Number 43

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

201times drawn · chance expected 186 +1.13σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

43longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 201 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +1.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 201 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 43 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 smallest1 · chance 0.5
3rd smallest6 · chance 6.2
4th smallest35 · chance 35.4
5th smallest82 · chance 86.2
6th smallest77 · chance 72.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 28 44 31 13 19

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-19	5	6th	13 21 25 34 35 43
2025-04-07	10	4th	22 38 41 43 47 50
2025-03-15	5	5th	1 8 26 36 43 49
2025-03-03

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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