Number 48

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,675 draws, 6 from 1–59.

167times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.27σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

60longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 167 times in 1,675 draws against 170.3 expected, −0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 167 times in 1,675 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 60 · 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 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 smallest1 · chance 0.6
3rd smallest7 · chance 6.5
4th smallest32 · chance 32.5
5th smallest72 · chance 71.5
6th smallest55 · chance 55.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 43 59 57 8 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-10-07	7	6th	1 3 4 32 33 48
2026-09-12	23	5th	8 31 42 45 48 49
2026-06-24	26	5th	4 11 17 36 48 54
2026-03-25

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-23	4	4th	6 20 38 48 52 54
2024-03-09	8	6th	2 19 23 28 37 48
2024-02-10	20	6th	3 13 17 22 40 48
2023-12-02	2	4th	6 10 31 48 52 54
2023-11-25	10	5th	12 18 29 34 48 56
2023-10-21	10	5th	18 25 27 30 48 53
2023-09-16	5	5th	16 20 37 40 48 49
2023-08-30	3	5th	7 9 19 41 48 53
2023-08-19	10	6th	3 14 15 41 42 48
2023-07-15	22	5th	17 18 31 43 48 50
2023-04-29	4	6th	14 27 31 34 42 48
2023-04-15	38	6th	1 10 24 35 38 48
2022-12-03	17	5th	4 38 45 46 48 59
2022-10-05	8	3rd	1 42 48 50 52 59
2022-09-07	14	6th	1 4 16 26 35 48
2022-07-20	10	5th	7 17 23 29 48 57
2022-06-15	4	6th	13 20 23 40 41 48
2022-06-01	3	5th	10 26 39 46 48 58
2022-05-21	9	5th	5 14 31 38 48 56
2022-04-20	10	6th	16 25 26 39 43 48
2022-03-16	14	3rd	34 42 48 51 56 59
2022-01-26	45	5th	4 9 15 42 48 58
2021-08-21	36	6th	12 13 14 32 47 48
2021-04-17	1	6th	14 15 22 30 35 48
2021-04-14	6	6th	8 26 34 41 44 48
2021-03-24	12	5th	1 10 20 29 48 57
2021-02-10	10	5th	8 23 30 47 48 57
2021-01-06	1	5th	2 4 11 45 48 58
2021-01-02	15	6th	2 29 31 35 39 48
2020-11-11	12	6th	3 11 36 44 47 48
2020-09-30	18	6th	8 13 25 38 41 48
2020-07-29	7	5th	12 17 21 29 48 56
2020-07-04	1	4th	8 26 28 48 50 57
2020-07-01	25	4th	19 28 38 48 52 53
2020-04-04	12	4th	33 42 46 48 50 55
2020-02-22	13	4th	2 8 9 48 57 59
2020-01-08	5	5th	7 26 37 47 48 49
2019-12-21	9	5th	24 28 39 42 48 52
2019-11-20	1	6th	3 4 5 26 36 48
2019-11-16	4	5th	31 34 35 47 48 56
2019-11-02	16	5th	23 31 38 46 48 49
2019-09-07	3	5th	19 31 44 47 48 55
2019-08-28	4	6th	1 5 6 7 16 48
2019-08-14	2	5th	1 2 33 38 48 55
2019-08-07	4	5th	3 12 27 40 48 57
2019-07-24	6	6th	14 21 22 27 44 48
2019-07-03	14	4th	27 31 37 48 49 54
2019-05-15	5	6th	6 16 17 26 29 48
2019-04-27	17	3rd	31 33 48 52 55 59
2019-02-27	11	6th	12 18 22 36 41 48
2019-01-19	1	4th	38 40 43 48 58 59
2019-01-16	1	5th	2 10 40 43 48 52
2019-01-12	6	4th	5 21 30 48 56 57
2018-12-22	22	5th	28 37 40 41 48 59
2018-10-06	12	5th	10 12 29 41 48 57
2018-08-25	1	4th	12 31 38 48 49 54
2018-08-22	28	4th	11 14 46 48 57 59
2018-05-16	2	5th	3 16 27 36 48 57
2018-05-09	3	3rd	19 36 48 51 52 54
2018-04-28	16	6th	8 27 38 39 42 48
2018-03-03	5	6th	2 4 21 34 37 48
2018-02-14	9	6th	2 7 18 23 37 48
2018-01-13	6	4th	30 46 47 48 56 59
2017-12-23	9	5th	7 9 19 37 48 50
2017-11-22	1	6th	4 9 28 37 43 48
2017-11-18	9	4th	7 14 31 48 54 57
2017-10-18	13	4th	6 12 30 48 54 55
2017-09-02	60	4th	17 39 44 48 55 59
2017-02-04	4	5th	1 8 14 33 48 59
2017-01-21	8	5th	11 31 44 45 48 53
2016-12-24	12	2nd	4 48 51 52 54 57
2016-11-12	13	5th	12 22 28 30 48 59
2016-09-28	6	3rd	7 43 48 54 58 59
2016-09-07	1	5th	16 22 31 37 48 52
2016-09-03	16	5th	3 9 26 34 48 59
2016-07-09	1	4th	8 10 46 48 50 58
2016-07-06	4	6th	23 25 36 43 46 48
2016-06-22	5	4th	31 40 42 48 49 57
2016-06-04	4	6th	11 17 25 27 47 48
2016-05-21	7	4th	11 28 43 48 51 59
2016-04-27	9	5th	20 31 41 43 48 59
2016-03-26	16	4th	13 24 44 48 56 59
2016-01-30	1	5th	1 24 27 43 48 50
2016-01-27	3	4th	10 36 46 48 54 56
2016-01-16	14	5th	9 23 39 41 48 52
2015-11-28	5	6th	6 14 25 39 44 48
2015-11-11	6	6th	5 8 9 17 28 48
2015-10-21	2	6th	1 7 10 12 43 48
2015-10-14	14	5th	13 35 42 47 48 58
2015-08-26	2	6th	3 24 31 33 41 48
2015-08-19	9	5th	5 11 23 25 48 58
2015-07-18	17	6th	5 10 16 17 46 48
2015-05-20	9	5th	5 8 18 36 48 53
2015-04-18	3	5th	5 24 29 33 48 53
2015-04-08	3	4th	14 39 41 48 55 56
2015-03-28	13	5th	1 3 24 43 48 52
2015-02-11	7	6th	22 24 37 39 44 48
2015-01-17	9	4th	2 31 47 48 50 52
2014-12-17	2	6th	3 14 36 42 45 48
2014-12-10	4	5th	15 31 32 46 48 53
2014-11-26	7	4th	8 22 38 48 50 52
2014-11-01	16	5th	27 29 30 42 48 59
2014-09-06	3	4th	5 7 45 48 54 59
2014-08-27	3	6th	3 6 14 17 45 48
2014-08-16	11	4th	3 6 31 48 50 53
2014-07-09	18	5th	7 9 24 26 48 49
2014-05-07	10	6th	20 21 29 32 45 48
2014-04-02	21	6th	8 12 33 40 43 48
2014-01-18	9	5th	1 6 19 44 48 54
2013-12-18	4	6th	10 14 26 33 39 48
2013-12-04	30	5th	34 42 43 44 48 55
2013-08-21	22	5th	11 12 31 38 48 57
2013-06-05	4	5th	8 21 24 43 48 53
2013-05-22	4	5th	6 7 33 37 48 53
2013-05-08	7	6th	15 25 32 33 39 48
2013-04-13	5	6th	1 2 5 8 45 48
2013-03-27	7	4th	23 34 41 48 57 59
2013-03-02	9	5th	3 9 10 33 48 51
2013-01-30	17	5th	9 22 35 47 48 57
2012-12-01	2	4th	30 35 39 48 50 59
2012-11-24	24	5th	20 31 33 41 48 56
2012-09-01	1	4th	1 11 33 48 50 52
2012-08-29	1	5th	2 11 20 31 48 54
2012-08-25	6	4th	10 30 32 48 50 52
2012-08-04	3	5th	11 13 21 35 48 55
2012-07-25	13	6th	1 4 12 30 40 48
2012-06-09	2	6th	7 10 28 43 47 48
2012-06-02	15	5th	7 17 25 28 48 49
2012-04-11	8	5th	21 32 37 43 48 57
2012-03-14	6	5th	7 17 24 39 48 55
2012-02-22	4	4th	6 15 31 48 53 57
2012-02-08	9	6th	12 13 19 22 47 48
2012-01-07	19	6th	6 8 26 27 36 48
2011-11-02	5	5th	3 4 38 46 48 55
2011-10-15	15	5th	5 18 21 43 48 49
2011-08-24	3	5th	5 27 28 31 48 58
2011-08-13	1	6th	13 14 17 25 34 48
2011-08-10	31	5th	15 22 33 42 48 53
2011-04-23	17	5th	8 15 19 37 48 59
2011-02-23	13	6th	8 15 20 41 43 48
2011-01-08	5	4th	11 38 44 48 53 54
2010-12-22	18	6th	4 5 18 27 38 48
2010-10-20	—	3rd	2 43 48 50 53 54