Number 47

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

88times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.74σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 71% for any number

16.0average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

84longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.0 draws · longest completed wait 84 · waiting 6 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 2.0
2nd smallest8 · chance 12.0
3rd smallest26 · chance 27.1
4th smallest34 · chance 29.1
5th smallest15 · chance 14.9
6th smallest5 · chance 2.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 27 33 45 79 3

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.6 such strangers 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 — 38th most popular of 90. 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
2009-06-16	3	4th	6 14 39 47 63 82
2009-06-09	12	4th	14 17 39 47 58 85
2009-05-12	21	5th	4 9 22 23 47 73

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-10-26	11	4th	42 44 45 47 72 79
2006-09-30	16	2nd	3 47 63 66 67 69
2006-08-24	7	5th	3 27 29 46 47 61
2006-08-08	4	4th	3 4 5 47 55 80
2006-07-29	7	4th	18 24 46 47 69 70
2006-07-13	34	3rd	15 46 47 67 73 90
2006-04-26	30	3rd	13 18 47 51 60 64
2006-02-14	8	3rd	8 44 47 60 66 77
2006-01-26	1	2nd	9 47 59 73 79 88
2006-01-24	13	4th	11 13 27 47 82 84
2005-12-24	22	2nd	26 47 49 66 86 88
2005-11-03	76	4th	9 13 17 47 63 81
2005-04-20	23	2nd	19 47 56 57 70 71
2005-01-29	1	5th	1 16 18 43 47 78
2005-01-26	11	5th	1 22 24 44 47 79
2004-12-18	7	3rd	11 23 47 48 80 87
2004-11-24	2	4th	43 45 46 47 69 90
2004-11-17	8	4th	19 21 27 47 59 88
2004-10-20	3	3rd	13 33 47 48 70 85
2004-10-09	22	4th	7 32 44 47 65 79
2004-07-24	4	6th	5 17 18 27 33 47
2004-07-10	15	3rd	13 30 47 66 74 81
2004-05-19	14	4th	9 22 36 47 69 85
2004-03-31	33	4th	32 40 45 47 56 71
2003-12-06	16	6th	1 2 18 27 43 47
2003-10-11	11	5th	13 16 25 45 47 55
2003-09-03	13	3rd	18 45 47 56 77 78
2003-07-19	1	4th	7 14 27 47 80 87
2003-07-16	10	5th	15 18 29 37 47 50
2003-06-11	3	5th	7 32 40 43 47 87
2003-05-31	6	3rd	30 44 47 48 53 56
2003-05-10	10	4th	22 38 46 47 77 86
2003-04-05	35	3rd	12 18 47 63 75 81
2002-12-14	10	4th	14 35 36 47 58 69
2002-11-16	65	4th	5 11 23 47 58 60
2002-04-03	10	4th	15 37 40 47 64 81
2002-02-27	11	4th	29 33 40 47 54 87
2002-01-19	14	5th	15 19 30 46 47 71
2001-12-05	13	3rd	14 32 47 48 63 79
2001-10-20	24	6th	16 19 20 30 31 47
2001-07-28	23	4th	27 31 34 47 58 75
2001-05-09	27	3rd	7 30 47 76 83 89
2001-02-03	10	5th	2 8 13 39 47 89
2000-12-30	3	5th	1 8 26 33 47 70
2000-12-20	38	4th	26 36 43 47 64 90
2000-08-09	33	3rd	18 36 47 62 75 80
2000-04-15	2	4th	2 27 33 47 53 86
2000-04-08	4	4th	3 12 26 47 54 87
2000-03-25	15	3rd	15 27 47 51 62 63
2000-02-02	7	5th	12 13 28 30 47 63
2000-01-08	5	3rd	6 15 47 71 75 86
1999-12-22	19	4th	6 9 32 47 59 60
1999-10-16	6	4th	3 35 45 47 54 70
1999-09-25	50	5th	6 27 37 38 47 79
1999-04-03	20	3rd	33 41 47 48 60 80
1999-01-23	9	4th	36 45 46 47 74 75
1998-12-23	5	5th	3 9 14 26 47 79
1998-12-05	5	3rd	27 35 47 48 59 79
1998-11-18	27	4th	12 18 43 47 50 83
1998-08-17	13	2nd	4 47 53 55 71 73
1998-07-01	21	4th	25 33 37 47 48 79
1998-04-18	1	3rd	17 38 47 56 76 85
1998-04-15	15	4th	4 5 46 47 73 82
1998-02-21	—	3rd	4 19 47 60 73 84