Number 40

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

111times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.02σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

43longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, −0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 4 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 smallest1 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest3 · chance 3.8
3rd smallest22 · chance 21.7
4th smallest47 · chance 48.7
5th smallest38 · chance 36.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 29 30 1 7 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, 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
2026-10-12	4	4th	4 22 26 40 45
2026-10-03	19	4th	12 13 21 40 49
2026-08-19	2	3rd	23 31 40 41 45
2026-08-15	4	4th	8 18 19

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-03	20	4th	12 25 29 40 49
2025-01-15	9	4th	2 11 28 40 47
2024-12-25	33	3rd	4 5 40 42 52
2024-10-09	13	4th	18 28 32 40 51
2024-09-09	13	5th	1 10 20 24 40
2024-08-10	7	3rd	6 19 40 41 42
2024-07-24	4	5th	8 11 31 36 40
2024-07-15	3	4th	1 7 10 40 41
2024-07-08	18	4th	5 21 22 40 46
2024-05-27	1	4th	9 25 32 40 51
2024-05-25	10	5th	12 17 27 29 40
2024-05-01	16	5th	14 19 24 26 40
2024-03-25	8	4th	19 32 35 40 43
2024-03-06	6	4th	20 21 24 40 42
2024-02-21	8	4th	2 6 26 40 43
2024-02-03	7	3rd	10 34 40 47 48
2024-01-17	13	5th	9 14 16 23 40
2023-12-18	30	5th	2 3 12 33 40
2023-10-09	10	5th	10 13 30 38 40
2023-09-16	1	4th	23 30 34 40 41
2023-09-13	10	5th	11 12 25 36 40
2023-08-21	9	4th	7 10 26 40 50
2023-07-31	5	5th	5 11 12 34 40
2023-07-19	1	5th	9 12 16 33 40
2023-07-17	22	4th	25 28 29 40 51
2023-05-27	16	4th	2 23 28 40 50
2023-04-19	7	2nd	19 40 41 48 49
2023-04-03	43	4th	6 27 30 40 52
2022-12-24	3	3rd	7 12 40 44 48
2022-12-17	14	4th	7 12 16 40 49
2022-11-14	4	4th	9 23 29 40 49
2022-11-05	10	4th	5 20 25 40 46
2022-10-12	29	4th	2 14 20 40 48
2022-08-06	14	5th	1 8 13 18 40
2022-06-29	9	4th	17 29 33 40 52
2022-05-28	18	3rd	7 20 40 42 52
2022-03-26	3	5th	6 20 22 29 40
2022-03-16	33	4th	2 16 34 40 41
2021-11-20	1	5th	27 29 33 37 40
2021-11-17	4	4th	6 30 31 40 50
2021-11-03	3	5th	4 8 10 32 40
2021-10-23	2	3rd	13 25 40 46 48
2021-10-16	3	4th	3 10 17 40 48
2021-10-06	23	3rd	11 26 40 44 49
2021-07-17	6	4th	26 30 37 40 45
2021-06-26	9	4th	3 6 8 40 49
2021-05-26	18	5th	4 14 21 31 40
2021-03-24	2	4th	1 37 39 40 42
2021-03-17	1	5th	5 7 10 19 40
2021-03-13	8	3rd	7 30 40 49 50
2021-02-13	3	2nd	36 40 44 46 50
2021-02-03	18	4th	12 35 38 40 43
2020-12-02	2	5th	9 12 22 38 40
2020-11-25	7	5th	1 7 12 38 40
2020-10-31	17	5th	5 6 24 29 40
2020-09-02	9	4th	25 34 37 40 47
2020-08-01	8	4th	12 21 29 40 44
2020-07-04	6	5th	7 16 18 24 40
2020-06-13	12	5th	3 16 26 29 40
2020-05-02	7	3rd	1 37 40 48 51
2020-04-08	12	5th	2 7 18 26 40
2020-02-26	1	5th	2 3 29 30 40
2020-02-22	4	4th	25 35 36 40 46
2020-02-08	14	5th	2 9 17 36 40
2019-12-21	14	4th	4 17 29 40 51
2019-11-02	4	4th	1 10 31 40 50
2019-10-19	7	5th	3 11 27 31 40
2019-09-25	25	3rd	10 24 40 42 49
2019-06-29	12	3rd	4 30 40 42 48
2019-05-18	16	5th	2 22 26 28 40
2019-03-23	31	2nd	30 40 42 45 46
2018-12-05	1	4th	9 15 33 40 48
2018-12-01	8	4th	1 30 34 40 45
2018-11-03	6	3rd	11 33 40 47 51
2018-10-13	3	3rd	34 36 40 41 42
2018-10-03	4	5th	1 14 31 36 40
2018-09-19	21	5th	12 13 25 33 40
2018-07-07	20	5th	3 6 13 38 40
2018-04-28	4	5th	26 27 29 34 40
2018-04-14	5	4th	22 25 27 40 46
2018-03-28	8	3rd	7 24 40 46 51
2018-02-28	3	5th	11 15 18 36 40
2018-02-17	7	1st	40 41 47 49 51
2018-01-24	1	4th	7 8 17 40 42
2018-01-20	1	3rd	15 23 40 43 45
2018-01-17	2	5th	5 8 28 30 40
2018-01-10	—	3rd	33 35 40 44 49