Number 43

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

94times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.40σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

36longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 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 94 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 36 · 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 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 0.2
3rd smallest4 · chance 2.9
4th smallest16 · chance 16.5
5th smallest46 · chance 40.3
6th smallest28 · chance 34.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 24 44 51 3 8

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, 43 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-08-20	20	6th	2 14 16 19 41 43
2025-06-11	32	5th	16 32 35 38 43 46
2025-02-19	23	4th	11 13 32 43 50 51
2024-11-27	6	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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