Number 40

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

227times drawn · chance expected 211 +1.17σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

35longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 227 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +1.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 227 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 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 smallest2 · chance 0.7
3rd smallest8 · chance 8.3
4th smallest44 · chance 43.6
5th smallest94 · chance 98.1
6th smallest79 · chance 76.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 17 27 8 15 36

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
2026-09-30	8	6th	8 13 20 21 35 40
2026-09-02	8	6th	15 19 20 23 28 40
2026-08-05	5	4th	10 24 33 40 41 42
2026-07-18	1	2nd

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.

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