Number 43

In Lotto Max under the 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 rules — 503 draws, 7 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

66times drawn · chance expected 72 −0.75σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

28longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 66 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, −0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 8 times, counted separately.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 66 times in 503 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 11 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
4th smallest1 · chance 1.2
5th smallest8 · chance 9.0
6th smallest29 · chance 27.5
7th smallest28 · chance 28.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 26 28 37 38 12

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2019-02-22	2	5th	6 31 33 34 43 44 46
2019-02-08	21	7th	18 23 31 32 36 38 43
2018-09-14	11	7th	1 3 5 10 16

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 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-07-17	12	6th	23 24 29 36 42 43 49
2015-04-24	17	6th	3 37 38 40 42 43 46
2014-12-26	1	6th	15 20 29 39 40 43 46
2014-12-19	9	7th	3 6 13 17 22 25 43
2014-10-17	2	7th	18 19 32 36 38 40 43
2014-10-03	10	6th	7 15 24 25 27 43 47
2014-07-25	5	7th	7 9 24 30 35 42 43
2014-06-20	4	5th	12 17 32 36 43 44 49
2014-05-23	15	7th	3 11 16 24 31 39 43
2014-02-07	7	6th	13 19 37 38 40 43 48
2013-12-20	13	7th	2 13 18 24 27 37 43
2013-09-20	6	6th	2 14 15 24 40 43 44
2013-08-09	1	5th	6 15 19 26 43 44 49
2013-08-02	2	7th	2 9 23 29 30 34 43
2013-07-19	3	7th	3 17 19 20 34 35 43
2013-06-28	3	5th	2 7 15 38 43 44 47
2013-06-07	2	7th	5 19 24 34 35 38 43
2013-05-24	10	6th	9 19 21 24 39 43 48
2013-03-15	28	7th	9 16 17 19 22 41 43
2012-08-31	6	7th	5 12 13 28 33 37 43
2012-07-20	5	6th	4 7 29 35 39 43 44
2012-06-15	2	6th	8 11 20 28 36 43 47
2012-06-01	4	7th	4 7 13 24 26 27 43
2012-05-04	1	6th	3 5 6 25 37 43 45
2012-04-27	13	6th	3 23 28 40 42 43 45
2012-01-27	1	6th	8 24 28 34 37 43 45
2012-01-20	15	6th	9 15 21 23 41 43 44
2011-10-07	3	7th	12 13 24 25 26 41 43
2011-09-16	3	6th	12 18 22 24 28 43 49
2011-08-26	1	6th	6 11 12 14 35 43 44
2011-08-19	6	5th	4 14 24 41 43 46 49
2011-07-08	17	6th	17 22 28 38 41 43 45
2011-03-11	11	7th	2 3 4 20 22 40 43
2010-12-24	3	7th	8 23 25 26 33 41 43
2010-12-03	11	5th	1 10 13 26 43 46 49
2010-09-17	9	4th	2 5 6 43 46 47 48
2010-07-16	4	5th	10 14 26 34 43 47 48
2010-06-18	11	7th	5 6 26 29 34 36 43
2010-04-02	6	7th	4 9 12 15 28 29 43
2010-02-19	5	6th	4 23 27 32 35 43 47
2010-01-15	7	6th	12 17 22 30 34 43 49
2009-11-27	—	7th	11 15 24 26 37 38 43