In Québec Max under the 7/50 · May 2025 – Apr 2026 rules — 96 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).
18times drawn · chance expected 13 +1.34σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
5.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1
17longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long
42 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 18 times in 96 draws against 13.4 expected, +1.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
42
Number 42, draw by draw
Drawn 18 times in 96 draws · average wait 5.4 draws · longest completed wait 17 · waiting 1 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 5 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 5 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 — 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.
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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.