Number 48

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

99times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.22σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

33longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 10 times, counted separately.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 4 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 48 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest2 · chance 1.3
6th smallest17 · chance 21.7
7th smallest80 · chance 76.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 40 5 31 7 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 48 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 50. 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-03-27	5	5th	5 34 37 38 48 49 50
2026-03-10	9	7th	14 16 22 28 33 37 48
2026-02-06	1	7th	6 23 25 29 40 45

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: 48 is drawn with probability 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-07	2	7th	3 22 32 43 46 47 48
2024-04-30	1	7th	5 8 18 21 23 31 48
2024-04-26	8	7th	2 3 23 36 38 40 48
2024-03-29	11	7th	1 14 17 19 23 42 48
2024-02-20	8	7th	1 4 23 24 31 40 48
2024-01-23	21	6th	4 9 25 31 41 48 49
2023-11-10	15	7th	7 12 15 16 35 45 48
2023-09-19	10	7th	4 7 13 20 24 30 48
2023-08-15	5	6th	13 15 20 29 31 48 49
2023-07-28	1	7th	4 17 26 28 29 41 48
2023-07-25	3	7th	15 16 17 18 43 44 48
2023-07-14	1	7th	3 11 23 27 39 44 48
2023-07-11	6	7th	5 16 23 24 31 40 48
2023-06-20	11	7th	5 10 24 30 32 43 48
2023-05-12	11	7th	4 5 20 26 28 29 48
2023-04-04	11	7th	6 15 29 32 36 45 48
2023-02-24	7	6th	1 11 15 21 35 48 49
2023-01-31	11	7th	2 6 16 23 40 41 48
2022-12-23	2	7th	7 17 20 22 31 36 48
2022-12-16	2	7th	6 22 25 42 43 45 48
2022-12-09	20	7th	2 18 20 22 34 43 48
2022-09-30	3	7th	9 14 36 37 38 40 48
2022-09-20	6	7th	9 10 11 20 24 31 48
2022-08-30	1	7th	5 8 12 23 39 41 48
2022-08-26	2	7th	3 11 22 26 29 46 48
2022-08-19	4	7th	5 20 26 33 35 46 48
2022-08-05	23	6th	7 16 19 33 36 48 49
2022-05-17	5	7th	10 35 38 40 45 47 48
2022-04-29	7	7th	8 9 19 32 37 46 48
2022-04-05	4	6th	14 24 34 39 43 48 50
2022-03-22	10	7th	14 16 20 26 33 36 48
2022-02-15	12	7th	19 26 28 36 40 42 48
2022-01-04	19	7th	7 8 13 20 25 26 48
2021-10-29	4	7th	1 5 17 18 38 41 48
2021-10-15	3	7th	14 17 20 24 25 38 48
2021-10-05	1	7th	2 10 18 19 25 42 48
2021-10-01	5	7th	4 8 15 39 40 42 48
2021-09-14	1	7th	17 24 27 33 38 41 48
2021-09-10	10	7th	11 28 38 40 43 45 48
2021-08-06	1	6th	14 15 24 43 44 48 49
2021-08-03	2	7th	4 5 9 15 24 36 48
2021-07-27	3	7th	5 12 13 32 36 40 48
2021-07-16	1	7th	13 17 24 26 33 46 48
2021-07-13	15	7th	2 6 12 13 17 36 48
2021-05-21	18	7th	5 6 25 31 32 44 48
2021-03-19	4	7th	2 7 8 26 30 43 48
2021-03-05	9	7th	6 9 23 25 31 36 48
2021-02-02	11	7th	17 24 27 34 38 42 48
2020-12-25	12	6th	8 12 16 30 38 48 50
2020-11-13	4	6th	3 4 7 19 44 48 49
2020-10-30	10	7th	19 20 23 31 37 46 48
2020-09-25	8	6th	1 7 9 28 38 48 50
2020-08-28	7	6th	5 8 9 28 32 48 50
2020-08-04	2	7th	18 24 25 30 31 33 48
2020-07-28	4	7th	7 10 11 24 39 43 48
2020-07-14	4	7th	3 9 21 35 44 47 48
2020-06-30	3	6th	11 12 22 33 37 48 49
2020-06-19	10	7th	3 12 17 22 29 31 48
2020-05-15	1	6th	7 30 32 40 47 48 50
2020-05-12	4	7th	11 19 22 26 33 46 48
2020-04-28	12	7th	9 18 23 36 39 43 48
2020-03-17	2	7th	4 5 8 15 27 41 48
2020-03-10	2	7th	5 6 27 37 38 46 48
2020-03-03	2	7th	10 14 15 25 27 39 48
2020-02-25	1	7th	15 32 36 40 41 43 48
2020-02-21	4	5th	4 7 14 37 48 49 50
2020-02-07	6	6th	21 24 26 31 36 48 49
2020-01-17	1	7th	5 6 36 39 40 46 48
2020-01-14	1	7th	5 16 19 23 30 37 48
2020-01-10	6	7th	10 13 14 24 28 47 48
2019-12-20	6	7th	14 23 28 29 30 33 48
2019-11-29	25	7th	3 8 14 15 24 33 48
2019-09-03	4	7th	6 8 11 13 28 42 48
2019-08-20	28	7th	9 17 23 37 44 46 48
2019-05-14	—	7th	9 24 27 33 40 44 48