Number 43

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

101times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.64σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

14.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

108longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 14.1 draws · longest completed wait 108 · waiting 12 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 3.7
2nd smallest19 · chance 18.2
3rd smallest30 · chance 34.0
4th smallest34 · chance 30.2
5th smallest10 · chance 12.8
6th smallest4 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 46 56 27 32 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 — 38th most popular of 90. 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
2009-06-03	4	4th	32 33 37 43 44 79
2009-05-23	7	4th	9 25 29 43 48 54
2009-05-07	1	2nd	31 43 67 69 76 80

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-03-15	3	3rd	1 6 43 46 61 83
2007-03-08	14	3rd	5 27 43 50 75 90
2007-02-03	16	4th	3 12 32 43 51 58
2006-12-28	3	2nd	15 43 45 66 74 87
2006-12-21	22	4th	2 10 30 43 56 83
2006-10-31	3	4th	8 19 27 43 51 79
2006-10-24	18	3rd	4 25 43 45 71 90
2006-09-12	24	4th	8 22 36 43 76 77
2006-07-18	1	5th	3 27 30 38 43 60
2006-07-15	12	4th	16 21 27 43 56 64
2006-06-17	1	3rd	2 8 43 48 60 67
2006-06-15	38	4th	6 27 39 43 62 84
2006-03-18	2	2nd	41 43 52 59 73 82
2006-03-14	13	4th	15 20 32 43 45 54
2006-02-11	3	6th	1 2 8 30 42 43
2006-02-04	12	3rd	13 22 43 50 70 76
2006-01-07	14	1st	43 45 80 81 83 86
2005-12-06	2	3rd	18 38 43 57 73 88
2005-12-01	41	3rd	22 30 43 56 69 78
2005-08-27	13	5th	11 14 17 35 43 70
2005-07-28	1	6th	8 18 25 38 41 43
2005-07-26	56	3rd	3 17 43 54 75 79
2005-01-29	3	4th	1 16 18 43 47 78
2005-01-19	5	2nd	7 43 46 70 77 89
2005-01-03	11	4th	10 21 22 43 61 66
2004-11-24	21	1st	43 45 46 47 69 90
2004-09-11	1	3rd	16 20 43 77 78 84
2004-09-08	1	2nd	41 43 53 65 67 80
2004-09-04	7	4th	35 37 41 43 51 88
2004-08-11	12	3rd	6 42 43 46 53 70
2004-06-30	40	4th	10 22 34 43 62 68
2004-02-11	12	4th	12 19 38 43 52 85
2003-12-31	7	5th	3 15 31 36 43 82
2003-12-06	8	5th	1 2 18 27 43 47
2003-11-08	7	3rd	7 30 43 52 57 82
2003-10-15	36	5th	11 26 30 34 43 73
2003-06-11	22	4th	7 32 40 43 47 87
2003-03-26	3	3rd	15 37 43 51 61 89
2003-03-15	21	3rd	23 27 43 56 71 75
2003-01-02	25	4th	6 18 34 43 58 80
2002-10-23	40	2nd	40 43 46 57 77 82
2002-06-05	14	3rd	4 41 43 51 85 89
2002-04-17	2	4th	24 27 35 43 64 88
2002-04-10	54	3rd	2 28 43 57 79 90
2001-10-06	9	3rd	3 11 43 50 85 88
2001-09-05	10	2nd	8 43 53 69 74 79
2001-08-01	4	3rd	5 39 43 53 63 82
2001-07-18	15	4th	4 22 37 43 63 80
2001-05-26	4	4th	5 26 37 43 45 64
2001-05-12	4	5th	3 32 37 42 43 89
2001-04-28	11	4th	2 14 32 43 44 55
2001-03-21	6	2nd	39 43 56 61 65 81
2001-02-28	20	2nd	33 43 59 77 83 86
2000-12-20	15	3rd	26 36 43 47 64 90
2000-10-28	14	4th	6 21 29 43 80 89
2000-09-09	17	5th	3 6 10 26 43 72
2000-07-12	3	4th	11 15 16 43 49 84
2000-07-01	3	3rd	19 39 43 48 62 76
2000-06-21	5	4th	12 15 34 43 55 75
2000-06-03	108	5th	6 17 31 33 43 66
1999-05-22	18	4th	3 28 38 43 73 75
1999-03-20	17	1st	43 71 80 84 88 89
1999-01-20	4	2nd	1 43 45 48 51 56
1999-01-07	3	2nd	34 43 44 45 53 58
1998-12-28	3	2nd	14 43 46 65 71 82
1998-12-16	2	2nd	22 43 56 71 77 83
1998-12-09	5	4th	1 11 42 43 61 81
1998-11-21	1	3rd	32 36 43 56 66 89
1998-11-18	11	3rd	12 18 43 47 50 83
1998-10-10	11	2nd	42 43 46 49 52 76
1998-09-02	20	2nd	1 43 45 48 83 90
1998-06-24	10	2nd	19 43 59 60 67 79
1998-05-20	3	5th	5 13 22 25 43 50
1998-05-09	11	3rd	5 19 43 44 73 77
1998-04-01	19	4th	17 31 42 43 55 72
1998-01-24	8	4th	3 4 39 43 56 81
1997-12-27	—	4th	8 26 35 43 55 67