In MultiMatch under the 6/43 + 1/0 · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 296 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).
48times drawn · chance expected 41 +1.12σ
16draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number
5.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
22longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long
41 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 48 times in 296 draws against 41.3 expected, +1.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
41
Number 41, draw by draw
Drawn 48 times in 296 draws · average wait 5.7 draws · longest completed wait 22 · waiting 16 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 41 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 0.1 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 41 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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: 41 is drawn with probability 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.