Number 40

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,888 draws, 5 from 1–41.

224times drawn · chance expected 230 −0.44σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,888 draws against 230.2 expected, −0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 1,888 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 11 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 smallest22 · chance 22.4
5th smallest202 · chance 201.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 19 9 13 15 16

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
2026-09-26	14	4th	20 22 32 40 41
2026-08-24	8	5th	9 10 22 26 40
2026-08-05	8	4th	32 34 35 40 41
2026-07-18	4	5th	3 7

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.

2025-05-24	25	5th	4 7 19 38 40
2025-03-26	8	5th	9 11 15 23 40
2025-03-08	1	5th	10 12 17 19 40
2025-03-05	1	5th	1 3 18 30 40
2025-03-03	4	5th	9 10 29 32 40
2025-02-22	13	5th	19 25 33 38 40
2025-01-22	25	4th	26 27 31 40 41
2024-11-25	12	5th	1 10 18 20 40
2024-10-28	6	5th	7 28 35 38 40
2024-10-14	24	5th	14 15 22 33 40
2024-08-19	4	5th	2 14 34 36 40
2024-08-10	29	5th	9 15 21 22 40
2024-06-03	2	5th	8 13 19 33 40
2024-05-29	5	5th	13 19 21 36 40
2024-05-18	11	5th	1 15 33 35 40
2024-04-22	4	5th	24 25 26 35 40
2024-04-13	18	5th	28 35 36 38 40
2024-03-02	6	5th	17 30 33 38 40
2024-02-17	5	5th	3 8 26 31 40
2024-02-05	15	5th	8 26 31 38 40
2024-01-01	3	5th	4 16 22 25 40
2023-12-25	8	5th	5 6 12 31 40
2023-12-06	6	5th	1 4 21 26 40
2023-11-22	36	5th	12 24 28 29 40
2023-08-23	5	5th	6 8 19 34 40
2023-08-05	5	5th	13 21 27 32 40
2023-07-19	14	5th	6 11 15 35 40
2023-05-31	23	5th	4 14 27 29 40
2023-03-11	5	5th	22 23 28 30 40
2023-02-22	1	5th	2 6 8 16 40
2023-02-18	12	5th	6 24 27 36 40
2023-01-07	5	5th	5 10 17 35 40
2022-12-21	6	5th	6 15 16 34 40
2022-11-30	7	5th	13 28 32 34 40
2022-11-05	5	5th	13 17 20 24 40
2022-10-19	4	5th	3 7 22 31 40
2022-10-05	7	5th	9 23 33 39 40
2022-09-10	1	5th	2 9 10 30 40
2022-09-07	4	5th	18 19 21 26 40
2022-08-24	10	5th	6 13 21 39 40
2022-07-20	6	5th	16 17 22 34 40
2022-06-29	14	5th	1 19 20 24 40
2022-05-11	6	5th	22 29 34 37 40
2022-04-20	13	5th	2 12 22 31 40
2022-03-05	13	5th	4 19 22 25 40
2022-01-19	29	5th	1 16 18 35 40
2021-10-09	13	5th	1 9 12 13 40
2021-08-25	2	5th	13 19 25 35 40
2021-08-18	18	5th	17 20 25 27 40
2021-06-16	3	5th	2 6 13 25 40
2021-06-05	10	5th	7 10 32 35 40
2021-05-01	5	5th	2 18 28 32 40
2021-04-14	4	5th	8 23 24 31 40
2021-03-31	9	5th	17 24 27 35 40
2021-02-27	10	4th	15 23 26 40 41
2021-01-23	1	5th	2 20 21 26 40
2021-01-20	5	5th	5 14 18 33 40
2021-01-02	5	5th	25 29 30 31 40
2020-12-16	1	5th	5 9 20 33 40
2020-12-12	6	5th	9 23 25 34 40
2020-11-21	9	5th	16 27 35 38 40
2020-10-21	41	5th	4 16 26 36 40
2020-05-30	15	4th	9 21 30 40 41
2020-04-08	9	5th	13 31 33 38 40
2020-03-07	10	5th	1 9 14 35 40
2020-02-01	3	5th	2 3 12 36 40
2020-01-22	23	4th	24 26 32 40 41
2019-11-02	6	5th	2 20 29 39 40
2019-10-12	9	5th	23 28 37 38 40
2019-09-11	1	5th	24 32 33 37 40
2019-09-07	1	5th	1 3 17 19 40
2019-09-04	24	5th	3 28 31 33 40
2019-06-12	1	5th	12 20 30 39 40
2019-06-08	2	5th	7 24 26 31 40
2019-06-01	5	5th	8 16 20 29 40
2019-05-15	3	5th	6 13 14 21 40
2019-05-04	2	5th	9 14 17 21 40
2019-04-27	14	5th	4 17 27 31 40
2019-03-09	1	4th	16 27 39 40 41
2019-03-06	11	5th	15 33 38 39 40
2019-01-26	5	5th	6 19 21 34 40
2019-01-09	5	5th	9 22 27 33 40
2018-12-22	7	5th	2 3 10 23 40
2018-11-28	1	5th	18 21 29 36 40
2018-11-24	13	5th	11 14 25 26 40
2018-10-10	8	5th	8 13 24 32 40
2018-09-12	1	5th	1 13 23 33 40
2018-09-08	8	4th	8 16 24 40 41
2018-08-11	10	5th	2 11 20 21 40
2018-07-07	11	5th	14 15 23 29 40
2018-05-30	17	5th	1 12 34 37 40
2018-03-31	14	5th	7 11 32 33 40
2018-02-10	8	5th	11 36 38 39 40
2018-01-13	1	4th	4 11 39 40 41
2018-01-10	2	5th	16 19 29 34 40
2018-01-03	14	5th	7 13 23 31 40
2017-11-15	5	5th	5 17 25 32 40
2017-10-28	16	5th	3 4 15 22 40
2017-09-02	11	5th	4 9 15 16 40
2017-07-26	34	5th	1 5 10 34 40
2017-03-29	9	5th	3 4 21 24 40
2017-02-25	2	5th	2 15 22 38 40
2017-02-18	9	5th	11 25 34 38 40
2017-01-18	3	5th	1 13 26 30 40
2017-01-07	7	5th	5 12 21 33 40
2016-12-14	4	5th	1 17 21 38 40
2016-11-30	3	5th	14 16 17 22 40
2016-11-19	3	5th	10 16 18 26 40
2016-11-09	4	4th	9 23 35 40 41
2016-10-26	5	5th	1 7 11 18 40
2016-10-08	5	5th	15 16 19 26 40
2016-09-21	7	5th	8 17 22 24 40
2016-08-27	5	5th	6 12 18 34 40
2016-08-10	3	5th	15 27 31 37 40
2016-07-30	10	5th	7 16 18 36 40
2016-06-25	1	5th	4 15 17 38 40
2016-06-22	5	5th	2 8 10 28 40
2016-06-04	6	5th	7 10 15 22 40
2016-05-14	12	5th	5 10 36 37 40
2016-04-02	17	5th	3 19 36 37 40
2016-02-03	24	5th	7 14 23 31 40
2015-11-11	2	5th	3 17 18 28 40
2015-11-04	5	5th	8 15 16 25 40
2015-10-17	2	5th	5 24 26 38 40
2015-10-10	2	4th	5 19 28 40 41
2015-10-03	3	5th	10 26 29 32 40
2015-09-23	28	5th	6 16 29 33 40
2015-06-17	6	5th	7 10 11 25 40
2015-05-27	19	5th	1 2 34 39 40
2015-03-21	8	5th	10 13 20 38 40
2015-02-21	7	5th	5 15 23 33 40
2015-01-28	9	5th	9 17 35 37 40
2014-12-27	1	5th	4 6 26 30 40
2014-12-24	3	5th	2 6 13 39 40
2014-12-13	1	5th	3 4 6 34 40
2014-12-10	6	5th	1 5 9 24 40
2014-11-19	4	5th	6 22 23 36 40
2014-11-05	4	5th	15 30 38 39 40
2014-10-22	11	5th	2 12 30 37 40
2014-09-13	6	5th	11 30 31 39 40
2014-08-23	2	4th	27 28 38 40 41
2014-08-16	3	5th	7 20 24 25 40
2014-08-06	7	5th	5 18 28 38 40
2014-07-12	10	4th	10 26 30 40 41
2014-06-07	1	5th	3 14 15 21 40
2014-06-04	1	5th	2 26 29 30 40
2014-05-31	8	5th	7 12 18 37 40
2014-05-03	31	5th	10 18 19 24 40
2014-01-15	3	5th	8 20 33 37 40
2014-01-04	6	5th	20 27 33 35 40
2013-12-14	17	5th	11 24 26 32 40
2013-10-16	10	5th	15 18 35 36 40
2013-09-11	6	5th	12 18 21 25 40
2013-08-21	6	5th	7 15 32 34 40
2013-07-31	1	5th	4 9 32 35 40
2013-07-27	22	5th	9 11 19 30 40
2013-05-11	16	5th	7 25 31 39 40
2013-03-16	13	5th	16 18 30 31 40
2013-01-30	1	5th	6 16 33 37 40
2013-01-26	5	5th	5 12 13 19 40
2013-01-09	10	5th	15 21 29 33 40
2012-12-05	4	5th	5 16 23 26 40
2012-11-21	2	4th	2 9 31 40 41
2012-11-14	8	5th	25 27 36 37 40
2012-10-17	8	5th	5 9 30 33 40
2012-09-19	11	5th	7 24 33 34 40
2012-08-08	15	5th	15 19 25 35 40
2012-06-16	7	5th	14 17 19 24 40
2012-05-23	4	5th	11 18 33 38 40
2012-05-09	3	4th	2 16 32 40 41
2012-04-28	16	5th	6 13 18 29 40
2012-03-03	3	5th	7 17 34 37 40
2012-02-22	8	5th	9 14 17 21 40
2012-01-25	1	5th	1 11 23 33 40
2012-01-21	3	5th	13 19 23 27 40
2012-01-11	6	5th	11 17 21 39 40
2011-12-21	2	4th	8 32 33 40 41
2011-12-14	5	5th	4 7 9 22 40
2011-11-26	1	5th	5 19 37 39 40
2011-11-23	30	5th	2 9 34 37 40
2011-08-10	2	5th	2 26 36 38 40
2011-08-03	1	5th	19 23 27 29 40
2011-07-30	14	5th	5 6 28 29 40
2011-06-11	6	5th	3 13 21 35 40
2011-05-21	13	5th	3 13 21 22 40
2011-04-06	2	4th	3 12 37 40 41
2011-03-30	1	5th	8 9 10 19 40
2011-03-26	8	5th	6 8 31 33 40
2011-02-26	1	5th	4 5 20 33 40
2011-02-23	7	5th	12 19 20 38 40
2011-01-29	5	4th	13 31 36 40 41
2011-01-12	4	5th	3 16 18 39 40
2010-12-29	3	5th	6 15 19 32 40
2010-12-18	2	5th	4 10 35 37 40
2010-12-11	6	5th	1 12 13 29 40
2010-11-20	43	5th	1 22 30 35 40
2010-06-23	6	5th	1 15 19 34 40
2010-06-02	3	5th	2 8 9 23 40
2010-05-22	1	5th	7 15 33 34 40
2010-05-19	—	5th	9 14 21 27 40