Number 40

In Health Lottery under the 5/50 + 1/50 · since May 2013 rules — 3,281 draws, 5 from 1–50.

303times drawn · chance expected 328 −1.46σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

50longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 303 times in 3,281 draws against 328.1 expected, −1.46σ. 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 71 times, counted separately.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 303 times in 3,281 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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 smallest1 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest10 · chance 6.7
3rd smallest53 · chance 47.7
4th smallest125 · chance 130.7
5th smallest114 · chance 117.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 9 17 36 41 29

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
2026-10-26	3	4th	22 33 39 40 46
2026-10-23	16	4th	32 36 39 40 42
2026-10-07	15	5th	7 9 15 31 40
2026-09-22	1	3rd	28 37 40

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-28	1	4th	9 11 15 40 46
2026-01-27	31	5th	13 23 26 39 40
2025-12-27	35	4th	4 9 16 40 41
2025-11-22	4	5th	11 23 27 36 40
2025-11-18	4	5th	5 29 36 39 40
2025-11-14	9	5th	1 4 6 31 40
2025-11-05	21	4th	12 28 35 40 44
2025-10-15	2	5th	19 30 35 36 40
2025-10-13	9	4th	10 19 27 40 45
2025-10-04	25	5th	3 11 13 34 40
2025-09-09	21	5th	20 27 29 36 40
2025-08-19	1	3rd	8 9 40 41 48
2025-08-18	6	5th	1 9 17 31 40
2025-08-12	4	3rd	11 16 40 41 44
2025-08-08	3	2nd	24 40 41 45 47
2025-08-05	8	4th	5 25 36 40 45
2025-07-28	30	5th	6 7 8 23 40
2025-06-28	3	4th	5 13 20 40 41
2025-06-25	16	3rd	4 8 40 46 48
2025-06-09	1	5th	2 17 24 25 40
2025-06-08	5	5th	4 19 27 36 40
2025-06-03	32	4th	29 38 39 40 48
2025-04-18	3	4th	3 5 27 40 46
2025-04-15	17	5th	7 9 22 36 40
2025-03-21	2	5th	9 13 16 26 40
2025-03-19	1	4th	15 24 25 40 41
2025-03-18	3	4th	8 16 28 40 50
2025-03-13	3	4th	17 29 38 40 48
2025-03-08	3	3rd	15 33 40 42 49
2025-03-05	3	4th	9 10 35 40 44
2025-02-28	17	3rd	14 35 40 47 48
2025-02-05	7	3rd	19 21 40 47 48
2025-01-25	6	5th	2 24 30 34 40
2025-01-17	49	4th	5 7 34 40 49
2024-11-09	24	5th	10 22 23 28 40
2024-10-08	25	5th	3 4 25 29 40
2024-09-03	2	4th	24 28 35 40 45
2024-08-30	1	4th	13 17 27 40 49
2024-08-29	4	4th	6 12 20 40 43
2024-08-23	14	5th	5 12 28 35 40
2024-08-03	17	5th	9 18 29 30 40
2024-07-11	11	5th	10 17 20 35 40
2024-06-26	4	5th	3 7 19 32 40
2024-06-20	16	3rd	9 20 40 44 45
2024-05-29	21	5th	5 12 22 31 40
2024-04-30	6	3rd	11 38 40 41 49
2024-04-20	30	3rd	17 32 40 41 44
2024-03-09	5	4th	12 26 32 40 48
2024-03-02	9	4th	7 13 21 40 44
2024-02-20	2	4th	10 34 37 40 48
2024-02-16	15	5th	11 14 17 39 40
2024-01-26	21	5th	1 14 25 28 40
2023-12-28	25	4th	8 29 38 40 48
2023-11-23	3	5th	6 22 32 38 40
2023-11-18	11	4th	5 10 31 40 45
2023-11-03	8	5th	1 2 34 38 40
2023-10-24	10	3rd	20 21 40 41 45
2023-10-10	1	3rd	3 39 40 41 50
2023-10-07	36	5th	10 19 26 37 40
2023-08-18	46	4th	15 32 37 40 42
2023-06-15	22	3rd	8 25 40 41 49
2023-05-16	20	3rd	29 32 40 41 50
2023-04-18	11	5th	2 9 10 32 40
2023-04-01	7	5th	1 17 20 26 40
2023-03-23	9	5th	5 20 32 39 40
2023-03-10	15	4th	29 30 32 40 44
2023-02-17	4	5th	7 18 26 36 40
2023-02-11	3	5th	3 19 20 26 40
2023-02-08	2	5th	19 20 26 33 40
2023-02-04	8	5th	16 29 36 38 40
2023-01-25	7	4th	1 6 39 40 45
2023-01-14	12	4th	15 22 39 40 50
2022-12-29	14	5th	2 20 21 30 40
2022-12-09	9	3rd	30 32 40 42 43
2022-11-26	5	3rd	17 30 40 43 44
2022-11-19	1	4th	6 19 27 40 50
2022-11-18	10	4th	5 10 37 40 46
2022-11-04	8	3rd	8 26 40 42 45
2022-10-25	3	5th	31 35 36 38 40
2022-10-20	8	5th	9 11 15 28 40
2022-10-08	2	4th	15 28 37 40 50
2022-10-06	10	3rd	1 27 40 45 50
2022-09-22	15	3rd	11 15 40 43 44
2022-09-01	1	4th	18 26 37 40 49
2022-08-31	5	2nd	7 40 43 45 47
2022-08-24	3	5th	11 23 34 36 40
2022-08-19	6	5th	6 8 12 26 40
2022-08-11	5	5th	5 6 33 39 40
2022-08-04	12	5th	9 17 26 35 40
2022-07-19	23	2nd	4 40 46 47 49
2022-06-16	5	4th	2 11 18 40 41
2022-06-09	3	4th	15 17 20 40 47
2022-06-04	1	4th	6 15 24 40 49
2022-06-03	2	3rd	32 38 40 48 50
2022-06-01	23	4th	15 16 19 40 49
2022-04-29	5	2nd	12 40 44 45 50
2022-04-22	8	5th	19 21 28 30 40
2022-04-12	2	4th	11 20 30 40 45
2022-04-08	3	3rd	8 26 40 45 49
2022-04-05	6	5th	12 21 25 36 40
2022-03-26	18	4th	15 23 29 40 46
2022-03-02	2	4th	16 28 29 40 49
2022-02-26	16	4th	17 18 24 40 50
2022-02-04	2	4th	4 12 22 40 45
2022-02-02	10	4th	3 18 34 40 43
2022-01-19	5	5th	6 10 13 17 40
2022-01-12	2	5th	9 14 19 30 40
2022-01-08	18	4th	10 17 23 40 48
2021-12-15	21	3rd	23 38 40 42 48
2021-11-16	12	2nd	12 40 41 43 47
2021-10-29	8	4th	6 14 15 40 47
2021-10-19	1	4th	5 9 39 40 49
2021-10-16	4	4th	16 23 36 40 45
2021-10-12	2	5th	12 17 34 36 40
2021-10-08	3	5th	19 23 31 32 40
2021-10-05	2	3rd	17 25 40 43 49
2021-10-01	2	5th	12 24 27 38 40
2021-09-29	8	4th	7 13 31 40 47
2021-09-17	7	4th	1 15 28 40 43
2021-09-08	30	5th	17 20 27 36 40
2021-07-28	13	5th	1 23 24 36 40
2021-07-09	12	4th	6 19 29 40 46
2021-06-23	4	3rd	23 30 40 42 45
2021-06-17	19	5th	9 11 15 32 40
2021-05-21	22	3rd	2 18 40 41 43
2021-04-21	32	5th	11 20 30 37 40
2021-03-06	8	5th	4 9 29 39 40
2021-02-24	14	4th	27 29 38 40 42
2021-02-04	17	4th	20 24 33 40 44
2021-01-12	25	4th	12 13 22 40 49
2020-12-08	29	3rd	24 37 40 42 46
2020-10-28	23	3rd	25 35 40 46 49
2020-09-25	6	5th	19 24 29 36 40
2020-09-17	6	4th	3 16 31 40 49
2020-09-09	11	4th	10 14 33 40 43
2020-08-25	2	4th	20 33 37 40 42
2020-08-21	3	2nd	29 40 41 43 44
2020-08-18	4	4th	8 29 32 40 47
2020-08-12	10	4th	11 32 36 40 41
2020-07-29	4	5th	9 14 28 38 40
2020-07-23	27	5th	4 8 22 28 40
2020-06-16	19	4th	5 14 34 40 50
2020-05-20	5	5th	11 23 32 35 40
2020-05-13	12	4th	5 10 13 40 50
2020-04-25	10	5th	8 26 29 39 40
2020-04-11	5	5th	11 29 30 38 40
2020-04-04	7	5th	6 18 22 36 40
2020-03-26	5	3rd	17 35 40 44 49
2020-03-19	22	5th	15 21 24 36 40
2020-02-18	36	5th	1 17 29 36 40
2019-12-28	12	5th	1 3 9 18 40
2019-12-12	21	4th	5 22 38 40 45
2019-11-13	13	5th	14 17 20 39 40
2019-10-25	24	4th	10 18 39 40 49
2019-09-21	15	4th	3 4 13 40 45
2019-08-31	17	4th	14 22 24 40 50
2019-08-08	1	5th	6 21 35 37 40
2019-08-07	1	2nd	24 40 45 46 48
2019-08-06	22	4th	9 17 35 40 42
2019-07-05	47	5th	15 19 29 31 40
2019-05-01	7	4th	8 31 38 40 47
2019-04-20	3	5th	28 32 34 37 40
2019-04-17	2	3rd	1 3 40 42 47
2019-04-13	4	4th	12 15 29 40 47
2019-04-09	7	5th	8 25 27 34 40
2019-03-29	8	5th	5 7 14 39 40
2019-03-19	1	5th	3 15 18 32 40
2019-03-16	4	5th	5 28 32 38 40
2019-03-12	4	4th	8 25 27 40 43
2019-03-06	35	4th	18 31 37 40 48
2019-01-16	6	4th	1 5 8 40 42
2019-01-08	14	3rd	28 30 40 44 49
2018-12-19	37	3rd	13 14 40 43 46
2018-10-27	6	5th	16 19 20 29 40
2018-10-19	9	5th	9 13 37 38 40
2018-10-06	5	4th	13 14 30 40 41
2018-09-29	2	4th	28 30 37 40 41
2018-09-27	11	4th	4 9 20 40 46
2018-09-12	39	3rd	8 16 40 43 47
2018-07-19	1	4th	4 8 27 40 42
2018-07-18	3	4th	2 20 22 40 45
2018-07-13	5	3rd	2 18 40 44 45
2018-07-06	1	4th	6 28 39 40 41
2018-07-05	21	4th	18 24 33 40 49
2018-06-06	3	5th	9 13 34 39 40
2018-06-01	18	5th	5 32 33 35 40
2018-05-08	20	4th	7 29 30 40 47
2018-04-10	1	5th	4 5 12 19 40
2018-04-07	2	4th	10 32 39 40 47
2018-04-05	3	5th	1 2 21 26 40
2018-03-31	14	4th	5 28 39 40 44
2018-03-13	8	3rd	3 21 40 43 44
2018-03-01	8	3rd	16 36 40 41 49
2018-02-17	1	5th	1 28 32 39 40
2018-02-16	1	3rd	3 6 40 41 48
2018-02-15	10	1st	40 41 43 45 47
2018-02-01	4	3rd	11 35 40 41 45
2018-01-26	23	5th	5 20 23 32 40
2017-12-26	8	4th	3 31 33 40 47
2017-12-14	14	5th	3 4 24 37 40
2017-11-24	12	5th	6 7 25 32 40
2017-11-08	9	5th	1 17 21 36 40
2017-10-26	10	4th	4 35 36 40 48
2017-10-12	5	4th	17 20 25 40 41
2017-10-05	3	3rd	21 37 40 45 46
2017-09-30	7	4th	14 20 38 40 48
2017-09-21	13	4th	25 26 35 40 44
2017-09-02	10	4th	10 26 30 40 48
2017-08-19	2	5th	6 9 29 34 40
2017-08-17	1	4th	3 5 12 40 47
2017-08-16	3	5th	18 22 24 28 40
2017-08-11	6	4th	24 26 36 40 47
2017-08-03	12	5th	16 33 36 38 40
2017-07-18	2	4th	9 14 25 40 46
2017-07-14	2	4th	12 16 17 40 45
2017-07-12	4	4th	3 9 14 40 42
2017-07-06	2	4th	27 33 37 40 48
2017-07-04	15	5th	3 5 8 20 40
2017-06-13	7	4th	1 6 8 40 43
2017-06-02	26	4th	4 13 34 40 44
2017-04-27	5	4th	1 29 39 40 47
2017-04-20	11	3rd	20 28 40 44 46
2017-04-05	6	4th	8 22 30 40 47
2017-03-28	4	4th	1 18 31 40 41
2017-03-22	25	4th	4 6 23 40 41
2017-02-15	14	3rd	4 23 40 45 50
2017-01-26	3	2nd	5 40 41 42 50
2017-01-21	3	5th	7 8 17 39 40
2017-01-18	2	4th	10 17 30 40 48
2017-01-14	50	4th	4 9 13 40 42
2016-11-05	11	4th	21 28 33 40 47
2016-10-21	33	4th	4 5 21 40 49
2016-09-06	4	4th	8 36 39 40 44
2016-08-31	11	5th	8 12 15 25 40
2016-08-16	7	4th	2 24 38 40 44
2016-08-02	33	5th	1 7 14 39 40
2016-06-16	7	4th	24 32 37 40 50
2016-06-07	13	5th	2 5 26 29 40
2016-05-19	11	3rd	6 15 40 45 49
2016-05-04	6	5th	17 30 35 37 40
2016-04-26	16	4th	6 12 23 40 50
2016-04-02	16	5th	2 10 11 31 40
2016-03-11	6	3rd	33 37 40 45 47
2016-03-03	5	5th	4 5 7 39 40
2016-02-25	33	3rd	3 9 40 45 46
2016-01-09	10	3rd	7 35 40 47 48
2015-12-24	1	4th	14 20 27 40 48
2015-12-23	7	4th	4 25 30 40 47
2015-12-12	1	5th	8 16 19 39 40
2015-12-11	20	5th	1 17 19 29 40
2015-11-13	7	2nd	36 40 42 44 47
2015-11-04	7	5th	5 11 12 24 40
2015-10-22	2	5th	15 21 22 39 40
2015-10-17	17	4th	14 38 39 40 50
2015-09-09	11	4th	3 7 19 40 41
2015-08-13	21	4th	2 17 29 40 44
2015-06-03	33	3rd	29 33 40 45 50
2015-02-07	1	3rd	14 33 40 45 46
2015-02-04	8	4th	6 27 36 40 50
2015-01-07	9	4th	9 34 35 40 41
2014-12-06	20	2nd	31 40 46 48 49
2014-09-27	11	4th	13 27 30 40 43
2014-08-20	2	5th	17 19 28 30 40
2014-08-13	21	4th	22 26 34 40 47
2014-05-31	17	4th	3 4 23 40 48
2014-04-02	3	5th	4 16 21 35 40
2014-03-22	10	4th	13 19 32 40 49
2014-02-15	5	5th	1 10 19 22 40
2014-01-29	11	5th	23 30 36 38 40
2013-12-21	12	4th	15 17 39 40 42
2013-11-09	6	4th	3 10 24 40 48
2013-10-19	12	4th	3 15 35 40 41
2013-09-07	2	5th	9 14 34 36 40
2013-08-31	15	5th	1 10 16 35 40
2013-07-10	1	5th	21 27 28 37 40
2013-07-06	1	5th	4 6 15 32 40
2013-07-03	12	5th	5 8 10 26 40
2013-05-22	1	3rd	24 27 40 43 48
2013-05-18	—	5th	9 10 13 15 40