Number 47

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

181times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.43σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 42% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

45longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 181 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 181 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 8 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.8
4th smallest12 · chance 11.7
5th smallest54 · chance 62.9
6th smallest115 · chance 105.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 36 50 30 10 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 52. 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
2025-04-07	3	5th	22 38 41 43 47 50
2025-03-31	13	6th	17 36 40 41 44 47
2025-03-01	1	6th	8 12 20 22 46 47
2025-02-27

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-16	6	6th	4 6 23 25 28 47
2023-12-02	7	6th	21 27 29 30 33 47
2023-11-16	13	6th	23 26 29 38 46 47
2023-10-16	20	5th	16 17 21 31 47 50
2023-08-31	13	5th	5 24 35 39 47 48
2023-07-31	2	6th	20 22 37 42 46 47
2023-07-27	7	5th	28 34 41 44 47 48
2023-07-10	19	6th	1 4 9 25 42 47
2023-05-27	2	6th	5 16 23 42 44 47
2023-05-22	4	6th	3 13 19 28 45 47
2023-05-13	8	6th	14 15 26 28 32 47
2023-04-24	19	5th	12 19 38 42 47 49
2023-03-11	11	5th	6 17 21 37 47 50
2023-02-13	19	6th	4 31 32 42 43 47
2022-12-31	5	5th	17 25 31 37 47 50
2022-12-19	3	6th	11 16 35 40 45 47
2022-12-12	8	6th	8 9 10 31 38 47
2022-11-24	4	5th	1 29 37 46 47 48
2022-11-14	3	6th	2 3 6 7 25 47
2022-11-07	9	5th	8 14 28 38 47 48
2022-10-17	3	6th	14 15 20 26 36 47
2022-10-10	2	5th	1 12 28 44 47 48
2022-10-06	5	6th	5 27 31 37 43 47
2022-09-24	5	5th	5 17 23 35 47 49
2022-09-12	2	6th	12 19 27 30 34 47
2022-09-08	1	6th	6 9 11 19 37 47
2022-09-05	5	6th	32 33 36 40 43 47
2022-08-25	23	6th	6 11 32 38 42 47
2022-07-02	21	6th	2 10 13 15 25 47
2022-05-14	8	6th	1 2 16 18 23 47
2022-04-25	11	6th	2 8 10 12 34 47
2022-03-31	11	6th	19 25 35 37 43 47
2022-03-05	5	6th	10 16 26 40 46 47
2022-02-21	2	5th	9 16 21 45 47 49
2022-02-17	9	4th	8 30 42 47 49 50
2022-01-27	14	6th	4 7 8 40 44 47
2021-12-25	10	6th	5 13 25 31 46 47
2021-12-02	3	5th	12 15 21 33 47 48
2021-11-25	4	6th	5 13 17 34 36 47
2021-11-15	9	5th	9 33 37 38 47 50
2021-10-25	1	6th	3 21 23 24 44 47
2021-10-23	6	6th	2 10 28 31 33 47
2021-10-09	6	6th	4 10 13 26 27 47
2021-09-25	13	6th	4 5 19 33 40 47
2021-08-26	11	6th	2 11 16 36 41 47
2021-07-31	9	5th	11 35 39 46 47 49
2021-07-10	1	5th	9 17 28 29 47 48
2021-07-08	5	6th	2 12 20 27 41 47
2021-06-26	17	6th	4 9 11 24 31 47
2021-05-17	2	6th	7 19 23 27 45 47
2021-05-13	6	5th	17 26 34 35 47 50
2021-04-29	3	6th	3 20 24 26 29 47
2021-04-22	11	6th	8 15 19 31 32 47
2021-03-27	4	5th	2 11 34 36 47 52
2021-03-18	2	5th	10 20 31 33 47 52
2021-03-13	5	6th	15 16 19 41 45 47
2021-03-01	5	5th	4 7 28 39 47 50
2021-02-18	4	4th	14 43 44 47 50 52
2021-02-08	30	6th	1 16 30 34 38 47
2020-11-30	1	6th	6 7 11 15 17 47
2020-11-28	15	6th	16 19 24 33 38 47
2020-10-24	10	4th	10 23 30 47 49 51
2020-10-01	7	5th	3 9 16 26 47 52
2020-09-14	3	5th	23 26 35 42 47 48
2020-09-07	9	6th	5 23 40 41 45 47
2020-08-17	8	6th	30 33 36 40 41 47
2020-07-30	9	5th	9 13 14 23 47 50
2020-07-09	28	6th	20 29 37 40 43 47
2020-05-04	1	6th	6 12 16 30 41 47
2020-05-02	7	4th	15 36 38 47 48 52
2020-04-16	19	5th	1 18 22 43 47 52
2020-03-02	10	5th	11 28 29 46 47 51
2020-02-08	3	5th	9 36 45 46 47 50
2020-02-01	28	6th	1 3 6 8 23 47
2019-11-28	3	6th	5 11 15 19 37 47
2019-11-21	7	4th	13 16 17 47 51 52
2019-11-04	21	6th	2 9 17 27 32 47
2019-09-16	3	6th	3 10 28 43 44 47
2019-09-09	21	6th	3 12 15 22 43 47
2019-07-22	15	6th	11 14 18 21 28 47
2019-06-17	9	6th	10 17 24 28 40 47
2019-05-27	4	5th	8 10 33 35 47 49
2019-05-18	3	6th	2 17 24 41 46 47
2019-05-11	5	5th	3 25 26 28 47 52
2019-04-29	4	6th	15 26 35 38 40 47
2019-04-20	1	6th	9 10 33 38 44 47
2019-04-18	12	4th	4 19 38 47 49 50
2019-03-21	7	5th	6 9 12 30 47 50
2019-03-04	6	5th	1 12 29 37 47 50
2019-02-18	14	5th	13 30 36 41 47 50
2019-01-17	8	5th	13 22 30 33 47 48
2018-12-29	3	5th	3 10 32 41 47 50
2018-12-22	1	6th	28 31 35 41 45 47
2018-12-20	38	4th	9 16 46 47 51 52
2018-09-22	2	6th	2 3 7 10 37 47
2018-09-17	12	6th	1 3 16 18 26 47
2018-08-20	1	6th	2 15 27 30 43 47
2018-08-18	8	6th	2 9 16 31 39 47
2018-07-30	3	5th	25 37 41 44 47 49
2018-07-23	14	6th	14 20 32 36 39 47
2018-06-21	8	6th	6 19 25 36 39 47
2018-06-02	27	5th	29 32 34 45 47 52
2018-03-31	9	6th	10 29 30 32 44 47
2018-03-10	3	5th	7 18 33 43 47 52
2018-03-03	13	6th	34 35 36 38 44 47
2018-02-01	5	6th	3 29 31 34 35 47
2018-01-20	10	6th	17 24 32 37 40 47
2017-12-28	15	6th	7 31 38 41 43 47
2017-11-23	8	6th	5 26 27 39 40 47
2017-11-04	3	5th	7 9 11 36 47 52
2017-10-28	2	6th	6 11 20 25 27 47
2017-10-23	5	5th	9 26 33 39 47 48
2017-10-12	9	6th	3 5 9 20 29 47
2017-09-21	6	6th	4 18 21 24 46 47
2017-09-07	6	5th	5 27 30 36 47 48
2017-08-24	42	5th	2 16 17 43 47 52
2017-05-18	8	6th	2 5 9 19 24 47
2017-04-29	9	6th	11 14 26 35 42 47
2017-04-08	4	4th	16 20 39 47 50 52
2017-03-30	1	5th	4 20 23 44 47 48
2017-03-27	16	6th	21 29 30 33 40 47
2017-02-18	5	6th	7 18 24 33 39 47
2017-02-06	3	6th	7 20 25 29 33 47
2017-01-30	4	6th	2 4 10 15 23 47
2017-01-21	4	5th	19 25 30 41 47 50
2017-01-12	1	6th	13 15 23 29 44 47
2017-01-09	28	5th	9 35 39 40 47 51
2016-11-05	6	6th	13 25 27 41 43 47
2016-10-22	2	4th	25 37 45 47 50 51
2016-10-17	14	4th	2 16 22 47 48 52
2016-09-15	3	6th	2 7 12 33 43 47
2016-09-08	3	5th	4 10 14 37 47 48
2016-09-01	11	6th	30 31 33 35 36 47
2016-08-06	3	6th	11 17 19 30 31 47
2016-07-30	23	6th	4 12 14 16 42 47
2016-06-06	16	6th	13 21 26 31 43 47
2016-04-30	18	6th	10 11 12 27 41 47
2016-03-19	6	6th	13 19 20 29 37 47
2016-03-05	13	6th	1 16 33 36 41 47
2016-02-04	7	6th	16 20 28 29 44 47
2016-01-18	1	6th	10 17 19 32 38 47
2016-01-16	1	4th	5 36 40 47 49 52
2016-01-14	3	6th	3 10 18 25 43 47
2016-01-07	14	6th	8 35 36 38 46 47
2015-12-05	7	6th	3 6 16 40 45 47
2015-11-19	24	5th	30 31 35 44 47 50
2015-09-24	1	5th	1 6 27 36 47 50
2015-09-21	7	6th	15 26 29 38 41 47
2015-09-05	10	6th	12 21 28 43 44 47
2015-08-13	2	6th	18 24 26 36 43 47
2015-08-08	45	5th	17 21 36 45 47 50
2015-04-25	9	6th	30 33 34 37 46 47
2015-04-04	19	6th	19 23 26 30 46 47
2015-02-19	11	5th	1 6 40 45 47 49
2015-01-24	1	6th	12 16 18 22 30 47
2015-01-22	3	4th	7 19 22 47 48 49
2015-01-15	—	6th	6 18 27 34 46 47