Number 43

In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 rules — 776 draws, 5 from 1–70 (an earlier era).

61times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.78σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

12.2average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0

47longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 61 times in 776 draws against 55.4 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 61 times in 776 draws · average wait 12.2 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 20 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 1.2
2nd smallest14 · chance 8.7
3rd smallest15 · chance 21.3
4th smallest19 · chance 21.9
5th smallest13 · chance 7.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 8 25 68 11 12

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 2 such strangers 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 — 36th most popular of 70. 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
2025-01-24	12	3rd	8 12 43 52 62
2024-12-13	14	2nd	36 43 52 58 65
2024-10-25	1	5th	23 26 35 41 43
2024-10-22	5	2nd	8 43

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 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-09-28	1	3rd	18 30 43 68 69
2021-09-24	10	4th	17 21 27 43 56
2021-08-20	20	2nd	41 43 51 57 70
2021-06-11	15	2nd	4 43 56 63 68
2021-04-20	27	3rd	6 23 43 49 52
2021-01-15	3	5th	3 11 12 38 43
2021-01-05	28	2nd	20 43 51 55 57
2020-09-29	2	3rd	14 39 43 44 67
2020-09-22	12	2nd	36 43 44 55 68
2020-08-11	6	4th	8 22 29 43 56
2020-07-21	4	5th	14 25 26 41 43
2020-07-07	26	5th	16 20 25 30 43
2020-04-07	7	3rd	25 33 43 51 68
2020-03-13	5	4th	7 22 37 43 44
2020-02-25	24	3rd	2 9 43 49 63
2019-12-03	2	2nd	23 43 60 63 69
2019-11-26	2	5th	8 27 29 38 43
2019-11-19	15	2nd	22 43 44 47 66
2019-09-27	9	4th	12 20 31 43 45
2019-08-27	6	5th	8 12 23 39 43
2019-08-06	3	4th	11 17 31 43 55
2019-07-26	13	4th	4 6 11 43 48
2019-06-11	15	4th	20 34 39 43 57
2019-04-19	7	3rd	18 25 43 44 57
2019-03-26	11	4th	4 14 22 43 58
2019-02-15	8	4th	10 38 40 43 65
2019-01-18	7	2nd	2 43 48 62 64
2018-12-25	3	4th	2 8 42 43 50
2018-12-14	4	4th	5 22 26 43 49
2018-11-30	21	4th	25 28 40 43 63
2018-09-18	1	3rd	31 32 43 63 68
2018-09-14	45	4th	23 30 40 43 66
2018-04-10	4	4th	5 13 31 43 53
2018-03-27	8	3rd	7 25 43 56 59
2018-02-27	2	5th	10 17 21 38 43
2018-02-20	7	5th	17 19 23 24 43
2018-01-26	—	5th	10 16 27 38 43