Number 48

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

92times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.32σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

15.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

88longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.4 draws · longest completed wait 88 · waiting 16 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 smallest2 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest14 · chance 11.7
3rd smallest26 · chance 27.5
4th smallest30 · chance 30.9
5th smallest18 · chance 16.6
6th smallest2 · chance 3.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 87 14 65 70 81

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 — 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-05-23	1	5th	9 25 29 43 48 54
2009-05-21	5	6th	11 14 17 24 39 48
2009-05-09	9	4th	9 11 40 48 68 84

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-06-22	2	4th	8 22 36 48 53 55
2006-06-17	2	4th	2 8 43 48 60 67
2006-06-13	38	5th	10 13 21 31 48 72
2006-03-16	47	5th	8 10 15 42 48 51
2005-11-26	5	5th	23 30 32 41 48 64
2005-11-15	7	1st	48 59 65 69 84 90
2005-10-29	2	6th	3 6 21 24 37 48
2005-10-25	2	3rd	17 39 48 55 57 85
2005-10-20	3	2nd	7 48 53 59 70 76
2005-10-13	6	5th	14 20 35 45 48 66
2005-09-29	8	4th	12 23 29 48 52 78
2005-09-10	8	2nd	20 48 57 65 71 90
2005-08-23	4	4th	7 22 33 48 86 87
2005-08-13	9	5th	7 8 33 39 48 84
2005-07-23	67	2nd	41 48 66 81 86 87
2004-12-18	17	4th	11 23 47 48 80 87
2004-10-20	30	4th	13 33 47 48 70 85
2004-07-07	46	5th	14 23 29 44 48 74
2004-01-28	1	3rd	7 41 48 54 72 88
2004-01-24	11	3rd	22 27 48 52 81 83
2003-12-17	1	4th	1 3 42 48 73 83
2003-12-13	26	2nd	20 48 50 58 65 78
2003-09-13	10	5th	1 18 34 39 48 64
2003-08-09	12	2nd	37 48 55 76 87 90
2003-06-28	2	4th	14 18 34 48 49 74
2003-06-21	6	5th	7 19 39 45 48 86
2003-05-31	3	4th	30 44 47 48 53 56
2003-05-21	24	3rd	5 28 48 53 75 88
2003-02-26	31	3rd	1 41 48 49 84 87
2002-11-27	13	5th	10 16 20 26 48 56
2002-10-12	18	5th	1 2 8 12 48 66
2002-08-10	67	5th	16 29 32 40 48 70
2001-12-22	5	4th	3 21 32 48 59 68
2001-12-05	1	4th	14 32 47 48 63 79
2001-12-01	11	2nd	32 48 50 55 58 86
2001-10-24	40	3rd	12 23 48 70 85 86
2001-06-06	1	4th	7 18 44 48 51 63
2001-06-04	17	2nd	36 48 70 77 82 88
2001-04-04	34	3rd	2 23 48 57 63 89
2000-12-06	14	3rd	9 16 48 70 75 77
2000-10-18	6	4th	15 33 41 48 52 56
2000-09-27	4	2nd	5 48 71 84 85 87
2000-09-13	2	3rd	1 45 48 69 70 89
2000-09-06	19	3rd	7 11 48 49 64 72
2000-07-01	20	4th	19 39 43 48 62 76
2000-04-22	16	4th	24 35 39 48 82 85
2000-02-26	6	3rd	4 35 48 57 69 90
2000-02-05	7	2nd	17 48 52 64 86 87
2000-01-12	3	3rd	3 15 48 74 76 81
2000-01-03	11	3rd	17 38 48 51 55 62
1999-11-24	15	4th	12 16 24 48 53 58
1999-10-02	7	4th	6 10 38 48 49 65
1999-09-08	16	3rd	15 38 48 74 75 80
1999-07-14	29	2nd	4 48 60 63 84 88
1999-04-03	19	4th	33 41 47 48 60 80
1999-01-27	2	2nd	8 48 65 72 83 88
1999-01-20	13	4th	1 43 45 48 51 56
1998-12-05	24	4th	27 35 47 48 59 79
1998-09-12	3	3rd	14 37 48 55 84 87
1998-09-02	3	4th	1 43 45 48 83 90
1998-08-22	11	3rd	10 36 48 63 83 90
1998-07-15	2	3rd	12 32 48 68 70 85
1998-07-08	2	4th	5 20 24 48 78 80
1998-07-01	8	5th	25 33 37 47 48 79
1998-06-03	2	1st	48 50 80 81 84 87
1998-05-27	32	2nd	36 48 56 65 71 73
1998-02-04	13	5th	18 23 24 35 48 82
1997-12-20	—	3rd	3 27 48 58 78 90