Number 43

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

98times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.33σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

27longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 98 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 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 43, draw by draw

Drawn 98 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 16 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 0.2
4th smallest5 · chance 2.8
5th smallest12 · chance 16.5
6th smallest43 · chance 41.7
7th smallest38 · chance 36.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 9 21 2 40 36

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, 43 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-13	4	7th	3 13 26 36 41 42 43
2026-01-30	1	4th	30 34 38 43 44 46 49
2026-01-27	3	7th	5 9 24 30 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: 43 is drawn with probability 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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