Number 48

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

261times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.55σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

38longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 261 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 37 times, counted separately.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 261 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 12 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 smallest25 · chance 27.2
6th smallest236 · chance 233.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 38 34 14 27 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 — 33rd most popular of 49. 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
2015-08-26	9	5th	3 4 7 18 48 49
2015-07-25	17	6th	2 4 5 15 20 48
2015-05-27	3	6th	12 27 28 39 41 48
2015-05-16	2	6th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2013-09-28	4	6th	10 12 14 25 46 48
2013-09-14	6	6th	18 20 24 30 39 48
2013-08-24	28	6th	5 20 26 40 42 48
2013-05-18	12	5th	3 5 24 31 48 49
2013-04-06	1	6th	11 21 22 41 47 48
2013-04-03	5	6th	5 11 21 32 42 48
2013-03-16	4	5th	1 11 12 27 48 49
2013-03-02	3	6th	6 9 23 31 35 48
2013-02-20	1	6th	3 6 36 44 45 48
2013-02-16	5	6th	7 20 27 39 46 48
2013-01-30	6	6th	9 10 24 43 47 48
2013-01-09	3	6th	5 21 24 25 39 48
2012-12-29	3	6th	6 8 31 37 40 48
2012-12-19	3	5th	4 26 33 41 48 49
2012-12-08	1	6th	29 33 35 36 45 48
2012-12-05	2	5th	3 4 14 31 48 49
2012-11-28	10	6th	14 28 37 38 45 48
2012-10-24	3	6th	1 10 19 36 47 48
2012-10-13	7	6th	14 26 30 32 36 48
2012-09-19	7	6th	5 14 19 23 33 48
2012-08-25	1	6th	12 18 23 31 44 48
2012-08-22	8	6th	3 11 23 28 30 48
2012-07-25	16	6th	8 14 15 22 41 48
2012-05-30	4	6th	7 14 25 33 45 48
2012-05-16	29	5th	5 6 21 41 48 49
2012-02-04	11	6th	4 7 40 41 45 48
2011-12-28	3	5th	8 11 13 17 48 49
2011-12-17	4	6th	1 22 35 39 42 48
2011-12-03	3	5th	1 30 35 47 48 49
2011-11-23	22	6th	4 11 19 22 31 48
2011-09-07	4	6th	4 29 31 36 38 48
2011-08-24	2	5th	11 27 46 47 48 49
2011-08-17	12	6th	3 19 32 40 47 48
2011-07-06	1	6th	26 32 34 35 41 48
2011-07-02	3	6th	10 18 34 35 39 48
2011-06-22	4	6th	16 22 23 36 45 48
2011-06-08	4	6th	3 19 36 40 43 48
2011-05-25	3	6th	7 8 17 30 46 48
2011-05-14	1	6th	8 18 27 28 46 48
2011-05-11	1	6th	17 30 33 34 38 48
2011-05-07	10	6th	17 18 24 29 35 48
2011-04-02	5	5th	12 14 32 44 48 49
2011-03-16	12	6th	2 15 16 18 47 48
2011-02-02	12	6th	2 17 20 42 46 48
2010-12-22	16	5th	7 13 33 37 48 49
2010-10-27	3	6th	3 5 11 16 41 48
2010-10-16	11	6th	6 30 34 38 45 48
2010-09-08	19	5th	8 10 26 34 48 49
2010-07-03	10	6th	8 31 37 43 44 48
2010-05-29	4	6th	2 17 36 39 42 48
2010-05-15	2	6th	1 4 24 26 27 48
2010-05-08	8	6th	1 26 28 32 46 48
2010-04-10	26	6th	6 9 11 21 40 48
2010-01-09	17	6th	20 24 33 34 37 48
2009-11-11	16	6th	4 6 12 31 38 48
2009-09-16	6	6th	18 23 34 44 46 48
2009-08-26	3	6th	3 9 11 17 27 48
2009-08-15	12	6th	16 31 32 46 47 48
2009-07-04	6	6th	14 16 26 39 44 48
2009-06-13	5	6th	1 13 18 36 43 48
2009-05-27	1	6th	2 12 24 31 41 48
2009-05-23	7	6th	12 17 32 41 44 48
2009-04-29	6	6th	1 15 35 42 45 48
2009-04-08	35	6th	8 10 21 23 25 48
2008-12-06	4	6th	10 12 20 37 39 48
2008-11-22	13	6th	4 12 34 35 38 48
2008-10-08	8	6th	9 13 24 25 42 48
2008-09-10	21	6th	7 15 16 19 22 48
2008-06-28	9	6th	7 12 19 23 46 48
2008-05-28	18	6th	10 25 28 36 45 48
2008-03-26	1	6th	3 22 27 33 45 48
2008-03-22	2	6th	7 11 14 27 45 48
2008-03-15	8	5th	2 23 37 40 48 49
2008-02-16	3	6th	9 18 21 24 37 48
2008-02-06	30	6th	2 5 12 15 30 48
2007-10-24	15	6th	14 16 24 28 45 48
2007-09-01	10	6th	3 27 34 41 42 48
2007-07-28	9	6th	4 18 22 27 44 48
2007-06-27	4	6th	7 13 23 40 41 48
2007-06-13	7	6th	13 19 24 30 40 48
2007-05-19	14	6th	17 19 20 32 36 48
2007-03-31	5	6th	3 35 39 42 44 48
2007-03-14	2	6th	6 21 24 38 39 48
2007-03-07	12	6th	4 14 25 35 42 48
2007-01-24	3	6th	2 8 10 31 46 48
2007-01-13	14	6th	5 8 12 20 28 48
2006-11-25	11	6th	4 7 31 38 44 48
2006-10-18	6	6th	6 12 36 39 41 48
2006-09-27	4	6th	2 3 16 27 44 48
2006-09-13	7	6th	8 15 17 40 43 48
2006-08-19	15	6th	6 29 31 34 40 48
2006-06-28	6	6th	11 12 34 39 44 48
2006-06-07	12	6th	6 9 11 14 33 48
2006-04-26	1	6th	1 27 32 33 45 48
2006-04-22	2	6th	9 24 30 40 42 48
2006-04-15	9	6th	7 15 19 23 37 48
2006-03-15	5	6th	1 14 21 30 35 48
2006-02-25	7	6th	7 14 24 37 43 48
2006-02-01	1	6th	5 11 13 17 44 48
2006-01-28	6	6th	9 18 22 29 30 48
2006-01-07	8	6th	8 14 19 28 29 48
2005-12-10	11	6th	20 23 25 30 31 48
2005-11-02	20	5th	19 25 32 47 48 49
2005-08-24	3	5th	1 40 43 44 48 49
2005-08-13	15	6th	19 22 30 35 44 48
2005-06-22	4	6th	1 4 7 44 47 48
2005-06-08	5	6th	11 13 26 34 44 48
2005-05-21	2	6th	14 34 38 43 47 48
2005-05-14	3	6th	12 18 22 33 43 48
2005-05-04	6	6th	30 35 38 41 45 48
2005-04-13	5	6th	14 23 36 40 41 48
2005-03-26	4	6th	5 21 23 28 40 48
2005-03-12	3	6th	1 2 8 9 41 48
2005-03-02	1	6th	3 6 15 16 33 48
2005-02-26	4	6th	8 14 25 40 43 48
2005-02-12	11	6th	11 18 20 23 32 48
2005-01-05	12	6th	5 8 15 20 42 48
2004-11-24	22	6th	6 9 15 23 38 48
2004-09-08	8	6th	1 10 27 35 39 48
2004-08-11	3	5th	11 12 19 47 48 49
2004-07-31	2	6th	3 13 17 29 40 48
2004-07-24	9	5th	22 27 30 31 48 49
2004-06-23	3	6th	5 18 21 24 38 48
2004-06-12	16	5th	7 22 35 44 48 49
2004-04-17	8	6th	3 21 31 42 47 48
2004-03-20	5	6th	13 21 37 42 46 48
2004-03-03	3	6th	24 38 40 44 47 48
2004-02-21	17	6th	1 5 8 18 42 48
2003-12-24	4	6th	1 7 24 27 46 48
2003-12-10	4	6th	8 14 21 26 37 48
2003-11-26	2	6th	16 32 34 35 40 48
2003-11-19	3	6th	11 12 13 18 43 48
2003-11-08	11	6th	2 12 33 39 45 48
2003-10-01	3	6th	3 16 24 27 30 48
2003-09-20	3	6th	1 2 15 23 31 48
2003-09-10	5	6th	9 25 28 37 41 48
2003-08-23	1	6th	10 15 18 25 42 48
2003-08-20	9	6th	5 6 34 37 42 48
2003-07-19	11	6th	3 9 10 17 34 48
2003-06-11	7	5th	9 13 22 39 48 49
2003-05-17	6	6th	8 12 15 22 36 48
2003-04-26	2	6th	9 21 27 33 35 48
2003-04-19	18	6th	8 10 13 31 38 48
2003-02-15	5	5th	4 20 32 44 48 49
2003-01-29	4	6th	1 6 26 29 37 48
2003-01-15	2	6th	11 29 33 38 46 48
2003-01-08	8	6th	10 12 22 34 46 48
2002-12-11	6	6th	10 13 15 16 29 48
2002-11-20	1	6th	16 18 19 44 46 48
2002-11-16	4	5th	10 30 34 42 48 49
2002-11-02	1	6th	5 28 32 39 42 48
2002-10-30	5	5th	10 21 26 31 48 49
2002-10-12	3	6th	16 18 35 36 39 48
2002-10-02	21	6th	2 3 14 15 21 48
2002-07-20	11	6th	7 10 16 34 47 48
2002-06-12	7	6th	1 2 10 34 47 48
2002-05-18	12	6th	21 22 30 31 38 48
2002-04-06	8	6th	17 18 32 35 39 48
2002-03-09	4	6th	9 18 20 21 39 48
2002-02-23	4	6th	8 9 27 34 43 48
2002-02-09	15	6th	7 15 20 28 40 48
2001-12-19	5	6th	7 28 34 43 46 48
2001-12-01	14	6th	2 14 19 26 34 48
2001-10-13	8	5th	8 33 38 40 48 49
2001-09-15	3	6th	2 9 15 17 40 48
2001-09-05	19	6th	15 23 24 27 43 48
2001-06-30	5	6th	9 15 22 43 46 48
2001-06-13	1	6th	12 14 19 33 35 48
2001-06-09	6	6th	12 14 24 33 45 48
2001-05-19	3	6th	4 12 30 33 43 48
2001-05-09	19	6th	9 18 27 30 32 48
2001-03-03	28	6th	7 14 20 24 38 48
2000-11-25	32	6th	3 6 20 42 43 48
2000-08-05	2	6th	1 3 35 37 39 48
2000-07-29	2	6th	29 30 33 37 45 48
2000-07-22	6	6th	13 16 43 45 47 48
2000-07-01	2	6th	11 16 22 39 42 48
2000-06-24	6	6th	6 9 32 34 42 48
2000-06-03	5	6th	3 8 19 35 36 48
2000-05-17	4	6th	1 10 11 15 21 48
2000-05-03	3	6th	5 6 24 36 38 48
2000-04-22	2	5th	26 31 35 43 48 49
2000-04-15	3	6th	2 23 28 31 46 48
2000-04-05	19	6th	2 3 7 10 40 48
2000-01-29	3	6th	5 7 17 21 27 48
2000-01-19	5	6th	4 16 17 43 46 48
2000-01-01	37	6th	2 5 14 23 27 48
1999-08-25	1	6th	1 8 20 22 36 48
1999-08-21	3	6th	12 15 16 17 42 48
1999-08-11	5	6th	1 15 22 38 39 48
1999-07-24	2	6th	8 25 26 37 38 48
1999-07-17	11	6th	3 15 23 42 45 48
1999-06-09	1	6th	8 10 12 34 46 48
1999-06-05	20	6th	11 20 24 28 35 48
1999-03-27	1	6th	9 25 30 36 44 48
1999-03-24	8	6th	13 21 27 32 45 48
1999-02-24	12	6th	2 3 13 27 34 48
1999-01-13	7	6th	6 25 27 35 42 48
1998-12-19	17	6th	9 10 18 25 28 48
1998-10-21	18	6th	3 11 15 41 42 48
1998-08-19	5	6th	5 27 34 44 46 48
1998-08-01	1	5th	12 14 31 41 48 49
1998-07-29	15	6th	1 7 23 29 38 48
1998-06-06	12	6th	1 15 23 31 42 48
1998-04-25	6	6th	17 22 36 38 43 48
1998-04-04	11	6th	5 19 24 33 38 48
1998-02-25	7	6th	9 21 27 36 42 48
1998-01-31	4	6th	17 22 30 40 46 48
1998-01-17	11	6th	14 31 33 38 46 48
1997-12-10	9	6th	4 17 22 29 38 48
1997-11-08	38	6th	5 24 34 37 40 48
1997-06-28	3	6th	2 9 14 36 43 48
1997-06-18	6	6th	4 14 19 23 25 48
1997-05-28	3	6th	3 19 24 25 36 48
1997-05-17	9	6th	2 9 13 18 27 48
1997-04-16	8	6th	3 6 9 19 37 48
1997-03-19	13	6th	13 16 17 29 40 48
1997-02-01	2	6th	12 16 20 28 36 48
1997-01-18	11	6th	3 21 22 26 31 48
1996-11-02	2	6th	7 23 32 35 43 48
1996-10-19	2	6th	10 13 31 34 39 48
1996-10-05	3	6th	6 9 25 45 47 48
1996-09-14	18	6th	2 9 10 11 38 48
1996-05-11	2	6th	7 10 12 22 34 48
1996-04-27	1	6th	4 6 11 18 31 48
1996-04-20	5	6th	9 28 29 31 40 48
1996-03-16	9	6th	2 12 19 28 38 48
1996-01-13	8	6th	21 29 31 32 34 48
1995-11-18	1	6th	4 7 18 33 45 48
1995-11-11	1	6th	7 10 23 28 30 48
1995-11-04	11	6th	6 14 18 27 44 48
1995-08-19	7	6th	5 8 23 24 28 48
1995-07-01	2	6th	5 7 8 25 44 48
1995-06-17	6	6th	27 30 33 38 40 48
1995-05-06	1	6th	5 14 17 35 43 48
1995-04-29	11	6th	9 15 22 31 34 48
1995-02-11	—	6th	15 18 29 35 38 48