Illinois lottery - story of number 42

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The latest story of Illinois lottery number 42

Played last time: Saturday, December 14th

Probably worth mentioning that number 42 appeared in the Illinois lottery results 278 times and a total of 23,595 times in the other 85 games we analyze here at LottoMatic.

Let's break down the 278 times this particular number showed up in the Illinois lottery results...

Our analysis shows that it has a favorite day. Saturday! This number has been in the Saturday's Illinois lottery results 104 times.

Now let us look at the chart below and see when was 42 a hot number and when it cooled down during the last 100 games. This chart aims to reflect a realistic image of when -- and for how long -- this number is hot or cold.

Heat factor (hot/cold) chart for number 42 in Illinois lottery

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On the other hand, Wednesday is a day when 42 is a little absent :) It only showed up 23 times on Wednesdays.

The other days number 42 was a member of the winning results:

The best buddy of 42 is 12. They came out together 39 times in the Illinois lottery results.
However, for some reason 42 and 21 only came out together 13 times.

We asked the statistics department how did number 42 do during each month of the year and they gave us an this answer:

Months Times drawn
Aprils 28
Julys 28
Octobers 27
Novembers 26
Junes 23
Februarys 21
Decembers 20
Januarys 19
Marches 19
Augusts 19

As for the years go, this number was drawn...

Year Times drawn
2014 23
2012 20
2017 20
2018 19
2010 18
2016 18
2009 17
2023 17
2015 16
2019 16
2020 16
2024 16
2013 15
2022 13

Oh, and one more thing, last time number 42 was drawn in the Illinois lottery was on 2024-12-14 but you probably knew that already :)

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