Number 40

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,590 draws, 6 from 1–48.

317times drawn · chance expected 324 −0.40σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

58longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 317 times in 2,590 draws against 323.8 expected, −0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 317 times in 2,590 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 9 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 smallest1 · chance 0.6
3rd smallest17 · chance 8.6
4th smallest69 · chance 52.9
5th smallest135 · chance 136.0
6th smallest95 · chance 119.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 33 46 47 12 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-03	3	6th	26 30 33 37 39 40
2026-09-26	10	4th	19 20 31 40 41 46
2026-09-02	10	4th	9 11 35 40 46 47
2026-08-10	2	6th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-26	10	6th	21 26 32 37 39 40
2025-05-03	10	4th	8 18 29 40 41 48
2025-04-09	2	4th	14 22 28 40 44 47
2025-04-05	1	6th	14 27 32 34 39 40
2025-04-02	5	5th	19 24 25 29 40 46
2025-03-22	29	6th	1 3 18 31 32 40
2025-01-13	5	5th	3 12 15 21 40 43
2025-01-01	3	5th	4 6 22 23 40 42
2024-12-25	3	4th	21 23 33 40 41 46
2024-12-18	19	6th	1 2 17 23 31 40
2024-11-04	5	6th	13 17 19 21 29 40
2024-10-23	5	4th	17 27 33 40 42 48
2024-10-12	3	4th	11 12 26 40 41 42
2024-10-05	8	3rd	22 25 40 43 45 46
2024-09-16	8	6th	12 13 19 34 39 40
2024-08-28	15	5th	5 10 21 39 40 45
2024-07-24	7	4th	3 22 32 40 41 42
2024-07-08	2	5th	20 23 26 29 40 42
2024-07-03	8	5th	1 8 11 37 40 47
2024-06-15	19	6th	18 20 25 26 29 40
2024-05-01	3	3rd	35 37 40 41 47 48
2024-04-24	2	5th	2 7 13 37 40 43
2024-04-20	4	6th	2 6 15 32 38 40
2024-04-10	8	5th	12 33 34 36 40 46
2024-03-23	7	5th	6 9 22 23 40 42
2024-03-06	11	5th	1 21 28 34 40 41
2024-02-10	15	6th	6 9 11 23 33 40
2024-01-06	1	4th	4 10 14 40 43 45
2024-01-03	9	6th	10 22 30 34 37 40
2023-12-13	1	4th	9 32 33 40 41 43
2023-12-11	17	6th	8 10 15 20 33 40
2023-11-01	6	4th	6 14 30 40 46 47
2023-10-18	9	6th	21 24 27 32 34 40
2023-09-27	1	6th	1 3 6 12 35 40
2023-09-25	31	3rd	23 25 40 43 44 45
2023-07-15	10	5th	6 15 20 27 40 47
2023-06-21	2	6th	4 5 18 22 25 40
2023-06-17	13	6th	4 5 7 10 15 40
2023-05-17	20	5th	13 14 26 39 40 41
2023-04-01	5	6th	2 13 20 21 35 40
2023-03-20	1	5th	6 9 18 20 40 44
2023-03-18	14	5th	1 18 20 37 40 47
2023-02-13	4	5th	5 18 26 30 40 41
2023-02-04	32	5th	1 20 25 36 40 45
2022-11-21	4	5th	7 9 20 32 40 47
2022-11-12	17	3rd	9 31 40 41 42 48
2022-10-03	2	6th	4 17 23 32 38 40
2022-09-28	6	4th	4 20 29 40 41 44
2022-09-14	4	5th	10 33 34 36 40 42
2022-09-05	1	5th	17 18 27 38 40 42
2022-09-03	1	5th	5 28 35 38 40 42
2022-08-31	4	6th	6 13 29 31 39 40
2022-08-22	1	6th	25 32 33 35 36 40
2022-08-20	12	6th	12 25 32 33 35 40
2022-07-23	15	5th	2 5 16 28 40 46
2022-06-18	1	4th	9 12 25 40 42 43
2022-06-15	7	5th	12 21 28 37 40 46
2022-05-30	12	5th	9 17 26 38 40 46
2022-05-02	11	6th	12 16 24 31 35 40
2022-04-06	11	4th	16 25 38 40 42 45
2022-03-12	1	5th	12 27 33 34 40 41
2022-03-09	2	5th	7 19 30 33 40 41
2022-03-05	3	6th	8 10 14 34 37 40
2022-02-26	12	4th	20 29 34 40 44 46
2022-01-29	12	4th	15 33 34 40 42 47
2022-01-01	4	5th	1 4 20 23 40 46
2021-12-22	7	5th	12 24 29 31 40 46
2021-12-06	2	6th	3 18 25 31 35 40
2021-12-01	3	6th	1 5 17 29 36 40
2021-11-24	16	5th	20 29 37 39 40 46
2021-10-18	6	6th	6 11 33 35 37 40
2021-10-04	23	5th	4 12 14 28 40 42
2021-08-11	1	5th	9 16 26 36 40 47
2021-08-09	27	6th	3 10 28 29 37 40
2021-06-07	1	5th	22 25 32 34 40 41
2021-06-05	8	4th	12 18 33 40 41 45
2021-05-17	1	5th	22 28 30 34 40 42
2021-05-15	2	5th	15 28 31 37 40 47
2021-05-10	4	3rd	23 35 40 44 46 47
2021-05-01	2	5th	27 34 35 39 40 42
2021-04-26	7	6th	19 23 32 36 37 40
2021-04-10	13	5th	7 17 22 30 40 46
2021-03-10	11	5th	4 8 30 38 40 41
2021-02-13	8	5th	4 25 26 38 40 44
2021-01-25	15	6th	5 16 18 24 39 40
2020-12-21	12	6th	5 18 32 37 38 40
2020-11-23	10	5th	3 4 7 33 40 48
2020-10-31	22	5th	5 18 23 37 40 44
2020-09-09	3	5th	4 13 16 23 40 44
2020-09-02	19	5th	4 9 22 30 40 48
2020-07-20	2	5th	7 11 19 27 40 48
2020-07-15	11	5th	1 8 16 38 40 41
2020-06-20	12	4th	6 12 18 40 44 47
2020-05-23	26	5th	5 12 22 36 40 47
2020-03-23	2	6th	7 8 21 23 37 40
2020-03-18	2	5th	5 15 33 35 40 41
2020-03-14	25	6th	17 21 28 32 33 40
2020-01-15	10	6th	1 8 16 30 32 40
2019-12-23	11	5th	1 5 9 26 40 42
2019-11-27	1	4th	3 12 30 40 44 46
2019-11-25	9	5th	14 15 32 37 40 45
2019-11-04	16	6th	8 22 26 29 36 40
2019-09-28	1	6th	14 18 22 23 29 40
2019-09-25	1	6th	4 8 12 19 38 40
2019-09-23	28	6th	8 14 17 37 38 40
2019-07-20	3	6th	8 13 14 25 29 40
2019-07-13	5	5th	7 11 30 36 40 41
2019-07-01	23	5th	10 26 27 34 40 46
2019-05-08	1	3rd	22 35 40 41 45 46
2019-05-06	6	2nd	21 40 42 43 44 45
2019-04-22	2	6th	3 11 13 23 33 40
2019-04-17	14	6th	12 13 14 25 37 40
2019-03-16	8	5th	11 15 23 24 40 48
2019-02-25	15	4th	9 24 26 40 41 47
2019-01-21	10	6th	5 18 24 26 36 40
2018-12-29	3	4th	2 32 36 40 41 45
2018-12-22	18	6th	6 8 35 36 39 40
2018-11-10	3	4th	20 33 36 40 42 44
2018-11-03	4	5th	3 13 16 37 40 48
2018-10-24	9	6th	1 9 13 32 36 40
2018-10-03	15	3rd	1 14 40 43 45 47
2018-08-29	3	6th	3 8 18 22 32 40
2018-08-22	58	6th	3 7 27 30 33 40
2018-04-09	10	5th	6 8 27 34 40 48
2018-03-17	1	6th	10 18 24 28 29 40
2018-03-14	7	4th	8 28 34 40 42 47
2018-02-26	8	5th	5 11 26 35 40 45
2018-02-07	18	4th	11 20 21 40 44 46
2017-12-27	6	5th	7 11 15 36 40 44
2017-12-13	23	6th	8 12 28 38 39 40
2017-10-21	3	5th	4 14 19 35 40 43
2017-10-14	18	5th	2 8 10 29 40 45
2017-09-02	1	3rd	10 33 40 42 46 47
2017-08-30	3	6th	10 19 24 25 26 40
2017-08-23	5	5th	6 11 16 21 40 43
2017-08-12	11	5th	2 6 10 15 40 42
2017-07-17	6	5th	3 4 29 32 40 46
2017-07-03	11	5th	1 27 31 35 40 44
2017-06-07	11	5th	9 14 28 39 40 45
2017-05-13	1	5th	20 25 32 35 40 43
2017-05-10	2	5th	1 9 18 37 40 42
2017-05-06	10	5th	6 14 23 35 40 45
2017-04-12	3	5th	1 2 22 26 40 47
2017-04-05	6	5th	22 27 33 37 40 47
2017-03-22	5	6th	10 15 23 26 39 40
2017-03-11	6	4th	1 7 31 40 44 47
2017-02-25	9	4th	10 17 28 40 41 46
2017-02-04	6	5th	12 15 37 38 40 46
2017-01-21	7	5th	10 11 28 39 40 41
2017-01-04	8	3rd	4 31 40 41 45 48
2016-12-17	9	6th	14 16 17 29 39 40
2016-11-26	10	6th	7 18 26 33 38 40
2016-11-02	1	4th	15 30 34 40 43 47
2016-10-31	2	4th	11 17 18 40 41 42
2016-10-26	3	6th	2 6 13 18 36 40
2016-10-19	2	6th	9 10 22 26 38 40
2016-10-15	5	5th	2 9 17 24 40 41
2016-10-03	14	5th	12 18 24 25 40 42
2016-08-31	25	6th	4 6 15 21 38 40
2016-07-04	2	6th	7 9 15 24 33 40
2016-06-29	14	5th	7 9 26 33 40 45
2016-05-28	5	5th	7 9 13 23 40 44
2016-05-16	3	6th	10 18 19 23 32 40
2016-05-09	9	4th	12 14 30 40 44 48
2016-04-18	2	5th	5 12 21 33 40 46
2016-04-13	40	4th	10 24 33 40 45 47
2016-01-11	9	5th	15 17 24 34 40 43
2015-12-21	7	4th	6 11 25 40 42 47
2015-12-05	12	5th	10 28 33 34 40 43
2015-11-07	10	5th	5 21 31 36 40 48
2015-10-14	1	3rd	31 35 40 41 42 48
2015-10-12	7	3rd	19 27 40 41 45 47
2015-09-26	1	6th	11 15 33 34 39 40
2015-09-23	5	5th	2 10 33 36 40 48
2015-09-12	3	6th	10 12 17 19 34 40
2015-09-05	6	5th	26 27 36 37 40 48
2015-08-22	5	3rd	16 24 40 43 44 45
2015-08-10	7	3rd	4 24 40 42 45 46
2015-07-25	11	6th	3 17 28 30 31 40
2015-06-29	7	5th	2 5 28 30 40 41
2015-06-13	1	4th	5 13 20 40 41 42
2015-06-10	4	3rd	11 29 40 44 45 47
2015-06-01	15	5th	12 32 33 39 40 43
2015-04-27	5	3rd	6 28 40 44 46 48
2015-04-15	2	5th	9 15 34 36 40 48
2015-04-11	4	6th	3 9 12 33 34 40
2015-04-01	22	5th	14 16 19 34 40 43
2015-02-09	9	4th	1 9 35 40 41 48
2015-01-19	5	5th	7 12 19 22 40 48
2015-01-07	4	4th	14 27 30 40 46 48
2014-12-29	7	3rd	17 19 40 41 42 43
2014-12-13	2	4th	12 34 35 40 42 44
2014-12-08	1	5th	16 22 24 25 40 47
2014-12-06	3	4th	4 32 39 40 45 46
2014-11-29	1	6th	3 6 12 19 31 40
2014-11-26	6	4th	5 21 38 40 41 46
2014-11-12	3	5th	5 23 29 37 40 41
2014-11-05	2	6th	6 10 20 31 35 40
2014-11-01	3	4th	2 18 26 40 42 43
2014-10-25	2	5th	2 20 22 37 40 45
2014-10-20	15	4th	18 24 34 40 46 47
2014-09-15	6	6th	10 12 13 17 39 40
2014-09-01	6	5th	10 19 29 34 40 41
2014-08-18	19	6th	1 5 15 31 37 40
2014-07-05	11	5th	24 26 33 38 40 43
2014-06-09	6	5th	3 31 34 35 40 48
2014-05-26	10	4th	5 12 33 40 42 44
2014-05-03	4	5th	9 20 27 36 40 45
2014-04-23	10	5th	8 21 35 39 40 44
2014-03-31	1	5th	10 13 30 37 40 46
2014-03-29	1	5th	5 6 14 24 40 43
2014-03-26	1	5th	4 15 29 39 40 47
2014-03-24	3	6th	2 3 12 24 33 40
2014-03-17	9	5th	5 9 10 20 40 48
2014-02-24	6	4th	25 30 35 40 41 42
2014-02-10	2	5th	3 14 29 38 40 48
2014-02-05	10	5th	14 32 35 37 40 44
2014-01-13	3	5th	8 26 32 35 40 46
2014-01-06	7	6th	2 16 33 34 38 40
2013-12-21	2	5th	4 7 32 34 40 45
2013-12-16	11	5th	5 14 19 23 40 47
2013-11-20	15	5th	2 6 9 32 40 47
2013-10-16	9	6th	3 8 17 30 31 40
2013-09-25	3	6th	4 9 10 21 29 40
2013-09-18	19	6th	1 3 24 25 37 40
2013-08-05	24	4th	9 10 13 40 41 43
2013-06-10	1	4th	14 17 30 40 46 48
2013-06-08	5	5th	5 9 14 32 40 41
2013-05-27	7	6th	5 13 16 27 39 40
2013-05-11	2	6th	1 2 3 26 37 40
2013-05-06	1	5th	4 11 14 30 40 46
2013-05-04	9	6th	5 12 16 37 38 40
2013-04-13	14	4th	25 30 31 40 47 48
2013-03-11	26	4th	2 11 23 40 47 48
2013-01-09	18	6th	5 6 13 24 33 40
2012-11-28	10	6th	9 20 21 38 39 40
2012-11-05	20	6th	4 7 16 25 35 40
2012-09-19	10	6th	18 21 24 34 36 40
2012-08-27	1	6th	2 30 31 36 37 40
2012-08-25	5	5th	9 15 21 22 40 45
2012-08-13	6	4th	1 5 29 40 42 44
2012-07-30	2	5th	4 13 17 34 40 48
2012-07-25	44	4th	16 37 38 40 44 46
2012-04-11	1	5th	4 5 19 39 40 43
2012-04-09	1	5th	7 9 23 37 40 44
2012-04-07	6	4th	4 18 28 40 47 48
2012-03-24	16	5th	12 15 23 32 40 47
2012-02-15	4	6th	6 7 9 12 16 40
2012-02-06	1	4th	13 17 21 40 43 45
2012-02-04	6	4th	5 34 38 40 41 43
2012-01-21	2	5th	10 12 32 38 40 48
2012-01-16	4	4th	1 17 23 40 42 48
2012-01-07	1	5th	2 9 25 32 40 48
2012-01-04	4	5th	6 10 21 27 40 42
2011-12-26	1	4th	11 25 30 40 42 43
2011-12-24	8	4th	21 24 32 40 41 43
2011-12-05	11	6th	3 8 9 14 37 40
2011-11-09	18	5th	3 12 16 28 40 46
2011-09-28	6	6th	2 4 16 26 33 40
2011-09-14	22	4th	11 19 34 40 42 48
2011-07-25	31	4th	19 26 30 40 41 46
2011-05-14	1	5th	5 19 20 30 40 45
2011-05-11	5	3rd	2 23 40 46 47 48
2011-04-30	3	5th	2 26 32 39 40 46
2011-04-23	9	5th	14 23 24 28 40 48
2011-04-02	26	4th	10 36 39 40 42 45
2011-01-31	15	4th	2 12 25 40 41 44
2010-12-27	1	5th	22 27 29 37 40 42
2010-12-25	8	6th	7 10 13 17 33 40
2010-12-06	1	6th	5 9 13 17 35 40
2010-12-04	3	6th	1 6 7 21 30 40
2010-11-27	6	6th	13 24 29 34 39 40
2010-11-13	7	5th	7 10 14 27 40 43
2010-10-27	5	6th	9 14 25 30 38 40
2010-10-16	8	6th	3 10 18 21 35 40
2010-09-27	2	5th	2 6 8 24 40 47
2010-09-22	4	4th	5 6 29 40 46 47
2010-09-13	2	5th	5 14 26 35 40 44
2010-09-08	2	6th	1 7 12 29 36 40
2010-09-04	3	6th	6 9 12 17 38 40
2010-08-28	1	6th	8 10 14 24 30 40
2010-08-25	2	6th	4 7 11 14 31 40
2010-08-21	1	5th	2 13 17 34 40 44
2010-08-18	2	5th	6 16 25 39 40 45
2010-08-14	2	4th	12 21 32 40 43 45
2010-08-09	6	5th	6 15 19 27 40 47
2010-07-26	1	6th	8 13 28 33 35 40
2010-07-24	14	5th	4 22 37 38 40 47
2010-06-21	7	5th	2 3 4 24 40 48
2010-06-05	4	4th	1 5 20 40 43 46
2010-05-26	3	4th	10 21 35 40 41 45
2010-05-19	8	5th	3 6 19 22 40 45
2010-05-01	—	5th	9 20 27 31 40 41