Number 48

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

173times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.05σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

51longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 173 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 173 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 2 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 0.3
4th smallest7 · chance 7.2
5th smallest46 · chance 52.5
6th smallest120 · chance 113.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 26 28 44 9 33

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, 48 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-21	2	6th	8 10 13 18 33 48
2025-04-17	2	6th	28 34 35 39 46 48
2025-04-12	9	6th	23 32 40 42 45 48
2025-03-22

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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