Number 47

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

83times drawn · chance expected 98 −1.58σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

34longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −1.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 847 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 15 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 smallest2 · chance 0.4
4th smallest6 · chance 5.4
5th smallest29 · chance 28.8
6th smallest46 · chance 48.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 12 13 14 50 23

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, 47 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 47 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-07-30	9	5th	6 27 29 34 47 50
2025-06-28	30	5th	1 13 18 20 47 50
2025-03-15	5	5th	6 23 24 34 47 49
2025-02-26	20	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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