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New York Lotto
42

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.

1st12nd83rd264th845th1006th37
Chart data
LabelValue
1st1
2nd8
3rd26
4th84
5th100
6th37
Sorted positionAppearances% of appearances
1st10.4%
2nd83.1%
3rd2610.2%
4th8432.8%
5th10039.1%
6th3714.5%

Appearance timeline

Every draw in the dataset, oldest to newest — a peak means number 42 was drawn.

Appearances of number 42 over 2603 draws: appeared in 256 of 2603 draws.

Recent appearances

Showing the most recent 15 of 256 appearances.

Most co-drawn with 42

  • 4231
    33× together
  • 4225
    29× together
  • 4224
    29× together
  • 4217
    28× together
  • 4252
    28× together
  • 4244
    28× together
  • 4229
    28× together
  • 4255
    27× together
  • 4215
    27× together
  • 421
    26× together