Number 42

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

220times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.65σ

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

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

44longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 220 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 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 0.2
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.7
4th smallest32 · chance 28.8
5th smallest92 · chance 91.1
6th smallest93 · chance 96.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 43 4 1 9 44

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	6	5th	4 19 37 38 42 45
2026-09-12	4	4th	10 18 35 42 43 48
2026-08-29	7	5th	10 24 31 34 42 45
2026-08-05	3	6th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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