Number 42

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

180times drawn · chance expected 184 −0.31σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

28longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 180 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 180 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 6 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest17 · chance 21.4
6th smallest163 · chance 158.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 35 38 24 3 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 — 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.

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
2022-10-31	12	5th	11 19 37 38 42 43
2022-09-19	5	6th	2 4 14 28 30 42
2022-09-01	7	6th	3 18 22 31 34 42

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-03-18	6	5th	12 17 19 20 42 43
2021-02-25	11	6th	5 16 24 32 34 42
2021-01-18	6	6th	4 24 34 39 41 42
2020-12-28	2	6th	6 15 25 29 36 42
2020-12-21	5	6th	3 5 8 25 31 42
2020-12-03	13	6th	5 8 12 17 34 42
2020-10-19	6	6th	1 16 23 35 39 42
2020-09-28	7	6th	5 15 23 28 32 42
2020-09-03	9	6th	11 12 24 27 40 42
2020-08-03	6	6th	14 19 21 34 36 42
2020-07-13	18	6th	6 8 29 37 39 42
2020-05-11	28	6th	2 26 38 39 40 42
2020-02-03	1	6th	3 31 33 37 41 42
2020-01-30	2	6th	1 3 20 30 34 42
2020-01-23	2	6th	7 15 24 30 35 42
2020-01-16	8	6th	2 3 8 30 38 42
2019-12-19	13	6th	1 3 13 27 36 42
2019-11-04	1	6th	3 15 20 39 41 42
2019-10-31	6	6th	16 17 19 31 41 42
2019-10-10	2	6th	2 4 6 17 40 42
2019-10-03	6	6th	8 10 12 23 24 42
2019-09-12	12	6th	1 18 20 23 33 42
2019-08-01	1	6th	4 5 6 19 29 42
2019-07-29	8	6th	3 8 22 38 39 42
2019-07-01	6	6th	2 12 16 30 38 42
2019-06-10	2	6th	12 18 23 31 41 42
2019-06-03	2	6th	19 24 26 32 38 42
2019-05-27	7	6th	9 11 16 24 38 42
2019-05-02	4	6th	1 10 13 24 32 42
2019-04-18	2	6th	2 14 28 32 39 42
2019-04-11	10	6th	9 13 14 19 38 42
2019-03-07	10	5th	9 13 16 24 42 43
2019-01-31	25	6th	6 24 36 38 39 42
2018-11-05	4	6th	13 18 25 35 39 42
2018-10-22	2	6th	27 29 33 36 41 42
2018-10-15	8	6th	13 17 21 35 40 42
2018-09-17	3	6th	1 20 22 26 36 42
2018-09-06	6	6th	13 16 24 31 36 42
2018-08-16	13	6th	5 12 20 26 29 42
2018-07-02	10	6th	20 26 30 34 40 42
2018-05-28	7	6th	3 17 26 28 32 42
2018-05-03	8	6th	4 6 13 18 25 42
2018-04-05	4	6th	21 26 27 32 33 42
2018-03-22	6	6th	4 5 17 20 41 42
2018-03-01	5	6th	4 15 16 36 40 42
2018-02-12	6	6th	3 5 15 18 38 42
2018-01-22	3	6th	3 5 21 29 40 42
2018-01-11	12	6th	3 7 10 23 27 42
2017-11-30	1	6th	2 11 25 29 37 42
2017-11-27	5	6th	2 3 5 16 20 42
2017-11-09	3	5th	31 37 38 39 42 43
2017-10-30	6	6th	12 16 20 21 34 42
2017-10-09	3	6th	15 17 29 33 35 42
2017-09-28	9	6th	1 2 7 14 31 42
2017-08-28	2	6th	1 2 24 28 41 42
2017-08-21	4	6th	1 4 11 17 32 42
2017-08-07	6	6th	7 13 17 27 29 42
2017-07-17	22	5th	20 33 35 36 42 43
2017-05-01	3	6th	2 17 20 27 37 42
2017-04-20	6	6th	6 10 17 28 39 42
2017-03-30	6	5th	11 29 39 40 42 43
2017-03-09	4	6th	1 9 20 27 34 42
2017-02-23	3	6th	11 15 20 23 24 42
2017-02-13	11	6th	2 14 15 37 40 42
2017-01-05	6	6th	15 17 33 35 39 42
2016-12-15	9	6th	8 13 17 24 34 42
2016-11-14	3	6th	9 19 22 26 35 42
2016-11-03	2	6th	14 17 21 22 38 42
2016-10-27	1	6th	1 16 18 26 41 42
2016-10-24	12	6th	4 21 24 30 35 42
2016-09-12	19	6th	8 18 31 33 38 42
2016-07-07	4	6th	17 32 33 34 36 42
2016-06-23	2	6th	3 18 33 34 38 42
2016-06-16	3	6th	25 26 29 33 36 42
2016-06-06	19	6th	2 5 11 15 17 42
2016-03-31	1	6th	6 15 17 33 41 42
2016-03-28	1	5th	13 21 25 30 42 43
2016-03-24	15	5th	8 10 21 28 42 43
2016-02-01	3	6th	13 21 26 29 39 42
2016-01-21	6	6th	9 13 20 34 35 42
2015-12-31	7	6th	5 18 26 36 40 42
2015-12-07	4	6th	2 18 21 33 38 42
2015-11-23	4	6th	7 11 14 25 27 42
2015-11-09	2	6th	1 3 23 31 39 42
2015-11-02	4	6th	11 19 37 38 39 42
2015-10-19	9	6th	1 2 5 13 33 42
2015-09-17	11	6th	2 9 10 22 32 42
2015-08-10	5	6th	5 27 30 32 37 42
2015-07-23	2	6th	1 4 6 28 41 42
2015-07-16	13	6th	13 30 31 34 38 42
2015-06-01	5	6th	4 19 23 28 36 42
2015-05-14	1	6th	5 13 23 28 32 42
2015-05-11	1	6th	12 18 30 34 35 42
2015-05-07	5	6th	1 21 23 35 38 42
2015-04-20	26	6th	5 15 16 18 40 42
2015-01-19	25	6th	5 10 21 24 41 42
2014-10-23	5	6th	9 13 24 27 35 42
2014-10-06	21	6th	4 8 12 26 39 42
2014-07-24	20	6th	1 11 14 19 25 42
2014-05-15	7	6th	5 15 23 29 37 42
2014-04-21	4	6th	3 18 23 24 35 42
2014-04-07	3	6th	6 15 20 21 25 42
2014-03-27	6	6th	6 24 31 32 34 42
2014-03-06	14	6th	21 26 27 29 41 42
2014-01-16	5	6th	24 30 33 39 41 42
2013-12-30	8	6th	3 16 21 27 38 42
2013-12-02	13	6th	2 16 19 28 34 42
2013-10-17	1	6th	8 23 28 32 38 42
2013-10-14	2	6th	9 10 17 27 35 42
2013-10-07	4	6th	13 21 23 30 37 42
2013-09-23	3	6th	6 12 17 20 27 42
2013-09-12	1	5th	14 22 31 36 42 43
2013-09-09	17	6th	1 6 27 31 33 42
2013-07-11	7	6th	9 15 22 30 41 42
2013-06-17	3	6th	2 8 30 31 33 42
2013-06-06	3	6th	12 19 27 38 41 42
2013-05-27	20	6th	29 30 31 35 36 42
2013-03-18	10	6th	1 11 17 28 32 42
2013-02-11	1	6th	16 28 31 35 37 42
2013-02-07	14	6th	4 8 28 35 41 42
2012-12-20	2	6th	6 11 22 24 38 42
2012-12-13	9	6th	1 2 9 16 35 42
2012-11-12	3	6th	3 26 31 35 38 42
2012-11-01	6	5th	3 5 7 41 42 43
2012-10-11	1	6th	8 14 15 27 39 42
2012-10-08	11	6th	16 23 24 25 35 42
2012-08-30	8	6th	5 17 19 22 29 42
2012-08-02	8	6th	12 21 23 28 40 42
2012-07-05	1	5th	14 18 31 40 42 43
2012-07-02	3	5th	10 14 22 37 42 43
2012-06-21	6	6th	11 20 21 23 41 42
2012-05-31	7	6th	4 20 23 29 34 42
2012-05-07	14	6th	13 18 26 30 31 42
2012-03-19	2	6th	14 16 25 31 32 42
2012-03-12	26	6th	9 20 25 30 40 42
2011-12-08	11	5th	18 19 21 25 42 43
2011-10-31	11	6th	9 12 27 38 40 42
2011-09-22	1	6th	3 17 24 26 41 42
2011-09-19	12	6th	13 20 22 27 35 42
2011-08-08	6	6th	3 4 10 11 22 42
2011-07-18	3	5th	3 18 19 27 42 43
2011-07-07	10	6th	7 9 16 26 28 42
2011-06-02	17	6th	12 20 27 39 40 42
2011-04-04	20	6th	8 14 17 32 34 42
2011-01-24	1	5th	3 11 14 33 42 43
2011-01-20	8	6th	1 4 15 29 31 42
2010-12-23	15	6th	11 13 17 25 31 42
2010-11-01	12	6th	6 7 21 31 38 42
2010-09-20	5	6th	2 16 31 34 37 42
2010-09-02	5	6th	1 5 15 21 34 42
2010-08-16	6	6th	15 16 25 28 35 42
2010-07-26	9	6th	15 16 29 31 41 42
2010-06-24	14	6th	4 14 27 31 35 42
2010-05-06	3	6th	8 16 25 31 41 42
2010-04-26	3	6th	8 10 21 30 31 42
2010-04-15	—	6th	1 26 31 32 35 42