Number 43

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

123times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.01σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

50longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 123 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −1.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 123 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 10 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 43 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 smallest2 · chance 0.8
4th smallest26 · chance 20.8
5th smallest95 · chance 101.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 45 11 13 1 41

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-07	3	4th	15 17 42 43 44
2026-08-27	4	4th	13 27 35 43 45
2026-08-13	20	5th	4 6 30 36 43
2026-06-04	1	5th	1 7 11

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: 43 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-27	3	5th	14 23 27 37 43
2023-07-17	5	5th	3 12 28 32 43
2023-06-29	1	5th	3 37 38 40 43
2023-06-26	7	5th	14 15 19 38 43
2023-06-01	20	5th	11 27 35 41 43
2023-03-23	22	5th	1 7 22 32 43
2023-01-05	10	5th	16 25 26 41 43
2022-12-01	8	4th	6 20 27 43 45
2022-11-03	5	5th	9 11 15 27 43
2022-10-17	17	5th	9 19 21 35 43
2022-08-18	3	5th	1 4 5 15 43
2022-08-08	3	5th	9 19 24 29 43
2022-07-28	18	5th	4 12 23 24 43
2022-05-26	4	5th	9 13 30 36 43
2022-05-12	6	5th	15 23 29 33 43
2022-04-21	21	5th	3 28 35 39 43
2022-02-07	19	4th	2 3 21 43 45
2021-12-02	5	5th	1 15 36 41 43
2021-11-15	6	5th	1 8 14 29 43
2021-10-25	2	5th	10 17 18 33 43
2021-10-18	1	4th	18 27 39 43 45
2021-10-14	3	5th	2 3 11 18 43
2021-10-04	17	4th	31 36 37 43 45
2021-08-05	3	3rd	4 23 43 44 45
2021-07-26	9	4th	23 30 37 43 45
2021-06-24	3	5th	10 16 25 29 43
2021-06-14	6	5th	19 20 39 41 43
2021-05-24	2	5th	8 13 32 41 43
2021-05-17	5	5th	2 3 14 38 43
2021-04-29	1	5th	2 11 16 27 43
2021-04-26	3	5th	9 10 13 31 43
2021-04-15	4	5th	10 27 35 42 43
2021-04-01	5	5th	9 20 26 27 43
2021-03-15	6	5th	6 34 40 41 43
2021-02-22	1	5th	3 8 24 35 43
2021-02-18	5	5th	6 9 19 35 43
2021-02-01	3	5th	5 10 19 21 43
2021-01-21	4	5th	1 3 18 19 43
2021-01-07	17	5th	3 5 8 20 43
2020-11-09	6	5th	15 26 34 38 43
2020-10-19	18	5th	11 25 26 39 43
2020-08-17	1	5th	2 12 16 18 43
2020-08-13	7	5th	15 21 25 41 43
2020-07-20	12	5th	5 20 32 36 43
2020-06-08	9	5th	9 27 28 41 43
2020-05-07	1	5th	5 9 22 31 43
2020-05-04	5	5th	8 20 32 37 43
2020-04-16	2	5th	1 12 22 39 43
2020-04-09	27	5th	10 12 24 27 43
2020-01-06	11	5th	2 8 32 34 43
2019-11-28	9	5th	5 13 33 42 43
2019-10-28	23	4th	17 18 34 43 45
2019-08-08	2	5th	1 10 33 35 43
2019-08-01	8	4th	11 22 36 43 44
2019-07-04	7	5th	13 23 29 36 43
2019-06-10	6	4th	2 12 41 43 44
2019-05-20	2	5th	6 11 16 17 43
2019-05-13	5	4th	13 24 34 43 44
2019-04-25	16	4th	13 14 19 43 44
2019-02-28	3	5th	26 27 29 41 43
2019-02-18	6	5th	10 13 21 30 43
2019-01-28	1	5th	12 13 18 41 43
2019-01-24	5	5th	1 17 22 39 43
2019-01-07	2	4th	11 24 37 43 45
2018-12-31	17	5th	7 12 14 21 43
2018-11-01	20	5th	4 6 9 12 43
2018-08-23	7	5th	10 19 23 39 43
2018-07-30	18	5th	23 25 31 40 43
2018-05-28	12	5th	16 31 33 36 43
2018-04-16	4	4th	25 27 28 43 44
2018-04-02	9	5th	7 14 29 39 43
2018-03-01	12	5th	1 29 33 40 43
2018-01-18	2	5th	11 29 32 41 43
2018-01-11	15	5th	7 10 21 33 43
2017-11-20	4	4th	14 34 36 43 45
2017-11-06	6	5th	8 14 25 42 43
2017-10-16	25	5th	4 21 40 42 43
2017-07-20	9	4th	3 5 7 43 45
2017-06-19	50	4th	23 25 34 43 45
2016-12-26	14	5th	3 8 20 23 43
2016-11-07	4	4th	20 28 31 43 44
2016-10-24	32	5th	2 11 12 25 43
2016-07-04	3	5th	7 9 23 41 43
2016-06-23	7	5th	16 22 28 35 43
2016-05-30	1	5th	5 13 33 34 43
2016-05-26	2	5th	12 34 37 40 43
2016-05-19	18	5th	6 15 16 37 43
2016-03-17	3	4th	25 34 42 43 45
2016-03-07	25	3rd	38 42 43 44 45
2015-12-10	1	5th	5 24 32 40 43
2015-12-07	3	5th	13 25 29 33 43
2015-11-26	2	5th	3 11 23 30 43
2015-11-19	3	5th	5 6 21 41 43
2015-11-09	8	4th	2 7 16 43 44
2015-10-12	11	5th	19 20 26 41 43
2015-09-03	4	5th	4 11 32 37 43
2015-08-20	2	5th	1 24 36 40 43
2015-08-13	9	4th	1 2 24 43 44
2015-07-13	—	5th	13 17 27 30 43