Number 42

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

99times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.98σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

31longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, −0.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 697 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 31 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest1 · chance 0.1
5th smallest2 · chance 4.3
6th smallest36 · chance 31.5
7th smallest60 · chance 63.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 7 28 20 33 26

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
2022-05-10	19	6th	1 3 6 7 19 42 43
2021-12-28	4	6th	14 20 25 31 41 42 45
2021-11-30	9	7th	3 5 7 34 36 39

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 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-05-07	9	7th	3 4 5 15 23 41 42
2019-03-05	2	7th	7 9 22 30 33 38 42
2019-02-19	5	7th	9 15 17 26 30 34 42
2019-01-15	5	7th	15 20 27 28 31 36 42
2018-12-11	4	7th	7 8 18 33 37 38 42
2018-11-13	8	6th	9 11 16 19 28 42 45
2018-09-18	9	7th	20 23 26 32 33 39 42
2018-07-17	15	7th	11 17 19 20 28 38 42
2018-04-03	7	7th	2 13 24 26 36 37 42
2018-02-13	15	7th	2 3 26 35 37 40 42
2017-10-31	3	6th	6 21 23 30 32 42 44
2017-10-10	3	7th	7 12 17 20 28 31 42
2017-09-19	22	7th	6 14 15 29 31 37 42
2017-04-18	7	6th	13 27 29 33 39 42 44
2017-02-28	13	7th	2 17 26 27 33 37 42
2016-11-29	3	7th	12 22 28 31 32 35 42
2016-11-08	8	7th	2 5 7 13 22 36 42
2016-09-13	12	6th	1 3 19 29 30 42 44
2016-06-21	5	6th	2 5 16 28 36 42 44
2016-05-17	2	6th	5 10 18 21 24 42 44
2016-05-03	2	7th	9 11 18 20 30 33 42
2016-04-19	1	7th	5 22 25 29 33 40 42
2016-04-12	27	6th	18 23 31 35 39 42 43
2015-10-06	1	7th	2 7 13 21 26 36 42
2015-09-29	1	7th	1 3 10 12 26 34 42
2015-09-22	5	6th	21 23 27 35 37 42 44
2015-08-18	12	7th	3 6 7 25 29 32 42
2015-05-26	6	6th	9 26 32 39 40 42 44
2015-04-14	1	6th	2 3 12 24 33 42 45
2015-04-07	3	7th	10 11 14 22 26 36 42
2015-03-17	5	7th	4 5 14 15 16 29 42
2015-02-10	8	6th	6 32 36 39 40 42 44
2014-12-16	1	6th	4 11 20 21 25 42 45
2014-12-09	2	6th	7 13 15 21 25 42 43
2014-11-25	16	7th	8 9 13 16 24 25 42
2014-08-05	4	7th	3 9 21 25 33 35 42
2014-07-08	18	7th	7 14 28 30 39 41 42
2014-03-04	6	7th	24 30 32 34 38 41 42
2014-01-21	4	7th	1 7 16 23 29 31 42
2013-12-24	2	7th	4 6 22 24 33 36 42
2013-12-10	3	6th	9 11 20 35 38 42 43
2013-11-19	4	6th	7 9 19 30 37 42 44
2013-10-22	3	7th	7 15 20 21 24 28 42
2013-10-01	1	7th	1 8 11 12 27 36 42
2013-09-24	10	6th	10 14 20 33 37 42 43
2013-07-16	2	6th	2 6 9 33 36 42 43
2013-07-02	13	6th	13 15 20 31 38 42 45
2013-04-02	7	6th	7 12 17 35 40 42 44
2013-02-12	1	6th	2 3 5 16 28 42 43
2013-02-05	5	6th	17 19 27 30 37 42 45
2013-01-01	18	7th	8 19 25 28 30 39 42
2012-08-28	2	7th	12 25 26 28 35 39 42
2012-08-14	9	7th	4 7 14 18 19 28 42
2012-06-12	5	6th	7 8 10 26 33 42 45
2012-05-08	4	7th	6 8 17 28 34 41 42
2012-04-10	4	6th	6 15 22 35 36 42 45
2012-03-13	10	7th	3 23 26 29 32 33 42
2012-01-03	3	7th	1 22 31 34 35 39 42
2011-12-13	10	6th	11 18 21 25 29 42 45
2011-10-04	9	7th	1 2 9 19 25 36 42
2011-08-02	6	7th	2 4 20 25 27 29 42
2011-06-21	7	7th	15 16 17 19 31 37 42
2011-05-03	1	6th	10 19 34 36 40 42 45
2011-04-26	3	6th	22 25 29 36 41 42 44
2011-04-05	15	5th	18 21 24 40 42 43 45
2010-12-21	31	7th	7 8 13 26 35 38 42
2010-05-18	3	7th	13 18 22 27 33 38 42
2010-04-27	7	7th	3 4 6 12 18 22 42
2010-03-09	4	4th	8 25 39 42 43 44 45
2010-02-09	9	6th	5 18 23 24 28 42 44
2009-12-08	6	6th	7 11 29 34 35 42 45
2009-10-27	8	5th	4 7 20 25 42 43 45
2009-09-01	4	6th	9 16 28 29 37 42 45
2009-08-04	13	7th	2 11 13 22 25 39 42
2009-05-05	—	7th	6 10 12 20 24 31 42