Number 40

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

194times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.59σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

37longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 194 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 194 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 6 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest1 · chance 1.6
3rd smallest13 · chance 13.5
4th smallest48 · chance 49.8
5th smallest90 · chance 81.5
6th smallest42 · chance 47.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 25 49 7 11 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-04-12	1	3rd	23 32 40 42 45 48
2025-04-10	4	3rd	18 21 40 41 42 49
2025-03-31	10	3rd	17 36 40 41 44 47
2025-03-08

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-19	10	5th	17 29 36 39 40 43
2024-01-27	4	5th	14 17 27 33 40 41
2024-01-18	2	4th	10 13 19 40 41 49
2024-01-13	2	5th	2 15 20 29 40 45
2024-01-08	6	6th	4 15 29 37 38 40
2023-12-25	3	5th	18 21 25 38 40 48
2023-12-18	4	4th	2 26 35 40 45 47
2023-12-09	2	5th	1 2 8 18 40 42
2023-12-04	10	4th	2 19 23 40 43 45
2023-11-11	5	5th	4 15 21 25 40 46
2023-10-30	2	3rd	7 33 40 41 45 50
2023-10-26	25	5th	6 17 20 26 40 50
2023-08-28	6	5th	10 12 27 32 40 42
2023-08-14	9	5th	4 9 23 32 40 45
2023-07-24	29	4th	23 26 32 40 45 48
2023-05-18	1	5th	12 15 23 29 40 50
2023-05-15	19	6th	7 16 21 27 33 40
2023-04-01	1	5th	4 11 13 34 40 41
2023-03-30	9	5th	5 8 13 27 40 44
2023-03-09	9	5th	7 13 16 17 40 42
2023-02-16	4	4th	9 26 39 40 48 49
2023-02-06	4	5th	4 25 26 28 40 50
2023-01-28	3	6th	2 7 8 21 34 40
2023-01-21	13	4th	17 24 32 40 46 48
2022-12-22	1	5th	22 25 27 35 40 46
2022-12-19	17	4th	11 16 35 40 45 47
2022-11-10	6	6th	13 15 17 30 38 40
2022-10-27	6	6th	16 19 29 32 34 40
2022-10-13	5	4th	18 32 35 40 45 49
2022-10-01	4	5th	13 14 22 35 40 46
2022-09-22	1	6th	4 6 21 25 38 40
2022-09-19	6	4th	4 6 15 40 49 50
2022-09-05	7	4th	32 33 36 40 43 47
2022-08-20	14	6th	8 15 16 27 39 40
2022-07-18	9	6th	9 10 13 18 25 40
2022-06-27	1	6th	1 15 22 35 36 40
2022-06-25	11	2nd	3 40 42 43 45 46
2022-05-30	23	4th	2 12 27 40 45 46
2022-04-07	14	3rd	30 37 40 45 46 49
2022-03-05	3	4th	10 16 26 40 46 47
2022-02-26	10	5th	9 10 11 25 40 43
2022-02-03	1	6th	1 2 11 26 38 40
2022-01-31	2	5th	3 15 18 23 40 41
2022-01-27	8	4th	4 7 8 40 44 47
2022-01-08	2	5th	4 7 28 36 40 44
2022-01-03	3	4th	4 13 24 40 46 50
2021-12-27	6	5th	11 18 25 35 40 42
2021-12-13	3	6th	14 15 17 25 37 40
2021-12-06	1	6th	1 15 26 27 31 40
2021-12-04	7	6th	2 7 16 25 33 40
2021-11-18	7	5th	3 21 22 32 40 42
2021-11-01	1	5th	9 11 16 20 40 50
2021-10-30	15	4th	3 5 19 40 41 45
2021-09-25	7	5th	4 5 19 33 40 47
2021-09-09	3	5th	6 7 28 31 40 50
2021-09-02	8	5th	2 13 22 23 40 41
2021-08-14	14	4th	20 24 36 40 44 49
2021-07-12	6	5th	11 14 29 35 40 48
2021-06-28	15	5th	16 18 20 26 40 48
2021-05-24	4	4th	5 32 34 40 48 50
2021-05-15	5	6th	9 17 24 35 38 40
2021-05-03	14	5th	8 19 25 33 40 49
2021-04-01	1	5th	10 16 32 39 40 46
2021-03-29	4	3rd	16 34 40 45 51 52
2021-03-20	32	5th	19 25 27 32 40 43
2021-01-04	9	3rd	5 35 40 44 45 49
2020-12-14	1	5th	4 17 27 31 40 43
2020-12-12	37	5th	2 12 16 36 40 42
2020-09-17	3	5th	5 8 9 30 40 49
2020-09-10	1	5th	7 21 25 34 40 49
2020-09-07	1	3rd	5 23 40 41 45 47
2020-09-05	8	5th	1 7 10 29 40 41
2020-08-17	17	4th	30 33 36 40 41 47
2020-07-09	11	4th	20 29 37 40 43 47
2020-06-13	2	5th	7 10 16 21 40 44
2020-06-08	6	6th	11 13 19 22 24 40
2020-05-25	2	6th	7 12 16 23 38 40
2020-05-21	14	5th	6 12 21 26 40 41
2020-04-18	8	6th	5 7 12 26 34 40
2020-03-30	17	5th	8 21 22 39 40 49
2020-02-20	1	6th	1 3 25 26 33 40
2020-02-17	18	3rd	12 33 40 42 44 48
2020-01-06	11	5th	11 17 31 38 40 42
2019-12-12	5	5th	3 18 19 29 40 46
2019-11-30	9	5th	11 29 31 35 40 48
2019-11-09	1	6th	8 10 15 20 39 40
2019-11-07	4	4th	10 34 35 40 41 43
2019-10-28	1	6th	3 14 20 22 24 40
2019-10-26	28	4th	11 19 27 40 42 44
2019-08-22	4	5th	7 10 15 34 40 52
2019-08-12	23	5th	2 19 25 29 40 52
2019-06-20	1	5th	1 9 18 36 40 48
2019-06-17	4	5th	10 17 24 28 40 47
2019-06-08	13	5th	1 13 21 23 40 45
2019-05-09	4	4th	10 23 32 40 43 51
2019-04-29	1	5th	15 26 35 38 40 47
2019-04-27	2	5th	9 17 18 34 40 42
2019-04-22	33	5th	8 22 33 39 40 50
2019-02-04	2	6th	8 9 12 16 28 40
2019-01-31	24	6th	1 11 12 22 27 40
2018-12-06	3	6th	1 3 23 28 31 40
2018-11-29	6	4th	2 3 36 40 46 48
2018-11-15	2	6th	1 6 11 30 38 40
2018-11-10	2	5th	2 15 17 21 40 46
2018-11-05	3	4th	3 5 28 40 41 51
2018-10-29	1	6th	3 4 5 18 27 40
2018-10-27	14	4th	17 32 34 40 42 48
2018-09-24	10	5th	5 15 28 38 40 43
2018-09-01	8	3rd	16 20 40 43 48 50
2018-08-13	17	5th	10 11 28 38 40 49
2018-07-05	12	5th	11 19 35 36 40 42
2018-06-07	6	5th	11 12 18 26 40 42
2018-05-24	20	4th	4 11 25 40 43 44
2018-04-07	6	5th	9 13 16 31 40 42
2018-03-24	4	4th	10 19 24 40 45 46
2018-03-15	15	5th	6 21 26 33 40 49
2018-02-08	8	5th	7 17 21 36 40 48
2018-01-20	3	5th	17 24 32 37 40 47
2018-01-13	22	4th	5 8 33 40 45 46
2017-11-23	10	5th	5 26 27 39 40 47
2017-10-30	11	5th	7 24 27 36 40 44
2017-10-05	20	5th	25 29 33 37 40 49
2017-08-19	6	5th	7 20 24 25 40 44
2017-08-05	10	4th	19 30 32 40 41 43
2017-07-13	17	6th	11 19 26 31 37 40
2017-06-03	8	6th	2 20 28 35 36 40
2017-05-15	3	5th	2 18 28 31 40 50
2017-05-08	18	6th	7 10 23 29 35 40
2017-03-27	25	5th	21 29 30 33 40 47
2017-01-28	8	5th	5 12 20 24 40 44
2017-01-09	24	4th	9 35 39 40 47 51
2016-11-14	6	5th	4 7 21 24 40 42
2016-10-31	12	4th	18 35 37 40 49 52
2016-10-03	15	5th	5 7 8 22 40 49
2016-08-29	9	6th	10 18 19 25 37 40
2016-08-08	11	5th	6 8 11 13 40 48
2016-07-14	7	4th	13 23 31 40 43 45
2016-06-27	6	4th	8 34 39 40 42 43
2016-06-13	5	6th	15 17 19 36 37 40
2016-06-02	5	6th	1 3 4 6 17 40
2016-05-21	7	6th	4 15 31 33 34 40
2016-05-05	31	5th	12 20 26 32 40 45
2016-02-22	7	6th	2 5 8 30 39 40
2016-02-06	2	4th	9 18 29 40 49 51
2016-02-01	3	4th	14 22 39 40 49 52
2016-01-25	2	4th	6 10 11 40 46 49
2016-01-21	2	6th	13 16 19 32 33 40
2016-01-16	7	3rd	5 36 40 47 49 52
2015-12-31	6	5th	7 11 20 28 40 52
2015-12-17	5	5th	4 8 35 37 40 44
2015-12-05	3	4th	3 6 16 40 45 47
2015-11-28	3	5th	4 8 12 37 40 50
2015-11-21	2	6th	8 10 12 22 37 40
2015-11-16	20	4th	14 20 26 40 50 52
2015-10-01	2	5th	8 9 13 19 40 51
2015-09-26	4	5th	9 15 21 37 40 50
2015-09-17	8	5th	16 18 34 37 40 46
2015-08-29	4	4th	2 7 26 40 48 49
2015-08-20	6	6th	4 15 19 29 36 40
2015-08-06	13	5th	18 23 29 33 40 51
2015-07-06	6	4th	5 15 31 40 50 51
2015-06-22	14	5th	6 8 27 39 40 51
2015-05-21	9	5th	11 16 18 35 40 45
2015-04-30	6	3rd	13 25 40 45 46 49
2015-04-16	6	6th	11 15 21 23 27 40
2015-04-02	18	4th	11 21 38 40 45 46
2015-02-19	4	3rd	1 6 40 45 47 49
2015-02-09	2	5th	4 12 18 34 40 42
2015-02-05	2	4th	4 19 20 40 49 51
2015-01-31	—	6th	9 12 25 36 39 40