Number 40

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

108times drawn · chance expected 101 +0.74σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

25longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 25 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
3rd smallest0 · chance 1.2
4th smallest10 · chance 8.5
5th smallest29 · chance 28.6
6th smallest48 · chance 44.5
7th smallest21 · chance 25.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 38 39 6 23 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-03-31	15	5th	6 11 31 38 40 46 50
2026-02-06	18	5th	6 23 25 29 40 45 48
2025-12-05	3	5th	4 15 32 34 40 45

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-16	1	6th	5 7 12 18 33 40 50
2024-08-13	3	5th	13 28 30 34 40 45 49
2024-08-02	5	7th	3 18 26 28 37 39 40
2024-07-16	6	6th	10 11 18 26 36 40 49
2024-06-25	10	4th	3 11 28 40 43 44 45
2024-05-21	7	6th	1 4 6 7 34 40 46
2024-04-26	11	6th	2 3 23 36 38 40 48
2024-03-19	6	6th	3 16 19 21 24 40 46
2024-02-27	1	6th	14 18 22 25 34 40 46
2024-02-23	1	5th	8 16 24 28 40 41 47
2024-02-20	6	6th	1 4 23 24 31 40 48
2024-01-30	25	7th	1 6 12 18 26 27 40
2023-11-03	1	7th	5 7 9 10 19 24 40
2023-10-31	18	6th	22 23 25 26 35 40 44
2023-08-29	3	7th	13 17 19 22 26 28 40
2023-08-18	8	5th	1 7 29 36 40 42 50
2023-07-21	1	6th	4 8 14 25 28 40 41
2023-07-18	2	6th	2 4 5 15 29 40 49
2023-07-11	1	6th	5 16 23 24 31 40 48
2023-07-07	4	7th	12 13 28 32 34 35 40
2023-06-23	13	6th	8 19 21 29 33 40 46
2023-05-09	14	6th	18 19 31 33 35 40 50
2023-03-21	14	6th	7 15 17 20 32 40 50
2023-01-31	7	5th	2 6 16 23 40 41 48
2023-01-06	17	6th	7 14 20 24 35 40 50
2022-11-08	3	6th	4 7 14 18 26 40 42
2022-10-28	3	6th	12 17 29 30 38 40 50
2022-10-18	1	6th	12 14 23 25 39 40 44
2022-10-14	1	5th	2 24 27 31 40 43 46
2022-10-11	1	6th	3 19 33 36 39 40 42
2022-10-07	1	7th	7 23 28 31 32 39 40
2022-10-04	1	6th	10 18 21 22 37 40 46
2022-09-30	4	6th	9 14 36 37 38 40 48
2022-09-16	10	6th	2 13 24 34 39 40 46
2022-08-12	9	5th	4 10 28 36 40 44 47
2022-07-12	6	7th	8 11 15 16 26 29 40
2022-06-21	1	6th	2 4 5 22 32 40 50
2022-06-17	9	7th	1 10 12 21 30 39 40
2022-05-17	18	4th	10 35 38 40 45 47 48
2022-03-15	4	7th	3 7 12 17 23 38 40
2022-03-01	4	5th	5 6 28 36 40 46 50
2022-02-15	6	5th	19 26 28 36 40 42 48
2022-01-25	7	7th	11 13 18 20 23 30 40
2021-12-31	7	6th	7 25 30 35 38 40 49
2021-12-07	12	7th	9 16 19 24 27 34 40
2021-10-26	4	7th	2 8 10 14 21 36 40
2021-10-12	3	6th	7 11 13 30 38 40 43
2021-10-01	6	5th	4 8 15 39 40 42 48
2021-09-10	13	4th	11 28 38 40 43 45 48
2021-07-27	5	6th	5 12 13 32 36 40 48
2021-07-09	2	6th	11 21 32 33 38 40 44
2021-07-02	10	5th	6 14 35 37 40 43 46
2021-05-28	3	4th	7 18 22 40 44 46 50
2021-05-18	23	7th	5 9 18 27 32 38 40
2021-02-26	2	7th	11 17 19 22 27 31 40
2021-02-19	9	6th	1 5 10 18 20 40 42
2021-01-19	17	5th	23 31 34 38 40 45 50
2020-11-20	3	6th	11 17 29 33 39 40 42
2020-11-10	11	7th	4 6 18 27 28 30 40
2020-10-02	3	5th	7 12 16 26 40 45 49
2020-09-22	1	5th	8 9 37 38 40 43 49
2020-09-18	7	6th	2 11 22 25 32 40 44
2020-08-25	13	6th	1 21 34 38 39 40 46
2020-07-10	7	6th	17 18 27 38 39 40 47
2020-06-16	3	7th	1 3 22 30 31 37 40
2020-06-05	5	7th	1 8 15 16 32 39 40
2020-05-19	1	6th	22 23 24 25 37 40 49
2020-05-15	2	4th	7 30 32 40 47 48 50
2020-05-08	5	7th	3 4 10 11 26 28 40
2020-04-21	1	5th	9 10 13 21 40 41 43
2020-04-17	15	5th	2 15 21 29 40 47 50
2020-02-25	2	4th	15 32 36 40 41 43 48
2020-02-18	9	6th	3 6 19 23 33 40 45
2020-01-17	5	5th	5 6 36 39 40 46 48
2019-12-31	4	7th	3 4 11 19 30 39 40
2019-12-17	15	6th	19 20 23 29 35 40 47
2019-10-25	2	7th	6 11 16 18 23 26 40
2019-10-18	5	5th	3 21 29 37 40 43 44
2019-10-01	4	5th	1 15 19 31 40 41 43
2019-09-17	14	5th	2 4 17 39 40 43 46
2019-07-30	6	6th	4 6 10 15 24 40 43
2019-07-09	15	6th	10 13 31 32 36 40 41
2019-05-17	1	5th	4 21 23 39 40 42 50
2019-05-14	—	5th	9 24 27 33 40 44 48