← New York Lotto42
Appearances of number 42 over 2603 draws: appeared in 256 of 2603 draws.
Number 42
256 appearances in New York Lotto history
- Appearances
- 256
- % of draws
- 9.83%
- Current gap
- 5
- Average gap
- 10.16
- Median gap
- 7
- Max gap
- 68
- First seen
- Oct 6, 2001
- Last seen
- Aug 5, 2026
Could this absence happen by chance?
How the observed value compares with real history and with fair, independent random draws.
- Current absence (draws)
- 5
- Within real history
- 64.7%
- of historical values were ≥ observed
- In simulated random history
- 100.0%
- of 40 simulated histories (seed 20260601)
A gap this long is common — it occurred in 65% of comparable cases. Nothing unusual here.
Past frequency never changes the odds of a future draw — this only describes how remarkable the observation is.
Position breakdown
How often number 42 landed in each sorted slot of the 6 drawn numbers — 1st = lowest drawn number, 6th = highest.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| 1st | 1 |
| 2nd | 8 |
| 3rd | 26 |
| 4th | 84 |
| 5th | 100 |
| 6th | 37 |
| Sorted position | Appearances | % of appearances |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | 8 | 3.1% |
| 3rd | 26 | 10.2% |
| 4th | 84 | 32.8% |
| 5th | 100 | 39.1% |
| 6th | 37 | 14.5% |
Appearance timeline
Every draw in the dataset, oldest to newest — a peak means number 42 was drawn.
Recent appearances
- Aug 5, 2026View →
- Jul 18, 2026View →
- Jul 4, 2026View →
- Apr 1, 2026View →
- Feb 28, 2026View →
- Oct 29, 2025View →
- Oct 8, 2025View →
- Sep 13, 2025View →
- Aug 23, 2025View →
- Feb 1, 2025View →
- Jan 8, 2025View →
- Jan 4, 2025View →
- Dec 14, 2024View →
- Nov 27, 2024View →
- Nov 2, 2024View →
Showing the most recent 15 of 256 appearances.
Most co-drawn with 42
- 33× together4231
- 29× together4225
- 29× together4224
- 28× together4217
- 28× together4252
- 28× together4244
- 28× together4229
- 27× together4255
- 27× together4215
- 26× together421