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Number 42 In Lotto under the 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 601 draws, 6 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 88 times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.94σ
4 draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number
6.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5
27 longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long
42 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 88 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, +0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.
42 Number 42, draw by draw Drawn 88 times in 601 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 4 draws now
2 draws: 2010-01-02 to 2010-01-09 7 draws: 2010-01-09 to 2010-02-03 15 draws: 2010-02-03 to 2010-03-27 4 draws: 2010-03-27 to 2010-04-10 27 draws: 2010-04-10 to 2010-07-14 5 draws: 2010-07-14 to 2010-07-31 3 draws: 2010-07-31 to 2010-08-11 20 draws: 2010-08-11 to 2010-10-20 4 draws: 2010-10-20 to 2010-11-03 3 draws: 2010-11-03 to 2010-11-13 1 draws: 2010-11-13 to 2010-11-17 1 draws: 2010-11-17 to 2010-11-20 1 draws: 2010-11-20 to 2010-11-24 8 draws: 2010-11-24 to 2010-12-22 11 draws: 2010-12-22 to 2011-01-29 9 draws: 2011-01-29 to 2011-03-02 6 draws: 2011-03-02 to 2011-03-23 3 draws: 2011-03-23 to 2011-04-02 9 draws: 2011-04-02 to 2011-05-04 4 draws: 2011-05-04 to 2011-05-18 5 draws: 2011-05-18 to 2011-06-04 3 draws: 2011-06-04 to 2011-06-15 15 draws: 2011-06-15 to 2011-08-06 4 draws: 2011-08-06 to 2011-08-20 12 draws: 2011-08-20 to 2011-10-01 12 draws: 2011-10-01 to 2011-11-12 12 draws: 2011-11-12 to 2011-12-24 10 draws: 2011-12-24 to 2012-01-28 21 draws: 2012-01-28 to 2012-04-11 1 draws: 2012-04-11 to 2012-04-14 4 draws: 2012-04-14 to 2012-04-28 2 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-05-05 2 draws: 2012-05-05 to 2012-05-12 6 draws: 2012-05-12 to 2012-06-02 8 draws: 2012-06-02 to 2012-06-30 1 draws: 2012-06-30 to 2012-07-04 3 draws: 2012-07-04 to 2012-07-14 3 draws: 2012-07-14 to 2012-07-25 4 draws: 2012-07-25 to 2012-08-08 6 draws: 2012-08-08 to 2012-08-29 21 draws: 2012-08-29 to 2012-11-10 6 draws: 2012-11-10 to 2012-12-01 1 draws: 2012-12-01 to 2012-12-05 1 draws: 2012-12-05 to 2012-12-08 4 draws: 2012-12-08 to 2012-12-22 5 draws: 2012-12-22 to 2013-01-09 8 draws: 2013-01-09 to 2013-02-06 15 draws: 2013-02-06 to 2013-03-30 4 draws: 2013-03-30 to 2013-04-13 4 draws: 2013-04-13 to 2013-04-27 5 draws: 2013-04-27 to 2013-05-15 3 draws: 2013-05-15 to 2013-05-25 7 draws: 2013-05-25 to 2013-06-19 2 draws: 2013-06-19 to 2013-06-26 3 draws: 2013-06-26 to 2013-07-06 5 draws: 2013-07-06 to 2013-07-24 1 draws: 2013-07-24 to 2013-07-27 5 draws: 2013-07-27 to 2013-08-14 12 draws: 2013-08-14 to 2013-09-25 22 draws: 2013-09-25 to 2013-12-11 3 draws: 2013-12-11 to 2013-12-21 3 draws: 2013-12-21 to 2014-01-01 1 draws: 2014-01-01 to 2014-01-04 1 draws: 2014-01-04 to 2014-01-08 4 draws: 2014-01-08 to 2014-01-22 11 draws: 2014-01-22 to 2014-03-01 3 draws: 2014-03-01 to 2014-03-12 2 draws: 2014-03-12 to 2014-03-19 6 draws: 2014-03-19 to 2014-04-09 12 draws: 2014-04-09 to 2014-05-21 13 draws: 2014-05-21 to 2014-07-05 1 draws: 2014-07-05 to 2014-07-09 18 draws: 2014-07-09 to 2014-09-10 9 draws: 2014-09-10 to 2014-10-11 3 draws: 2014-10-11 to 2014-10-22 10 draws: 2014-10-22 to 2014-11-26 11 draws: 2014-11-26 to 2015-01-03 1 draws: 2015-01-03 to 2015-01-07 27 draws: 2015-01-07 to 2015-04-11 2 draws: 2015-04-11 to 2015-04-18 7 draws: 2015-04-18 to 2015-05-13 14 draws: 2015-05-13 to 2015-07-01 9 draws: 2015-07-01 to 2015-08-01 5 draws: 2015-08-01 to 2015-08-19 2 draws: 2015-08-19 to 2015-08-26 2 draws: 2015-08-26 to 2015-09-02 5 draws: 2015-09-02 to 2015-09-19 Still waiting — at least 4 draws since 2015-09-19 2010-01-02 2010-01-09 2010-02-03 2010-03-27 2010-04-10 2010-07-14 2010-07-31 2010-08-11 2010-10-20 2010-11-03 2010-11-13 2010-11-17 2010-11-20 2010-11-24 2010-12-22 2011-01-29 2011-03-02 2011-03-23 2011-04-02 2011-05-04 2011-05-18 2011-06-04 2011-06-15 2011-08-06 2011-08-20 2011-10-01 2011-11-12 2011-12-24 2012-01-28 2012-04-11 2012-04-14 2012-04-28 2012-05-05 2012-05-12 2012-06-02 2012-06-30 2012-07-04 2012-07-14 2012-07-25 2012-08-08 2012-08-29 2012-11-10 2012-12-01 2012-12-05 2012-12-08 2012-12-22 2013-01-09 2013-02-06 2013-03-30 2013-04-13 2013-04-27 2013-05-15 2013-05-25 2013-06-19 2013-06-26 2013-07-06 2013-07-24 2013-07-27 2013-08-14 2013-09-25 2013-12-11 2013-12-21 2014-01-01 2014-01-04 2014-01-08 2014-01-22 2014-03-01 2014-03-12 2014-03-19 2014-04-09 2014-05-21 2014-07-05 2014-07-09 2014-09-10 2014-10-11 2014-10-22 2014-11-26 2015-01-03 2015-01-07 2015-04-11 2015-04-18 2015-05-13 2015-07-01 2015-08-01 2015-08-19 2015-08-26 2015-09-02 2015-09-19 2010-01-02 2015-10-03
1 draws: 12 times 2 draws: 8 times 3 draws: 12 times 4 draws: 10 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 3 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 5 times 13 draws: 1 time 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 3 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 2 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 2 times 28 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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.
1st smallest 0 · chance 0.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.1 4th smallest 1 · chance 2.6 5th smallest 23 · chance 24.6 6th smallest 64 · chance 60.7 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet 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 45. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
The model and its sources → · What people believe about 42 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 41 Every number number 43 → 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: 42 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.