3	4th	7 9 19 40 42 44
2019-04-24	7	5th	11 27 29 39 40 49
2019-04-08	9	5th	2 16 24 31 40 46
2019-03-18	5	6th	12 15 29 35 38 40
2019-03-06	3	5th	19 29 35 37 40 47
2019-02-27	2	5th	23 27 29 37 40 42
2019-02-23	4	5th	15 21 31 39 40 48
2019-02-13	1	4th	14 18 22 40 46 49
2019-02-11	1	3rd	32 37 40 42 45 48
2019-02-09	10	5th	2 21 22 34 40 46
2019-01-16	22	5th	2 3 20 29 40 45
2018-11-26	3	4th	4 18 36 40 42 49
2018-11-19	3	6th	5 6 11 15 29 40
2018-11-12	20	6th	3 11 14 35 39 40
2018-09-26	5	5th	12 17 29 38 40 42
2018-09-15	8	6th	13 19 20 31 32 40
2018-08-27	12	6th	5 23 24 31 39 40
2018-07-30	2	5th	2 6 15 22 40 48
2018-07-25	2	6th	10 13 19 21 36 40
2018-07-21	12	6th	4 6 15 16 20 40
2018-06-23	22	4th	8 21 25 40 45 48
2018-05-02	15	5th	1 16 21 32 40 41
2018-03-28	11	6th	10 12 14 16 35 40
2018-03-03	1	5th	20 22 30 35 40 47
2018-02-28	3	4th	19 24 33 40 44 49
2018-02-21	17	6th	6 7 23 28 38 40
2018-01-13	1	5th	11 18 19 32 40 48
2018-01-10	17	6th	6 8 28 36 39 40
2017-12-02	28	5th	2 10 13 27 40 47
2017-09-27	8	5th	9 12 25 27 40 43
2017-09-09	8	4th	6 18 39 40 41 44
2017-08-21	10	5th	1 2 9 30 40 44
2017-07-29	9	6th	8 19 22 30 35 40
2017-07-08	4	4th	4 17 23 40 43 47
2017-06-28	8	5th	12 26 35 38 40 42
2017-06-10	1	5th	14 19 23 27 40 48
2017-06-07	8	6th	19 27 28 32 39 40
2017-05-20	3	6th	6 8 10 24 26 40
2017-05-13	4	5th	8 11 13 39 40 48
2017-05-03	12	5th	2 8 30 35 40 47
2017-04-05	11	6th	4 20 22 25 34 40
2017-03-11	27	6th	3 6 9 11 37 40
2017-01-07	28	6th	3 4 12 15 21 40
2016-11-02	9	5th	7 9 32 35 40 44
2016-10-12	7	5th	4 10 28 32 40 47
2016-09-26	7	6th	4 18 19 33 39 40
2016-09-10	6	6th	13 20 22 25 28 40
2016-08-27	3	6th	9 15 33 34 35 40
2016-08-20	2	5th	10 29 30 34 40 48
2016-08-15	2	6th	3 9 15 22 38 40
2016-08-10	18	5th	11 18 36 37 40 47
2016-06-29	1	4th	9 12 19 40 47 49
2016-06-27	9	4th	17 29 34 40 42 49
2016-06-06	9	3rd	13 32 40 42 43 49
2016-05-16	3	5th	3 17 31 38 40 49
2016-05-09	2	6th	5 26 28 30 39 40
2016-05-04	8	6th	6 17 26 31 35 40
2016-04-16	2	4th	4 10 13 40 42 46
2016-04-11	7	4th	21 34 36 40 44 47
2016-03-26	2	4th	9 28 38 40 47 49
2016-03-21	1	5th	6 8 12 31 40 47
2016-03-19	3	5th	1 7 15 38 40 47
2016-03-12	1	6th	9 22 25 26 28 40
2016-03-09	18	4th	6 22 24 40 41 46
2016-01-27	5	6th	4 6 16 30 34 40
2016-01-16	7	5th	12 31 35 36 40 47
2015-12-30	5	6th	2 3 6 21 23 40
2015-12-19	25	5th	7 22 29 33 40 46
2015-10-21	7	5th	25 28 32 33 40 44
2015-10-05	5	6th	10 15 27 29 34 40
2015-09-23	1	5th	2 3 22 32 40 41
2015-09-21	1	6th	10 14 19 27 30 40
2015-09-19	3	4th	7 16 30 40 43 47
2015-09-12	7	5th	13 21 27 31 40 46
2015-08-26	1	5th	14 16 17 30 40 48
2015-08-24	1	6th	9 26 27 32 38 40
2015-08-22	14	6th	8 13 27 35 37 40
2015-07-20	11	4th	7 13 39 40 45 46
2015-06-24	7	5th	2 22 36 37 40 45
2015-06-08	4	5th	2 8 17 33 40 41
2015-05-30	4	5th	13 25 33 37 40 43
2015-05-20	7	5th	8 14 26 34 40 43
2015-05-04	2	6th	5 18 31 33 39 40
2015-04-29	5	5th	17 31 37 38 40 43
2015-04-18	7	4th	19 31 36 40 43 45
2015-04-01	2	4th	10 19 34 40 45 46
2015-03-28	2	5th	7 20 25 26 40 47
2015-03-23	5	6th	8 14 28 31 33 40
2015-03-11	7	6th	3 4 14 22 38 40
2015-02-23	9	5th	16 23 28 30 40 43
2015-02-02	6	5th	14 29 33 35 40 46
2015-01-19	2	5th	1 8 35 39 40 41
2015-01-14	1	6th	3 7 12 17 37 40
2015-01-12	2	6th	7 18 34 35 38 40
2015-01-07	7	6th	17 23 31 32 39 40
2014-12-22	10	4th	4 20 22 40 41 42
2014-11-29	15	5th	17 20 28 30 40 42
2014-10-25	2	5th	4 18 25 33 40 46
2014-10-20	14	4th	7 13 38 40 46 48
2014-09-17	5	6th	20 27 30 31 37 40
2014-09-06	1	5th	20 34 35 37 40 42
2014-09-03	36	5th	10 16 25 32 40 47
2014-06-11	1	5th	4 25 35 36 40 48
2014-06-09	7	4th	9 22 28 40 45 46
2014-05-24	3	6th	3 12 15 18 24 40
2014-05-17	23	5th	17 20 35 39 40 48
2014-03-24	9	4th	4 17 29 40 41 47
2014-03-03	1	5th	11 24 26 37 40 49
2014-03-01	7	5th	1 6 21 31 40 46
2014-02-12	3	5th	15 16 27 31 40 49
2014-02-05	4	4th	14 24 26 40 42 43
2014-01-27	13	4th	1 2 27 40 41 44
2013-12-28	7	6th	8 21 24 32 34 40
2013-12-11	6	5th	11 22 28 30 40 46
2013-11-27	5	6th	8 23 26 34 38 40
2013-11-16	17	4th	9 18 37 40 41 45
2013-10-07	3	4th	17 31 37 40 45 46
2013-09-30	1	6th	3 11 25 28 36 40
2013-09-28	1	5th	4 6 17 21 40 44
2013-09-25	17	4th	19 20 25 40 41 47
2013-08-17	2	4th	18 30 38 40 42 43
2013-08-12	9	5th	1 6 30 36 40 46
2013-07-22	5	6th	11 13 23 37 39 40
2013-07-10	16	6th	5 14 27 32 37 40
2013-06-03	5	5th	3 18 23 34 40 48
2013-05-22	2	6th	3 25 27 32 34 40
2013-05-18	1	5th	7 10 23 36 40 44
2013-05-15	15	5th	16 26 33 36 40 48
2013-04-10	15	3rd	3 9 40 41 42 43
2013-03-06	2	5th	18 25 32 38 40 41
2013-03-02	5	5th	2 12 29 31 40 42
2013-02-18	1	5th	9 33 35 39 40 45
2013-02-16	11	5th	3 7 33 37 40 44
2013-01-21	7	5th	6 17 18 34 40 47
2013-01-05	5	6th	8 22 24 31 36 40
2012-12-24	3	5th	10 14 16 37 40 49
2012-12-17	2	5th	5 31 32 37 40 48
2012-12-12	4	5th	7 22 35 37 40 49
2012-12-03	1	5th	8 10 14 19 40 46
2012-12-01	9	5th	2 3 13 33 40 48
2012-11-10	13	6th	12 17 19 24 30 40
2012-10-10	6	5th	15 23 33 36 40 48
2012-09-26	12	5th	10 16 22 23 40 42
2012-08-29	2	6th	10 13 20 22 39 40
2012-08-25	13	4th	16 29 39 40 44 47
2012-07-25	2	5th	8 11 26 39 40 41
2012-07-21	7	5th	24 27 33 39 40 45
2012-07-04	1	6th	8 23 27 31 34 40
2012-07-02	21	5th	16 18 21 26 40 41
2012-05-14	11	6th	11 12 23 33 34 40
2012-04-18	5	6th	7 8 25 33 37 40
2012-04-07	6	3rd	10 30 40 44 45 47
2012-03-24	1	5th	2 6 12 35 40 44
2012-03-21	16	5th	1 14 18 22 40 49
2012-02-13	13	4th	6 15 16 40 41 45
2012-01-14	10	6th	9 15 25 29 39 40
2011-12-21	38	6th	2 14 16 17 37 40
2011-09-24	1	4th	1 24 28 40 43 47
2011-09-21	30	5th	4 13 16 24 40 43
2011-07-13	3	2nd	35 40 42 43 44 48
2011-07-06	19	5th	8 12 21 22 40 43
2011-05-23	6	5th	7 13 14 18 40 42
2011-05-09	1	5th	5 19 29 36 40 47
2011-05-07	4	5th	21 23 26 36 40 49
2011-04-27	7	5th	4 16 17 36 40 48
2011-04-11	9	5th	6 7 16 39 40 41
2011-03-21	3	6th	1 9 23 31 34 40
2011-03-14	23	4th	10 17 24 40 41 47
2011-01-19	3	5th	5 19 27 32 40 41
2011-01-12	13	3rd	2 22 40 41 43 45
2010-12-13	4	6th	7 21 26 29 30 40
2010-12-04	2	6th	1 11 33 34 38 40
2010-11-29	3	4th	9 26 32 40 41 45
2010-11-22	17	5th	1 3 12 25 40 42
2010-10-13	5	6th	4 7 14 16 27 40
2010-10-02	10	5th	5 7 9 17 40 46
2010-09-08	3	5th	6 14 16 23 40 49
2010-09-01	3	4th	20 33 36 40 43 44
2010-08-25	4	4th	5 6 20 40 41 44
2010-08-16	7	5th	6 11 30 33 40 48
2010-07-31	2	5th	4 17 21 36 40 45
2010-07-26	5	5th	6 26 29 39 40 49
2010-07-14	5	6th	2 6 17 19 26 40
2010-07-03	1	6th	9 19 22 26 28 40
2010-06-30	28	4th	22 27 37 40 45 46
2010-04-26	8	4th	9 35 38 40 42 46
2010-04-07	11	5th	1 8 27 29 40 44
2010-03-13	6	5th	1 12 35 39 40 41
2010-02-27	2	5th	6 9 32 33 40 46
2010-02-22	—	4th	6 12 29 40 46 47