In Québec 49 under the 6/49 · since May 2025 rules — 148 draws, 6 from 1–49.
23times drawn · chance expected 18 +1.22σ
18draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number
5.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
21longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long
42 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 23 times in 148 draws against 18.1 expected, +1.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
42
Number 42, draw by draw
Drawn 23 times in 148 draws · average wait 5.4 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 18 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 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.
Never drawn alongside 4 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 4 such strangers 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 49. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.