Number 47

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,908 draws, 6 from 1–49.

178times drawn · chance expected 234 −3.89σ

466draws waiting · a wait this long: <0.1% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

53longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

47 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 49

Drawn 178 times in 1,908 draws against 233.6 expected, −3.89σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 178 times in 1,908 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 466 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 0.0
4th smallest2 · chance 1.6
5th smallest33 · chance 33.9
6th smallest143 · chance 142.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 3 1 26 29 4

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, 47 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 47 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2023-10-25	11	6th	1 4 24 25 36 47
2023-09-16	11	5th	2 19 34 40 47 49
2023-08-09	6	6th	6 9 20 24 35 47
2023-07-19	14	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: 47 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-02-05	4	6th	2 15 21 36 39 47
2022-01-22	18	5th	1 11 17 42 47 49
2021-11-20	8	5th	15 16 18 40 47 48
2021-10-23	11	5th	9 10 12 33 47 48
2021-09-15	5	6th	2 10 22 26 46 47
2021-08-28	11	6th	9 11 16 29 31 47
2021-07-21	16	6th	3 16 20 25 38 47
2021-05-26	12	5th	17 18 30 34 47 48
2021-04-14	2	5th	19 22 34 42 47 48
2021-04-07	17	6th	6 27 37 38 45 47
2021-02-06	5	5th	2 13 27 44 47 49
2021-01-20	11	6th	4 10 20 33 39 47
2020-12-12	2	6th	18 21 33 34 35 47
2020-12-05	2	6th	1 3 15 18 26 47
2020-11-28	4	6th	17 20 28 29 37 47
2020-11-14	1	6th	16 23 32 37 44 47
2020-11-11	1	5th	10 26 37 39 47 48
2020-11-07	6	6th	1 9 11 27 29 47
2020-10-17	11	6th	4 6 18 29 31 47
2020-09-09	1	6th	1 13 15 34 38 47
2020-09-05	1	6th	8 26 36 40 41 47
2020-09-02	1	5th	28 39 40 41 47 49
2020-08-29	7	5th	3 8 12 36 47 49
2020-08-05	5	6th	3 20 26 28 40 47
2020-07-18	1	5th	16 20 38 45 47 49
2020-07-15	1	6th	3 13 19 22 32 47
2020-07-11	10	6th	10 15 22 33 45 47
2020-06-06	14	6th	4 11 22 31 36 47
2020-04-18	2	6th	5 8 15 43 45 47
2020-04-11	9	6th	13 30 35 43 45 47
2020-03-11	2	6th	3 7 15 34 40 47
2020-03-04	10	6th	15 24 26 30 31 47
2020-01-29	1	6th	19 23 29 35 37 47
2020-01-25	5	6th	14 24 25 31 46 47
2020-01-08	6	6th	5 11 16 20 37 47
2019-12-18	10	6th	5 9 12 34 46 47
2019-11-13	1	6th	6 8 23 34 46 47
2019-11-09	2	6th	11 17 33 37 44 47
2019-11-02	4	6th	2 3 33 34 43 47
2019-10-19	4	6th	4 18 19 22 24 47
2019-10-05	1	6th	2 5 17 31 35 47
2019-10-02	4	6th	8 21 27 33 34 47
2019-09-18	2	6th	3 5 22 29 42 47
2019-09-11	2	5th	2 9 12 36 47 48
2019-09-04	11	6th	1 3 15 17 28 47
2019-07-27	2	6th	2 26 27 29 35 47
2019-07-20	53	5th	11 31 32 42 47 48
2019-01-16	26	6th	12 16 18 31 34 47
2018-10-17	2	6th	5 17 19 40 46 47
2018-10-10	22	6th	7 15 18 34 38 47
2018-07-25	3	6th	2 10 14 15 42 47
2018-07-14	9	6th	11 14 15 37 38 47
2018-06-13	1	6th	14 21 26 27 39 47
2018-06-09	7	6th	6 8 13 19 45 47
2018-05-16	15	6th	4 8 16 26 41 47
2018-03-24	14	5th	6 21 25 35 47 48
2018-02-03	8	6th	4 15 16 26 41 47
2018-01-06	5	6th	10 11 38 39 42 47
2017-12-20	10	6th	3 18 24 30 39 47
2017-11-15	4	6th	7 10 25 35 43 47
2017-11-01	16	5th	10 11 38 43 47 49
2017-09-06	16	6th	1 26 39 40 41 47
2017-07-12	10	6th	1 4 5 13 26 47
2017-06-07	3	6th	4 9 16 30 32 47
2017-05-27	7	6th	4 5 6 22 29 47
2017-05-03	8	5th	6 23 25 40 47 48
2017-04-05	9	6th	6 7 29 30 42 47
2017-03-04	5	6th	17 18 19 20 44 47
2017-02-15	3	6th	1 25 26 27 34 47
2017-02-04	12	6th	3 5 7 28 46 47
2016-12-24	6	6th	4 6 10 20 36 47
2016-12-03	2	6th	3 10 15 36 40 47
2016-11-26	1	6th	5 7 9 10 33 47
2016-11-23	7	6th	18 25 34 35 46 47
2016-10-29	31	5th	9 18 29 40 47 49
2016-07-13	30	6th	4 31 34 35 43 47
2016-03-30	5	6th	13 15 19 32 37 47
2016-03-12	5	6th	12 17 27 33 43 47
2016-02-24	11	6th	22 28 29 41 43 47
2016-01-16	2	5th	15 27 33 45 47 48
2016-01-09	5	5th	7 31 36 40 47 48
2015-12-23	1	5th	17 18 29 34 47 48
2015-12-19	7	6th	6 12 13 16 21 47
2015-11-25	3	5th	5 6 17 29 47 49
2015-11-14	21	6th	5 9 20 21 42 47
2015-09-02	2	6th	6 9 15 32 36 47
2015-08-26	2	5th	12 16 27 36 47 49
2015-08-19	2	6th	7 11 35 37 39 47
2015-08-12	1	6th	4 6 17 31 32 47
2015-08-08	3	6th	1 11 12 24 36 47
2015-07-29	22	5th	1 3 5 8 47 49
2015-05-13	1	6th	4 13 15 17 30 47
2015-05-09	18	5th	17 20 27 46 47 48
2015-03-07	3	5th	10 29 31 44 47 49
2015-02-25	22	6th	13 17 30 36 39 47
2014-12-10	1	6th	7 9 11 16 23 47
2014-12-06	11	6th	7 10 12 24 42 47
2014-10-29	3	6th	16 18 26 28 42 47
2014-10-18	21	6th	12 19 25 35 46 47
2014-08-06	3	6th	5 11 22 32 46 47
2014-07-26	2	6th	11 22 32 34 42 47
2014-07-19	4	6th	4 6 16 21 34 47
2014-07-05	12	6th	6 12 20 30 45 47
2014-05-24	1	6th	1 6 17 29 46 47
2014-05-21	5	6th	11 14 29 36 45 47
2014-05-03	4	6th	4 7 21 31 42 47
2014-04-19	15	6th	3 7 17 23 37 47
2014-02-26	3	6th	6 12 16 26 39 47
2014-02-15	1	6th	3 10 16 21 46 47
2014-02-12	5	6th	3 5 26 29 30 47
2014-01-25	13	6th	1 10 13 24 30 47
2013-12-11	3	6th	1 2 14 20 46 47
2013-11-30	12	6th	11 25 26 28 45 47
2013-10-19	25	6th	3 8 12 17 20 47
2013-07-24	3	6th	3 23 35 42 44 47
2013-07-13	12	6th	2 20 33 44 45 47
2013-06-01	4	6th	14 17 29 35 36 47
2013-05-18	8	6th	3 13 17 21 26 47
2013-04-20	12	5th	1 11 23 39 47 48
2013-03-09	6	6th	9 21 29 31 46 47
2013-02-16	4	5th	3 24 36 41 47 49
2013-02-02	8	6th	10 27 28 34 36 47
2013-01-05	17	6th	12 19 34 42 46 47
2012-11-07	21	6th	3 9 10 32 35 47
2012-08-25	6	6th	1 10 23 26 27 47
2012-08-04	4	6th	3 7 11 19 34 47
2012-07-21	8	6th	5 20 26 41 46 47
2012-06-23	16	6th	10 11 31 33 36 47
2012-04-28	10	6th	4 19 28 29 30 47
2012-03-24	15	4th	36 43 44 47 48 49
2012-02-01	7	6th	12 16 19 23 29 47
2012-01-07	4	4th	1 3 28 47 48 49
2011-12-24	6	6th	15 18 19 33 37 47
2011-12-03	45	6th	3 22 34 38 41 47
2011-06-29	14	6th	7 13 19 30 44 47
2011-05-11	7	6th	13 15 26 29 34 47
2011-04-16	6	5th	4 12 18 41 47 49
2011-03-26	11	6th	3 7 13 24 43 47
2011-02-16	1	6th	3 5 16 39 41 47
2011-02-12	10	6th	13 19 21 36 44 47
2011-01-08	15	6th	5 6 30 31 46 47
2010-11-17	1	6th	2 4 6 14 46 47
2010-11-13	1	6th	1 10 24 38 44 47
2010-11-10	3	5th	21 38 40 45 47 49
2010-10-30	2	6th	1 24 31 37 43 47
2010-10-23	4	6th	1 13 23 24 41 47
2010-10-09	23	6th	1 11 12 23 37 47
2010-07-21	11	6th	6 14 24 27 32 47
2010-06-12	27	6th	8 31 34 39 42 47
2010-03-10	2	6th	16 33 34 39 40 47
2010-03-03	1	6th	5 34 35 42 44 47
2010-02-27	1	5th	2 20 23 36 47 49
2010-02-24	7	6th	1 20 23 32 40 47
2010-01-30	—	6th	14 22 25 40 45 47