Number 42

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 6 from 1–48.

323times drawn · chance expected 324 −0.04σ

48draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.2% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

56longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

42 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 323 times in 2,589 draws against 323.6 expected, −0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 48 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 42, draw by draw

Drawn 323 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 48 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 0.1
3rd smallest4 · chance 3.5
4th smallest29 · chance 33.7
5th smallest127 · chance 127.9
6th smallest163 · chance 157.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 28 40 9 11 12

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, 42 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 42 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-01	6	6th	5 8 20 28 35 42
2026-06-17	5	6th	2 4 6 32 33 42
2026-06-06	5	6th	10 11 18 28 40 42
2026-05-25	4	5th	4 8 12 40 42 48
2026-05-16	2	5th	10 21 29 33 42 43
2026-05-11	3	6th	13 17 19 23 37 42
2026-05-04	11	6th	2 6 9 12 22 42
2026-04-08	14	6th	1 5 14 15 16 42
2026-03-07	4	6th	1 16 24 26 29 42
2026-02-25	9	5th	16 27 28 39 42 44
2026-02-04	8	5th	7 14 23 24 42 46
2026-01-17	5	6th	7 8 13 37 38 42
2026-01-05	2	6th	22 23 24 35 36 42
2025-12-31	12	6th	6 7 21 23 34 42
2025-12-03	14	6th	4 17 18 32 36 42
2025-11-01	1	5th	5 18 21 35 42 43
2025-10-29	7	4th	28 34 37 42 45 48
2025-10-13	1	6th	5 6 14 18 21 42
2025-10-11	3	5th	2 28 32 33 42 45
2025-10-04	3	6th	2 3 8 32 33 42
2025-09-27	3	5th	13 17 36 39 42 48
2025-09-20	2	6th	5 7 19 23 35 42
2025-09-15	10	5th	24 32 35 38 42 44
2025-08-23	15	5th	2 9 13 27 42 45

The other 299 appearances

2025-07-19	8	6th	9 15 26 29 41 42
2025-06-30	32	4th	13 18 19 42 44 46
2025-04-16	7	5th	2 4 19 31 42 44
2025-03-31	1	5th	1 3 5 35 42 45
2025-03-29	2	5th	5 11 15 32 42 45
2025-03-24	5	6th	1 4 22 24 26 42
2025-03-12	10	6th	3 7 11 17 27 42
2025-02-17	5	5th	7 28 34 36 42 46
2025-02-05	12	6th	1 3 15 17 27 42
2025-01-08	3	5th	3 21 31 33 42 46
2025-01-01	21	6th	4 6 22 23 40 42
2024-11-13	9	4th	19 26 30 42 45 46
2024-10-23	5	5th	17 27 33 40 42 48
2024-10-12	17	6th	11 12 26 40 41 42
2024-09-02	11	6th	9 26 27 32 36 42
2024-08-07	2	5th	2 15 31 36 42 45
2024-08-03	4	6th	12 18 24 25 35 42
2024-07-24	7	6th	3 22 32 40 41 42
2024-07-08	3	6th	20 23 26 29 40 42
2024-07-01	6	5th	1 12 23 28 42 47
2024-06-17	14	6th	6 18 28 29 37 42
2024-05-15	23	6th	1 17 22 24 36 42
2024-03-23	12	6th	6 9 22 23 40 42
2024-02-24	8	5th	13 15 20 28 42 43
2024-02-05	1	4th	27 34 35 42 44 45
2024-02-03	11	6th	9 20 23 28 32 42
2024-01-08	5	6th	15 21 22 25 33 42
2023-12-27	4	5th	11 12 17 34 42 46
2023-12-18	22	5th	4 7 34 38 42 47
2023-10-28	15	5th	2 20 28 30 42 43
2023-09-23	15	6th	4 5 11 16 20 42
2023-08-19	6	6th	3 11 15 21 33 42
2023-08-05	11	6th	16 25 27 36 41 42
2023-07-10	6	6th	4 12 23 27 29 42
2023-06-26	7	5th	1 9 16 27 42 47
2023-06-10	2	6th	7 12 17 23 36 42
2023-06-05	13	6th	11 14 20 29 41 42
2023-05-06	18	5th	10 22 24 31 42 44
2023-03-25	10	6th	1 10 16 27 30 42
2023-03-01	3	6th	6 7 36 37 39 42
2023-02-22	6	6th	14 15 16 28 36 42
2023-02-08	7	5th	13 25 30 39 42 44
2023-01-23	6	5th	13 19 31 33 42 47
2023-01-09	1	6th	11 17 36 38 39 42
2023-01-07	15	6th	1 3 21 37 38 42
2022-12-03	9	6th	5 12 13 36 39 42
2022-11-12	15	5th	9 31 40 41 42 48
2022-10-08	10	4th	7 25 29 42 43 44
2022-09-14	4	6th	10 33 34 36 40 42
2022-09-05	1	6th	17 18 27 38 40 42
2022-09-03	26	6th	5 28 35 38 40 42
2022-07-04	7	6th	6 10 22 24 32 42
2022-06-18	3	5th	9 12 25 40 42 43
2022-06-11	22	6th	5 12 13 18 37 42
2022-04-20	6	5th	19 20 26 33 42 47
2022-04-06	5	5th	16 25 38 40 42 45
2022-03-26	1	5th	7 9 18 24 42 48
2022-03-23	10	6th	3 15 16 28 33 42
2022-02-28	13	6th	7 8 11 13 37 42
2022-01-29	17	5th	15 33 34 40 42 47
2021-12-20	2	6th	10 15 16 22 36 42
2021-12-15	17	4th	13 34 38 42 43 48
2021-11-06	14	6th	11 16 25 26 41 42
2021-10-04	7	6th	4 12 14 28 40 42
2021-09-18	4	6th	3 5 9 17 23 42
2021-09-08	3	5th	19 22 23 29 42 44
2021-09-01	20	5th	3 14 19 26 42 47
2021-07-17	2	4th	5 19 34 42 43 46
2021-07-12	24	6th	3 6 16 19 21 42
2021-05-17	4	6th	22 28 30 34 40 42
2021-05-08	2	4th	2 13 24 42 43 46
2021-05-03	1	6th	2 10 25 29 34 42
2021-05-01	30	6th	27 34 35 39 40 42
2021-02-20	9	6th	8 12 17 26 41 42
2021-01-30	13	6th	1 13 16 37 38 42
2020-12-30	3	5th	5 10 34 36 42 44
2020-12-23	3	6th	4 14 17 30 32 42
2020-12-16	6	6th	13 15 18 31 34 42
2020-12-02	9	5th	5 28 29 32 42 45
2020-11-11	4	5th	8 12 23 36 42 43
2020-11-02	2	6th	5 10 13 28 37 42
2020-10-28	2	5th	6 8 21 27 42 47
2020-10-24	1	5th	4 12 35 36 42 45
2020-10-21	6	6th	1 12 29 31 32 42
2020-10-07	5	6th	8 11 27 31 37 42
2020-09-26	1	6th	1 17 28 29 30 42
2020-09-23	11	3rd	9 23 42 44 45 46
2020-08-29	2	5th	14 24 26 34 42 45
2020-08-24	12	5th	11 29 36 38 42 45
2020-07-27	4	6th	3 8 20 25 36 42
2020-07-18	13	6th	1 9 23 25 30 42
2020-06-17	1	6th	8 16 23 26 31 42
2020-06-15	5	6th	2 7 16 36 41 42
2020-06-03	2	5th	1 12 13 28 42 47
2020-05-30	1	5th	5 26 31 37 42 48
2020-05-27	5	6th	1 3 12 20 21 42
2020-05-16	2	5th	9 14 20 41 42 48
2020-05-11	4	6th	17 26 29 30 38 42
2020-05-02	2	4th	20 23 30 42 44 46
2020-04-27	21	5th	16 19 39 41 42 45
2020-03-09	1	5th	6 19 24 37 42 45
2020-03-07	3	6th	10 14 26 34 37 42
2020-02-29	4	6th	16 21 28 30 38 42
2020-02-19	2	5th	1 9 14 39 42 47
2020-02-15	12	4th	9 25 29 42 43 44
2020-01-18	3	5th	11 17 34 39 42 46
2020-01-11	1	5th	1 24 31 35 42 43
2020-01-08	7	6th	14 16 25 33 37 42
2019-12-23	2	6th	1 5 9 26 40 42
2019-12-18	38	5th	8 24 25 36 42 47
2019-09-21	8	6th	9 13 18 28 35 42
2019-09-02	3	5th	2 3 4 20 42 44
2019-08-26	10	5th	16 26 29 36 42 43
2019-08-03	15	6th	16 17 26 29 31 42
2019-06-29	1	5th	8 14 18 26 42 43
2019-06-26	14	6th	1 16 18 23 34 42
2019-05-25	8	4th	6 9 29 42 43 45
2019-05-06	10	3rd	21 40 42 43 44 45
2019-04-13	3	5th	6 11 30 41 42 46
2019-04-06	18	6th	4 6 17 18 28 42
2019-02-23	12	6th	6 10 11 12 34 42
2019-01-26	13	5th	2 7 9 13 42 44
2018-12-26	5	6th	15 23 29 33 41 42
2018-12-15	15	6th	14 20 23 26 27 42
2018-11-10	10	5th	20 33 36 40 42 44
2018-10-17	4	5th	3 7 20 29 42 46
2018-10-08	14	4th	23 34 36 42 44 47
2018-09-05	1	5th	2 8 10 12 42 43
2018-09-03	1	6th	19 21 24 25 41 42
2018-09-01	19	4th	14 17 27 42 44 47
2018-07-18	5	6th	4 20 23 24 28 42
2018-07-07	6	5th	1 2 3 28 42 43
2018-06-23	2	6th	9 17 22 31 33 42
2018-06-18	22	6th	1 9 14 28 41 42
2018-04-28	2	6th	5 10 11 19 34 42
2018-04-23	10	5th	6 10 32 33 42 47
2018-03-31	7	5th	8 17 19 25 42 43
2018-03-14	1	5th	8 28 34 40 42 47
2018-03-12	4	5th	6 9 13 14 42 43
2018-03-03	26	5th	8 9 11 33 42 45
2018-01-01	19	6th	13 18 22 30 35 42
2017-11-18	4	5th	11 20 26 41 42 47
2017-11-08	3	4th	24 27 32 42 46 48
2017-11-01	3	6th	1 14 21 24 36 42
2017-10-25	6	4th	12 21 30 42 44 47
2017-10-11	5	5th	9 14 17 32 42 44
2017-09-30	5	6th	1 11 15 27 38 42
2017-09-18	5	6th	1 2 15 29 35 42
2017-09-06	2	6th	9 22 33 36 38 42
2017-09-02	5	4th	10 33 40 42 46 47
2017-08-21	4	6th	7 15 18 20 29 42
2017-08-12	22	6th	2 6 10 15 40 42
2017-06-21	2	4th	7 8 41 42 44 45
2017-06-17	3	6th	14 20 22 27 28 42
2017-06-10	10	6th	8 13 18 27 32 42
2017-05-17	3	5th	17 21 28 36 42 48
2017-05-10	10	6th	1 9 18 37 40 42
2017-04-17	1	6th	6 9 14 25 39 42
2017-04-15	13	4th	5 22 28 42 43 44
2017-03-15	10	4th	7 15 28 42 43 45
2017-02-20	34	5th	9 12 21 34 42 46
2016-12-03	1	6th	18 23 29 33 36 42
2016-11-30	8	6th	9 15 16 17 18 42
2016-11-12	2	6th	4 9 18 19 25 42
2016-11-07	1	6th	4 12 28 33 41 42
2016-11-05	2	6th	3 11 17 18 39 42
2016-10-31	12	6th	11 17 18 40 41 42
2016-10-03	3	6th	12 18 24 25 40 42
2016-09-26	3	4th	15 19 29 42 44 46
2016-09-19	3	4th	8 16 34 42 47 48
2016-09-12	11	5th	23 28 34 35 42 45
2016-08-17	1	4th	5 23 26 42 43 46
2016-08-15	8	6th	8 12 14 22 28 42
2016-07-27	4	5th	20 27 32 34 42 48
2016-07-18	11	5th	11 13 17 39 42 44
2016-06-22	3	6th	11 21 25 28 36 42
2016-06-15	1	3rd	13 35 42 43 44 46
2016-06-13	14	5th	9 16 18 22 42 46
2016-05-11	3	5th	1 2 38 39 42 45
2016-05-04	12	5th	11 18 29 39 42 43
2016-04-06	12	6th	8 18 27 35 39 42
2016-03-09	3	6th	19 24 33 37 39 42
2016-03-02	2	5th	4 8 11 27 42 43
2016-02-27	1	5th	3 20 29 34 42 48
2016-02-24	3	5th	17 32 37 39 42 43
2016-02-17	4	3rd	12 31 42 43 44 46
2016-02-08	16	6th	2 12 24 37 38 42
2016-01-02	5	5th	22 25 26 27 42 48
2015-12-21	1	5th	6 11 25 40 42 47
2015-12-19	19	6th	14 21 27 31 33 42
2015-11-04	9	5th	4 9 21 26 42 45
2015-10-14	28	5th	31 35 40 41 42 48
2015-08-10	6	4th	4 24 40 42 45 46
2015-07-27	2	6th	1 13 19 24 33 42
2015-07-22	3	5th	1 25 31 32 42 48
2015-07-15	6	5th	3 6 9 12 42 44
2015-07-01	7	6th	9 12 20 36 39 42
2015-06-15	1	5th	8 19 34 35 42 48
2015-06-13	3	6th	5 13 20 40 41 42
2015-06-06	8	6th	22 25 26 30 34 42
2015-05-18	5	5th	7 8 9 13 42 48
2015-05-06	25	6th	12 14 22 31 34 42
2015-03-09	10	5th	2 6 17 37 42 48
2015-02-14	4	6th	6 23 32 33 39 42
2015-02-04	1	5th	8 17 28 39 42 43
2015-02-02	15	5th	11 13 19 26 42 46
2014-12-29	4	5th	17 19 40 41 42 43
2014-12-20	3	5th	1 16 30 34 42 45
2014-12-13	10	5th	12 34 35 40 42 44
2014-11-19	2	6th	5 7 25 36 38 42
2014-11-15	2	5th	20 22 25 38 42 47
2014-11-10	4	6th	2 11 17 19 20 42
2014-11-01	1	5th	2 18 26 40 42 43
2014-10-29	11	5th	5 22 24 26 42 45
2014-10-04	1	6th	11 14 21 22 33 42
2014-10-01	28	5th	7 8 25 36 42 43
2014-07-28	2	6th	3 16 31 32 38 42
2014-07-23	14	6th	8 12 24 33 37 42
2014-06-21	4	6th	19 22 26 29 31 42
2014-06-11	2	4th	28 31 38 42 44 46
2014-06-07	2	5th	13 19 23 30 42 43
2014-06-02	1	4th	3 17 19 42 46 47
2014-05-31	2	4th	11 15 41 42 44 47
2014-05-26	13	5th	5 12 33 40 42 44
2014-04-26	3	6th	5 9 16 22 25 42
2014-04-19	1	5th	3 5 14 35 42 46
2014-04-16	4	6th	1 2 11 12 34 42
2014-04-07	18	5th	17 22 27 29 42 44
2014-02-24	4	6th	25 30 35 40 41 42
2014-02-15	5	6th	9 14 17 18 38 42
2014-02-03	18	5th	6 26 32 39 42 48
2013-12-23	23	6th	5 11 20 32 39 42
2013-10-30	56	5th	8 15 26 36 42 47
2013-06-22	4	5th	1 2 17 23 42 44
2013-06-12	3	6th	4 18 20 24 41 42
2013-06-05	2	6th	8 9 16 26 27 42
2013-06-01	6	6th	5 9 29 30 36 42
2013-05-18	7	5th	12 22 23 38 42 45
2013-05-01	4	5th	10 27 29 35 42 45
2013-04-22	19	5th	9 21 22 30 42 46
2013-03-09	33	6th	2 4 13 14 39 42
2012-12-22	1	5th	17 21 30 35 42 43
2012-12-19	5	6th	5 13 25 27 29 42
2012-12-08	15	6th	7 8 16 20 33 42
2012-11-03	1	6th	8 10 15 18 37 42
2012-10-31	3	5th	1 34 36 41 42 46
2012-10-24	3	5th	2 6 23 24 42 45
2012-10-17	11	6th	2 4 5 7 15 42
2012-09-22	6	5th	2 15 24 35 42 44
2012-09-08	11	5th	4 28 30 39 42 47
2012-08-13	1	5th	1 5 29 40 42 44
2012-08-11	11	6th	13 14 23 31 34 42
2012-07-16	7	6th	3 10 30 35 38 42
2012-06-30	1	6th	2 12 14 25 39 42
2012-06-27	6	6th	11 22 32 33 36 42
2012-06-13	2	6th	15 17 21 24 37 42
2012-06-09	2	6th	1 24 28 34 41 42
2012-06-04	10	6th	4 7 30 36 38 42
2012-05-09	1	5th	10 14 16 25 42 47
2012-05-07	27	6th	2 3 8 13 14 42
2012-03-05	2	6th	12 32 34 35 38 42
2012-02-29	4	5th	11 18 28 35 42 47
2012-02-20	12	5th	5 16 22 35 42 47
2012-01-23	3	5th	2 11 12 21 42 44
2012-01-16	5	5th	1 17 23 40 42 48
2012-01-04	4	6th	6 10 21 27 40 42
2011-12-26	11	5th	11 25 30 40 42 43
2011-11-30	5	5th	2 5 15 38 42 48
2011-11-19	14	5th	6 7 15 23 42 43
2011-10-17	14	6th	5 6 10 32 33 42
2011-09-14	7	5th	11 19 34 40 42 48
2011-08-29	7	4th	18 25 41 42 45 48
2011-08-13	18	5th	9 12 21 32 42 43
2011-07-02	7	6th	15 24 25 26 28 42
2011-06-15	13	4th	11 14 32 42 44 45
2011-05-16	8	5th	2 19 22 30 42 44
2011-04-27	11	6th	8 11 14 33 39 42
2011-04-02	1	5th	10 36 39 40 42 45
2011-03-30	8	6th	4 7 12 20 24 42
2011-03-12	6	5th	18 25 32 37 42 43
2011-02-26	2	6th	3 4 13 21 25 42
2011-02-21	21	6th	5 10 27 35 41 42
2011-01-03	3	6th	8 20 32 36 37 42
2010-12-27	12	6th	22 27 29 37 40 42
2010-11-29	15	5th	8 13 23 37 42 44
2010-10-25	8	6th	1 19 22 28 29 42
2010-10-06	24	4th	8 13 15 42 45 47
2010-08-11	10	5th	10 12 21 24 42 48
2010-07-19	4	5th	4 10 29 31 42 45
2010-07-10	5	6th	4 15 18 30 36 42
2010-06-28	4	6th	2 16 17 19 35 42
2010-06-19	2	6th	4 8 11 18 22 42
2010-06-14	9	6th	13 20 28 37 41 42
2010-05-24	3	6th	6 10 17 27 39 42
2010-05-17	4	6th	2 5 8 10 22 42
2010-05-08	2	5th	4 11 17 30 42 44
2010-05-03	2	6th	17 19 24 34 37 42
2010-04-28	4	6th	1 4 24 32 38 42
2010-04-19	—	6th	6 30 35 37 41 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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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