The forties keep on roaring

The forties continue to feature well in the winning numbers, with two more appearances last week, making 10 in the last three weeks, 15 in the last six weeks, and 22 in the last 10 weeks, twice the long-run frequency which might be expected.

The law of averages continues to operate on individual numbers and 34 has now come up six times in the last 12 draws after featuring only seven times in the previous 76.

Number 21 has not come up since January, while 16 and 20 last won in the middle of March and 39 won for only the third time on 1 June.