In Powerball under the 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 rules — 302 draws, 5 from 1–53 (an earlier era).
25times drawn · chance expected 28 −0.69σ
14draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number
10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.6
41longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long
47 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 25 times in 302 draws against 28.5 expected, −0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
47
Number 47, draw by draw
Drawn 25 times in 302 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 14 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.
Never drawn alongside 9 of the other 52 numbers; chance expects about 8 such strangers 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 53. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/53 tonight whatever it did last week.