In MultiMatch under the 6/43 + 1/0 · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 296 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).
44times drawn · chance expected 41 +0.45σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
41longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long
40 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 44 times in 296 draws against 41.3 expected, +0.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
40
Number 40, draw by draw
Drawn 44 times in 296 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 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.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 42 numbers; chance expects about 0.2 such strangers 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 43. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.