Number 40

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

79times drawn · chance expected 98 −2.01σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

44longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

40 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 79 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −2.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 40, draw by draw

Drawn 79 times in 847 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 17 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 0.6
3rd smallest6 · chance 5.5
4th smallest23 · chance 20.3
5th smallest32 · chance 33.2
6th smallest18 · chance 19.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 14 17 18 44 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-07-23	13	5th	5 8 15 17 40 52
2025-06-07	7	4th	1 16 36 40 42 50
2025-05-14	33	6th	9 18 19 30 31 40
2025-01-18	13	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-29	25	6th	4 9 14 16 21 40
2023-05-03	23	5th	18 21 33 35 40 43
2023-02-11	1	5th	9 11 35 39 40 48
2023-02-08	12	6th	15 20 23 31 33 40
2022-12-28	3	4th	8 22 30 40 42 49
2022-12-17	13	6th	4 6 18 20 36 40
2022-11-02	4	6th	1 7 22 33 39 40
2022-10-19	4	5th	1 5 14 29 40 52
2022-10-05	8	5th	14 16 23 26 40 42
2022-09-07	20	5th	2 10 17 28 40 44
2022-06-29	13	4th	27 33 34 40 41 51
2022-05-14	2	6th	10 13 22 27 36 40
2022-05-07	15	4th	14 35 36 40 45 50
2022-03-16	2	5th	17 29 30 38 40 43
2022-03-09	40	5th	15 17 22 29 40 42
2021-10-16	2	4th	12 13 35 40 41 44
2021-10-09	22	6th	3 5 10 32 37 40
2021-07-24	14	3rd	6 39 40 44 45 47
2021-06-05	12	5th	9 26 35 36 40 46
2021-04-24	14	4th	22 26 31 40 42 43
2021-03-06	14	4th	3 18 20 40 41 43
2021-01-16	33	3rd	21 25 40 42 44 49
2020-09-23	3	5th	8 10 17 20 40 46
2020-09-12	24	5th	13 20 30 34 40 50
2020-06-20	1	4th	6 24 28 40 45 49
2020-06-17	11	5th	1 32 35 36 40 52
2020-05-09	37	3rd	26 29 40 41 45 48
2020-01-01	3	4th	4 5 24 40 42 47
2019-12-18	8	5th	10 17 24 32 40 44
2019-11-20	14	5th	1 10 22 32 40 49
2019-10-02	8	6th	8 16 18 35 37 40
2019-09-04	5	4th	1 14 21 40 42 44
2019-08-17	6	3rd	5 14 40 49 51 52
2019-07-27	36	3rd	8 33 40 44 48 52
2019-03-23	8	5th	2 33 34 38 40 46
2019-02-23	4	5th	2 3 13 25 40 52
2019-02-09	4	5th	6 10 17 31 40 49
2019-01-26	7	5th	7 11 23 29 40 45
2019-01-02	10	6th	4 8 12 14 27 40
2018-11-28	12	5th	2 4 20 38 40 45
2018-10-17	3	4th	11 17 38 40 44 48
2018-10-06	3	4th	3 19 27 40 41 44
2018-09-26	5	5th	1 3 29 37 40 41
2018-09-08	17	4th	6 14 25 40 43 52
2018-07-11	4	6th	5 6 17 30 37 40
2018-06-27	11	6th	2 4 6 37 39 40
2018-05-19	10	4th	9 35 38 40 46 48
2018-04-14	8	5th	18 26 31 36 40 46
2018-03-17	4	4th	6 21 26 40 42 44
2018-03-03	5	5th	8 19 22 36 40 42
2018-02-14	4	4th	2 18 28 40 45 46
2018-01-31	2	5th	18 19 26 34 40 42
2018-01-24	44	6th	3 18 19 24 32 40
2017-08-23	3	6th	1 6 7 26 27 40
2017-08-12	—	4th	24 34 38 40 41 46