Number 40

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

104times drawn · chance expected 109 −0.55σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 104 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 104 times in 897 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 2 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest14 · chance 10.4
5th smallest90 · chance 93.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 11 4 33 10 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2018-11-01	7	5th	12 23 34 36 40
2018-10-25	10	5th	4 23 26 33 40
2018-10-15	17	5th	4 17 20 38 40
2018-09-28	2	5th	3 11 22

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-02-28	10	5th	1 15 17 27 40
2018-02-18	7	4th	11 14 33 40 41
2018-02-11	11	5th	2 11 15 36 40
2018-01-31	2	5th	6 9 28 31 40
2018-01-29	5	5th	9 11 29 36 40
2018-01-24	9	5th	17 31 35 39 40
2018-01-15	2	4th	7 14 26 40 41
2018-01-13	10	5th	14 17 20 29 40
2018-01-03	12	5th	20 24 25 39 40
2017-12-22	22	5th	6 9 23 37 40
2017-11-30	3	5th	4 5 18 28 40
2017-11-27	1	5th	1 12 28 35 40
2017-11-26	2	5th	3 8 17 36 40
2017-11-24	9	5th	5 6 10 20 40
2017-11-15	3	5th	16 18 28 34 40
2017-11-12	4	5th	7 11 30 34 40
2017-11-08	15	5th	18 29 35 36 40
2017-10-24	7	5th	3 12 21 35 40
2017-10-16	20	5th	5 9 18 20 40
2017-09-25	2	5th	5 9 10 11 40
2017-09-23	8	4th	5 14 26 40 41
2017-09-15	1	4th	7 17 24 40 41
2017-09-14	2	5th	17 27 33 36 40
2017-09-12	5	5th	6 7 30 34 40
2017-09-07	6	5th	5 15 19 24 40
2017-09-01	5	4th	5 20 25 40 41
2017-08-27	7	5th	1 17 20 39 40
2017-08-20	1	5th	3 4 7 17 40
2017-08-19	16	5th	4 13 21 29 40
2017-08-03	5	4th	5 14 28 40 41
2017-07-29	8	4th	16 17 24 40 41
2017-07-21	5	5th	14 21 36 38 40
2017-07-16	29	5th	3 10 22 30 40
2017-06-17	1	5th	9 17 33 35 40
2017-06-16	4	5th	16 20 22 37 40
2017-06-12	11	5th	9 13 24 36 40
2017-06-01	19	5th	20 23 31 37 40
2017-05-13	6	5th	4 17 18 23 40
2017-05-07	17	5th	14 25 29 35 40
2017-04-20	3	5th	7 18 24 33 40
2017-04-17	17	5th	19 26 34 36 40
2017-03-29	3	5th	8 15 29 39 40
2017-03-26	49	5th	13 28 29 31 40
2017-02-05	3	5th	3 4 30 33 40
2017-02-02	6	5th	3 5 6 33 40
2017-01-27	9	5th	6 8 32 33 40
2017-01-18	2	5th	21 22 29 38 40
2017-01-16	1	5th	5 6 8 37 40
2017-01-15	7	4th	2 9 11 40 41
2017-01-08	1	5th	1 27 28 38 40
2017-01-07	4	5th	4 20 25 33 40
2017-01-03	3	5th	9 18 20 37 40
2016-12-31	3	5th	10 12 25 26 40
2016-12-28	5	5th	4 18 25 30 40
2016-12-23	10	4th	16 21 24 40 41
2016-12-13	6	5th	4 11 18 37 40
2016-12-07	3	5th	8 11 12 29 40
2016-12-04	7	5th	3 10 18 19 40
2016-11-27	7	5th	14 16 23 35 40
2016-11-20	2	5th	9 18 29 37 40
2016-11-18	11	5th	11 28 33 38 40
2016-11-07	9	5th	2 3 22 24 40
2016-10-29	9	5th	5 9 17 23 40
2016-10-20	1	5th	10 19 29 32 40
2016-10-19	8	5th	6 11 26 27 40
2016-10-11	24	5th	5 10 11 36 40
2016-09-17	9	5th	17 20 23 33 40
2016-09-08	17	4th	9 24 32 40 41
2016-08-22	1	5th	6 10 11 20 40
2016-08-21	17	4th	7 8 21 40 41
2016-08-04	9	5th	12 17 29 34 40
2016-07-26	5	5th	5 10 23 33 40
2016-07-21	9	5th	4 29 30 39 40
2016-07-12	14	5th	4 6 8 26 40
2016-06-28	1	5th	7 11 30 38 40
2016-06-27	21	5th	12 13 18 26 40
2016-06-06	4	4th	5 11 25 40 41
2016-06-02	5	5th	4 13 16 27 40
2016-05-28	6	5th	9 13 17 22 40
2016-05-22	—	5th	10 13 24 32 40