Number 42

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

137times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.27σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

57longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 137 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 137 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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 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 smallest1 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest4 · chance 2.5
4th smallest24 · chance 32.3
5th smallest108 · chance 102.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 25 2 10 11 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-01	1	5th	13 14 38 40 42
2026-09-28	6	5th	7 13 28 39 42
2026-09-07	5	3rd	15 17 42 43 44
2026-08-20	4	5th	2 11 35

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-22	2	5th	13 19 28 30 42
2024-08-15	1	5th	9 10 20 28 42
2024-08-12	9	4th	2 7 25 42 44
2024-07-11	27	5th	26 27 31 41 42
2024-04-08	9	3rd	25 27 42 43 45
2024-03-07	3	5th	7 14 24 36 42
2024-02-26	25	5th	12 27 39 40 42
2023-11-30	5	5th	4 33 35 39 42
2023-11-13	7	5th	10 29 32 41 42
2023-10-19	16	5th	2 8 10 35 42
2023-08-24	5	5th	4 15 18 25 42
2023-08-07	4	5th	6 17 25 34 42
2023-07-24	5	5th	10 14 32 34 42
2023-07-06	43	5th	4 16 19 39 42
2023-02-06	1	5th	6 10 12 19 42
2023-02-02	3	5th	2 22 29 32 42
2023-01-23	33	5th	5 14 20 31 42
2022-09-29	4	5th	11 13 25 29 42
2022-09-15	13	4th	2 14 20 42 44
2022-08-01	11	4th	17 25 33 42 45
2022-06-23	2	5th	4 30 32 41 42
2022-06-16	2	5th	5 21 24 35 42
2022-06-09	15	5th	9 15 21 22 42
2022-04-18	3	5th	2 17 23 34 42
2022-04-07	23	5th	4 11 21 33 42
2022-01-17	7	5th	10 24 34 37 42
2021-12-23	13	5th	2 9 31 32 42
2021-11-08	57	5th	10 19 20 25 42
2021-04-22	2	5th	15 28 31 41 42
2021-04-15	8	4th	10 27 35 42 43
2021-03-18	10	4th	14 26 34 42 44
2021-02-11	4	5th	6 17 34 38 42
2021-01-28	4	5th	20 28 31 41 42
2021-01-14	3	3rd	2 34 42 44 45
2021-01-04	1	5th	8 14 19 24 42
2020-12-31	11	5th	17 18 20 31 42
2020-11-23	21	5th	15 19 20 34 42
2020-09-10	1	4th	5 24 39 42 44
2020-09-07	4	5th	1 5 10 17 42
2020-08-24	12	5th	1 3 7 26 42
2020-07-13	8	5th	30 32 35 36 42
2020-06-15	30	5th	10 11 14 22 42
2020-03-02	2	5th	11 13 18 39 42
2020-02-24	1	4th	15 21 29 42 45
2020-02-20	1	5th	1 16 18 34 42
2020-02-17	7	5th	4 34 37 40 42
2020-01-23	6	5th	2 14 21 41 42
2020-01-02	3	4th	5 15 39 42 45
2019-12-23	5	5th	3 4 35 40 42
2019-12-05	2	5th	2 22 23 25 42
2019-11-28	24	4th	5 13 33 42 43
2019-09-05	11	5th	7 19 30 33 42
2019-07-29	10	5th	2 34 37 38 42
2019-06-24	19	4th	14 18 23 42 45
2019-04-18	2	5th	20 21 26 36 42
2019-04-11	7	5th	11 22 30 32 42
2019-03-18	2	5th	6 25 34 35 42
2019-03-11	2	5th	5 7 11 15 42
2019-03-04	3	5th	10 11 24 29 42
2019-02-21	6	5th	9 17 18 25 42
2019-01-31	6	4th	6 13 18 42 45
2019-01-10	4	5th	5 13 28 41 42
2018-12-27	10	5th	24 35 37 38 42
2018-11-22	5	5th	13 27 36 38 42
2018-11-05	2	5th	11 30 34 36 42
2018-10-29	1	4th	7 17 36 42 45
2018-10-25	4	5th	10 25 27 31 42
2018-10-11	7	5th	4 11 36 37 42
2018-09-17	1	5th	8 19 29 41 42
2018-09-13	7	4th	12 29 39 42 44
2018-08-20	3	5th	3 20 27 37 42
2018-08-09	18	4th	4 11 16 42 44
2018-06-07	2	5th	8 22 36 38 42
2018-05-31	30	5th	2 10 17 32 42
2018-02-15	7	5th	1 26 27 34 42
2018-01-22	9	5th	3 14 30 41 42
2017-12-21	4	5th	3 5 20 35 42
2017-12-07	8	5th	2 4 10 25 42
2017-11-09	1	4th	2 19 36 42 44
2017-11-06	6	4th	8 14 25 42 43
2017-10-16	2	4th	4 21 40 42 43
2017-10-09	2	4th	2 23 34 42 44
2017-10-02	16	5th	6 8 11 33 42
2017-08-07	1	5th	8 19 25 37 42
2017-08-03	2	5th	10 11 20 25 42
2017-07-27	5	5th	9 23 31 33 42
2017-07-10	8	5th	16 17 18 37 42
2017-06-12	5	5th	3 21 22 34 42
2017-05-25	5	5th	10 13 26 27 42
2017-05-08	8	4th	4 15 18 42 44
2017-04-10	1	5th	8 16 25 34 42
2017-04-06	1	5th	8 10 13 28 42
2017-04-03	5	5th	10 11 20 34 42
2017-03-16	4	5th	8 25 34 37 42
2017-03-02	7	5th	15 18 23 35 42
2017-02-06	5	5th	5 17 28 34 42
2017-01-19	3	5th	16 34 37 40 42
2017-01-09	2	5th	7 9 10 32 42
2017-01-02	7	5th	5 24 29 37 42
2016-12-08	14	5th	4 11 25 39 42
2016-10-20	2	5th	5 17 30 34 42
2016-10-13	1	5th	11 15 18 22 42
2016-10-10	13	5th	16 22 34 39 42
2016-08-25	22	5th	17 18 24 30 42
2016-06-09	8	5th	14 22 24 25 42
2016-05-12	16	5th	3 14 25 35 42
2016-03-17	3	3rd	25 34 42 43 45
2016-03-07	1	2nd	38 42 43 44 45
2016-03-03	17	5th	19 20 28 39 42
2016-01-04	45	5th	17 25 34 39 42
2015-07-30	4	5th	8 22 24 28 42
2015-07-16	21	5th	17 34 39 41 42
2015-04-30	—	4th	8 16 30 42 44