Number 47

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 868 draws, 5 from 1–54.

67times drawn · chance expected 80 −1.57σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 82% for any number

13.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

67longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 67 times in 868 draws against 80.4 expected, −1.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 67 times in 868 draws · average wait 13.0 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 3 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 47 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 0.4
3rd smallest7 · chance 5.0
4th smallest24 · chance 24.3
5th smallest36 · chance 37.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 51 12 31 38 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 47 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 54. 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 47 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-04	24	5th	2 3 20 41 47
2026-04-19	3	5th	2 10 37 39 47
2026-03-29	54	5th	9 13 34 35 47
2025-03-16	18	5th	2 14

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: 47 is drawn with probability 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-12-23	12	4th	38 41 46 47 53
2018-09-30	20	5th	11 26 37 41 47
2018-05-13	35	5th	8 12 21 34 47
2017-09-10	8	5th	7 9 12 33 47
2017-07-16	8	4th	24 38 45 47 51
2017-05-21	37	5th	9 33 34 42 47
2016-09-04	16	4th	7 14 36 47 49
2016-05-15	4	5th	4 6 28 31 47
2016-04-17	23	5th	9 10 15 36 47
2015-11-08	19	4th	6 9 43 47 51
2015-06-28	19	4th	15 19 44 47 48
2015-02-15	15	4th	16 19 38 47 48
2014-11-02	3	5th	12 17 23 30 47
2014-10-12	11	5th	5 15 17 38 47
2014-07-27	7	5th	6 9 18 27 47
2014-06-08	2	3rd	9 45 47 49 54
2014-05-25	2	4th	9 26 40 47 51
2014-05-11	14	4th	19 20 21 47 54
2014-02-02	5	3rd	31 44 47 51 52
2013-12-29	1	5th	11 17 21 26 47
2013-12-22	13	5th	11 24 36 43 47
2013-09-22	6	5th	16 38 44 45 47
2013-08-11	27	3rd	6 29 47 52 53
2013-02-03	4	5th	8 16 20 39 47
2013-01-06	1	3rd	10 38 47 48 53
2012-12-30	4	5th	1 2 11 19 47
2012-12-02	9	4th	6 11 32 47 48
2012-09-30	1	5th	1 25 26 34 47
2012-09-23	1	5th	9 17 27 34 47
2012-09-16	6	4th	20 25 27 47 48
2012-08-05	39	4th	16 22 26 47 53
2011-11-06	4	5th	15 22 42 43 47
2011-10-09	14	5th	27 36 37 46 47
2011-07-03	3	4th	26 37 44 47 51
2011-06-12	1	3rd	9 40 47 53 54
2011-06-05	5	4th	7 24 31 47 51
2011-05-01	27	5th	5 29 35 43 47
2010-10-24	1	4th	3 23 41 47 53
2010-10-17	28	5th	28 31 34 37 47
2010-04-04	2	5th	15 32 36 45 47
2010-03-21	2	5th	3 16 32 41 47
2010-03-07	4	3rd	38 41 47 49 53
2010-02-07	—	4th	22 24 45 47 51