Number 42

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

185times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.11σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

45longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 185 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 185 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.7
3rd smallest6 · chance 7.7
4th smallest30 · chance 37.8
5th smallest79 · chance 79.8
6th smallest70 · chance 59.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 18 36 7 8 26

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, 42 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 42 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-24	4	6th	7 12 14 26 31 42
2025-04-14	1	6th	1 8 12 24 29 42
2025-04-12	1	4th	23 32 40 42 45 48
2025-04-10

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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