Number 43

In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

108times drawn · chance expected 97 +1.24σ

23draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

52longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +1.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 23 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 23 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 43 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 smallest1 · chance 1.1
4th smallest15 · chance 10.9
5th smallest37 · chance 42.4
6th smallest55 · chance 53.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 6 28 5 8 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 43 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 49. 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-05-10	3	5th	5 19 26 41 43 44
2017-04-29	5	5th	1 7 22 29 43 47
2017-04-12	2	6th	6 15 18 20 26 43
2017-04-05	10	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: 43 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-12-02	2	6th	25 33 34 36 40 43
2015-11-25	14	5th	5 14 23 34 43 44
2015-10-07	7	5th	1 8 24 31 43 46
2015-09-12	8	5th	2 7 21 42 43 47
2015-08-15	5	6th	2 11 16 24 33 43
2015-07-29	2	6th	3 6 28 34 39 43
2015-07-22	2	4th	20 23 40 43 47 49
2015-07-15	6	6th	8 12 13 36 38 43
2015-06-24	3	6th	3 5 23 36 39 43
2015-06-13	5	6th	10 23 24 35 36 43
2015-05-27	3	6th	2 20 22 30 36 43
2015-05-16	4	6th	5 22 23 25 40 43
2015-05-02	6	6th	3 6 28 35 42 43
2015-04-11	10	6th	5 6 22 24 32 43
2015-03-07	1	6th	8 17 22 31 41 43
2015-03-04	6	6th	13 18 20 29 33 43
2015-02-11	5	4th	28 32 41 43 46 49
2015-01-24	4	6th	6 17 27 30 40 43
2015-01-10	1	6th	15 25 27 38 41 43
2015-01-07	3	5th	4 5 29 33 43 49
2014-12-27	14	6th	15 20 24 27 37 43
2014-11-08	25	4th	5 8 17 43 47 49
2014-08-13	6	5th	4 8 26 31 43 46
2014-07-23	1	5th	2 30 35 37 43 44
2014-07-19	7	6th	1 11 28 36 37 43
2014-06-25	33	5th	4 24 34 36 43 49
2014-03-01	8	5th	8 13 21 37 43 47
2014-02-01	1	4th	7 39 42 43 44 47
2014-01-29	8	6th	2 13 15 36 40 43
2014-01-01	2	6th	12 16 18 35 36 43
2013-12-21	9	4th	28 33 34 43 46 48
2013-11-20	1	5th	4 8 9 12 43 49
2013-11-16	12	5th	16 18 37 42 43 45
2013-10-05	6	6th	2 8 14 15 41 43
2013-09-14	2	6th	7 14 16 27 42 43
2013-09-07	14	6th	13 16 29 35 41 43
2013-07-20	8	5th	3 17 26 35 43 45
2013-06-22	4	5th	3 21 36 42 43 44
2013-06-08	2	5th	2 18 23 36 43 46
2013-06-01	5	6th	1 5 12 17 22 43
2013-05-15	14	6th	8 21 26 27 34 43
2013-03-27	2	6th	6 17 19 31 42 43
2013-03-20	4	5th	5 18 28 31 43 49
2013-03-06	1	5th	28 29 40 42 43 44
2013-03-02	2	6th	1 14 15 39 41 43
2013-02-23	2	6th	4 9 21 39 41 43
2013-02-16	1	5th	8 17 18 23 43 45
2013-02-13	18	3rd	2 15 43 46 47 48
2012-12-12	1	6th	3 7 16 19 28 43
2012-12-08	3	5th	2 11 14 19 43 47
2012-11-28	19	6th	2 10 28 29 35 43
2012-09-22	7	6th	1 4 5 13 18 43
2012-08-29	15	6th	3 12 15 24 36 43
2012-07-07	7	6th	6 11 26 28 29 43
2012-06-13	8	6th	9 14 16 20 41 43
2012-05-16	2	6th	6 12 32 37 39 43
2012-05-09	4	6th	18 22 35 39 41 43
2012-04-25	3	4th	6 28 40 43 45 47
2012-04-14	2	5th	4 5 17 27 43 49
2012-04-07	6	6th	9 13 31 34 42 43
2012-03-17	10	4th	13 14 18 43 47 48
2012-02-11	7	5th	4 8 19 38 43 45
2012-01-18	17	6th	21 24 31 33 40 43
2011-11-19	1	5th	1 24 30 40 43 44
2011-11-16	11	5th	7 11 28 35 43 44
2011-10-08	9	6th	11 12 24 25 38 43
2011-09-07	10	5th	7 15 23 24 43 47
2011-08-03	5	5th	3 7 11 28 43 44
2011-07-16	2	4th	4 7 17 43 45 48
2011-07-09	4	6th	6 12 17 18 20 43
2011-06-25	27	6th	9 18 19 22 32 43
2011-03-23	52	6th	3 7 13 18 24 43
2010-09-18	5	5th	13 18 25 27 43 45
2010-09-01	4	5th	13 37 39 41 43 46
2010-08-18	16	6th	22 24 27 36 40 43
2010-06-23	2	6th	9 23 34 37 38 43
2010-06-16	10	4th	2 27 30 43 44 49
2010-05-12	15	5th	18 21 33 42 43 46
2010-03-20	1	6th	6 12 20 28 38 43
2010-03-17	1	4th	24 33 34 43 48 49
2010-03-13	2	6th	4 5 19 21 40 43
2010-03-06	10	5th	26 30 35 38 43 45
2010-01-30	2	5th	11 17 24 42 43 47
2010-01-23	—	6th	6 10 11 21 41 43