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Number 47 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 100 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.37σ
9 draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number
7.8 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
35 longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long
47 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 100 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.
47 Number 47, draw by draw Drawn 100 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 9 draws now
1 draws: 2010-01-27 to 2010-01-30 3 draws: 2010-01-30 to 2010-02-10 13 draws: 2010-02-10 to 2010-03-27 2 draws: 2010-03-27 to 2010-04-03 18 draws: 2010-04-03 to 2010-06-05 7 draws: 2010-06-05 to 2010-06-30 2 draws: 2010-06-30 to 2010-07-07 9 draws: 2010-07-07 to 2010-08-07 9 draws: 2010-08-07 to 2010-09-08 8 draws: 2010-09-08 to 2010-10-06 1 draws: 2010-10-06 to 2010-10-09 2 draws: 2010-10-09 to 2010-10-16 33 draws: 2010-10-16 to 2011-02-12 5 draws: 2011-02-12 to 2011-03-02 1 draws: 2011-03-02 to 2011-03-05 10 draws: 2011-03-05 to 2011-04-09 8 draws: 2011-04-09 to 2011-05-07 3 draws: 2011-05-07 to 2011-05-18 12 draws: 2011-05-18 to 2011-06-29 4 draws: 2011-06-29 to 2011-07-13 8 draws: 2011-07-13 to 2011-08-10 7 draws: 2011-08-10 to 2011-09-03 1 draws: 2011-09-03 to 2011-09-07 2 draws: 2011-09-07 to 2011-09-14 6 draws: 2011-09-14 to 2011-10-05 2 draws: 2011-10-05 to 2011-10-12 12 draws: 2011-10-12 to 2011-11-23 5 draws: 2011-11-23 to 2011-12-10 2 draws: 2011-12-10 to 2011-12-17 23 draws: 2011-12-17 to 2012-03-07 3 draws: 2012-03-07 to 2012-03-17 1 draws: 2012-03-17 to 2012-03-21 1 draws: 2012-03-21 to 2012-03-24 9 draws: 2012-03-24 to 2012-04-25 5 draws: 2012-04-25 to 2012-05-12 4 draws: 2012-05-12 to 2012-05-26 24 draws: 2012-05-26 to 2012-08-18 8 draws: 2012-08-18 to 2012-09-15 1 draws: 2012-09-15 to 2012-09-19 23 draws: 2012-09-19 to 2012-12-08 2 draws: 2012-12-08 to 2012-12-15 1 draws: 2012-12-15 to 2012-12-19 1 draws: 2012-12-19 to 2012-12-22 15 draws: 2012-12-22 to 2013-02-13 9 draws: 2013-02-13 to 2013-03-16 7 draws: 2013-03-16 to 2013-04-10 1 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-04-13 5 draws: 2013-04-13 to 2013-05-01 1 draws: 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-04 9 draws: 2013-05-04 to 2013-06-05 25 draws: 2013-06-05 to 2013-08-31 8 draws: 2013-08-31 to 2013-09-28 35 draws: 2013-09-28 to 2014-02-01 3 draws: 2014-02-01 to 2014-02-12 5 draws: 2014-02-12 to 2014-03-01 5 draws: 2014-03-01 to 2014-03-19 1 draws: 2014-03-19 to 2014-03-22 25 draws: 2014-03-22 to 2014-06-18 11 draws: 2014-06-18 to 2014-07-26 4 draws: 2014-07-26 to 2014-08-09 3 draws: 2014-08-09 to 2014-08-20 1 draws: 2014-08-20 to 2014-08-23 1 draws: 2014-08-23 to 2014-08-27 21 draws: 2014-08-27 to 2014-11-08 3 draws: 2014-11-08 to 2014-11-19 12 draws: 2014-11-19 to 2014-12-31 14 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-02-18 10 draws: 2015-02-18 to 2015-03-25 34 draws: 2015-03-25 to 2015-07-22 15 draws: 2015-07-22 to 2015-09-12 1 draws: 2015-09-12 to 2015-09-16 9 draws: 2015-09-16 to 2015-10-17 3 draws: 2015-10-17 to 2015-10-28 9 draws: 2015-10-28 to 2015-11-28 12 draws: 2015-11-28 to 2016-01-09 1 draws: 2016-01-09 to 2016-01-13 1 draws: 2016-01-13 to 2016-01-16 6 draws: 2016-01-16 to 2016-02-06 6 draws: 2016-02-06 to 2016-02-27 5 draws: 2016-02-27 to 2016-03-16 6 draws: 2016-03-16 to 2016-04-06 15 draws: 2016-04-06 to 2016-05-28 1 draws: 2016-05-28 to 2016-06-01 4 draws: 2016-06-01 to 2016-06-15 4 draws: 2016-06-15 to 2016-06-29 4 draws: 2016-06-29 to 2016-07-13 18 draws: 2016-07-13 to 2016-09-14 13 draws: 2016-09-14 to 2016-10-29 14 draws: 2016-10-29 to 2016-12-17 7 draws: 2016-12-17 to 2017-01-11 10 draws: 2017-01-11 to 2017-02-15 13 draws: 2017-02-15 to 2017-04-01 6 draws: 2017-04-01 to 2017-04-22 1 draws: 2017-04-22 to 2017-04-26 1 draws: 2017-04-26 to 2017-04-29 8 draws: 2017-04-29 to 2017-05-27 2 draws: 2017-05-27 to 2017-06-03 2 draws: 2017-06-03 to 2017-06-10 5 draws: 2017-06-10 to 2017-06-28 Still waiting — at least 9 draws since 2017-06-28 2010-01-27 2010-01-30 2010-02-10 2010-03-27 2010-04-03 2010-06-05 2010-06-30 2010-07-07 2010-08-07 2010-09-08 2010-10-06 2010-10-09 2010-10-16 2011-02-12 2011-03-02 2011-03-05 2011-04-09 2011-05-07 2011-05-18 2011-06-29 2011-07-13 2011-08-10 2011-09-03 2011-09-07 2011-09-14 2011-10-05 2011-10-12 2011-11-23 2011-12-10 2011-12-17 2012-03-07 2012-03-17 2012-03-21 2012-03-24 2012-04-25 2012-05-12 2012-05-26 2012-08-18 2012-09-15 2012-09-19 2012-12-08 2012-12-15 2012-12-19 2012-12-22 2013-02-13 2013-03-16 2013-04-10 2013-04-13 2013-05-01 2013-05-04 2013-06-05 2013-08-31 2013-09-28 2014-02-01 2014-02-12 2014-03-01 2014-03-19 2014-03-22 2014-06-18 2014-07-26 2014-08-09 2014-08-20 2014-08-23 2014-08-27 2014-11-08 2014-11-19 2014-12-31 2015-02-18 2015-03-25 2015-07-22 2015-09-12 2015-09-16 2015-10-17 2015-10-28 2015-11-28 2016-01-09 2016-01-13 2016-01-16 2016-02-06 2016-02-27 2016-03-16 2016-04-06 2016-05-28 2016-06-01 2016-06-15 2016-06-29 2016-07-13 2016-09-14 2016-10-29 2016-12-17 2017-01-11 2017-02-15 2017-04-01 2017-04-22 2017-04-26 2017-04-29 2017-05-27 2017-06-03 2017-06-10 2017-06-28 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 20 times 2 draws: 9 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 4 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 4 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 3 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 2 times 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 1 time 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 1 time 36 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 0 · chance 0.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.9 5th smallest 17 · chance 19.1 6th smallest 83 · chance 80.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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.
The model and its sources → · What people believe about 47 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 46 Every number number 48 → 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.