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Number 48 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 105 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.91σ
4 draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number
7.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
37 longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long
48 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 105 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.
48 Number 48, draw by draw Drawn 105 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 4 draws now
6 draws: 2010-01-16 to 2010-02-06 9 draws: 2010-02-06 to 2010-03-10 2 draws: 2010-03-10 to 2010-03-17 12 draws: 2010-03-17 to 2010-04-28 37 draws: 2010-04-28 to 2010-09-04 23 draws: 2010-09-04 to 2010-11-24 7 draws: 2010-11-24 to 2010-12-18 2 draws: 2010-12-18 to 2010-12-29 1 draws: 2010-12-29 to 2011-01-01 14 draws: 2011-01-01 to 2011-02-19 6 draws: 2011-02-19 to 2011-03-12 1 draws: 2011-03-12 to 2011-03-16 9 draws: 2011-03-16 to 2011-04-16 5 draws: 2011-04-16 to 2011-05-04 6 draws: 2011-05-04 to 2011-05-25 2 draws: 2011-05-25 to 2011-06-01 13 draws: 2011-06-01 to 2011-07-16 4 draws: 2011-07-16 to 2011-07-30 17 draws: 2011-07-30 to 2011-09-28 18 draws: 2011-09-28 to 2011-11-30 4 draws: 2011-11-30 to 2011-12-14 2 draws: 2011-12-14 to 2011-12-21 25 draws: 2011-12-21 to 2012-03-17 1 draws: 2012-03-17 to 2012-03-21 3 draws: 2012-03-21 to 2012-03-31 8 draws: 2012-03-31 to 2012-04-28 2 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-05-05 10 draws: 2012-05-05 to 2012-06-09 4 draws: 2012-06-09 to 2012-06-23 3 draws: 2012-06-23 to 2012-07-04 2 draws: 2012-07-04 to 2012-07-11 3 draws: 2012-07-11 to 2012-07-21 3 draws: 2012-07-21 to 2012-08-01 6 draws: 2012-08-01 to 2012-08-22 34 draws: 2012-08-22 to 2012-12-19 2 draws: 2012-12-19 to 2012-12-26 14 draws: 2012-12-26 to 2013-02-13 7 draws: 2013-02-13 to 2013-03-09 7 draws: 2013-03-09 to 2013-04-03 14 draws: 2013-04-03 to 2013-05-22 7 draws: 2013-05-22 to 2013-06-15 6 draws: 2013-06-15 to 2013-07-06 2 draws: 2013-07-06 to 2013-07-13 30 draws: 2013-07-13 to 2013-10-26 11 draws: 2013-10-26 to 2013-12-04 3 draws: 2013-12-04 to 2013-12-14 2 draws: 2013-12-14 to 2013-12-21 1 draws: 2013-12-21 to 2013-12-28 2 draws: 2013-12-28 to 2014-01-04 1 draws: 2014-01-04 to 2014-01-08 4 draws: 2014-01-08 to 2014-01-22 1 draws: 2014-01-22 to 2014-01-25 6 draws: 2014-01-25 to 2014-02-15 6 draws: 2014-02-15 to 2014-03-08 7 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-04-02 6 draws: 2014-04-02 to 2014-04-23 4 draws: 2014-04-23 to 2014-05-07 9 draws: 2014-05-07 to 2014-06-07 2 draws: 2014-06-07 to 2014-06-14 7 draws: 2014-06-14 to 2014-07-09 19 draws: 2014-07-09 to 2014-09-13 2 draws: 2014-09-13 to 2014-09-20 1 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2014-09-24 7 draws: 2014-09-24 to 2014-10-18 2 draws: 2014-10-18 to 2014-10-25 9 draws: 2014-10-25 to 2014-11-26 2 draws: 2014-11-26 to 2014-12-03 1 draws: 2014-12-03 to 2014-12-06 30 draws: 2014-12-06 to 2015-03-21 14 draws: 2015-03-21 to 2015-05-09 9 draws: 2015-05-09 to 2015-06-10 3 draws: 2015-06-10 to 2015-06-20 5 draws: 2015-06-20 to 2015-07-08 9 draws: 2015-07-08 to 2015-08-08 16 draws: 2015-08-08 to 2015-10-03 20 draws: 2015-10-03 to 2015-12-12 5 draws: 2015-12-12 to 2015-12-30 15 draws: 2015-12-30 to 2016-02-20 4 draws: 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-05 1 draws: 2016-03-05 to 2016-03-09 3 draws: 2016-03-09 to 2016-03-19 1 draws: 2016-03-19 to 2016-03-23 15 draws: 2016-03-23 to 2016-05-14 3 draws: 2016-05-14 to 2016-05-25 4 draws: 2016-05-25 to 2016-06-08 11 draws: 2016-06-08 to 2016-07-16 1 draws: 2016-07-16 to 2016-07-20 5 draws: 2016-07-20 to 2016-08-06 4 draws: 2016-08-06 to 2016-08-20 6 draws: 2016-08-20 to 2016-09-10 3 draws: 2016-09-10 to 2016-09-21 5 draws: 2016-09-21 to 2016-10-08 1 draws: 2016-10-08 to 2016-10-12 13 draws: 2016-10-12 to 2016-11-26 10 draws: 2016-11-26 to 2016-12-31 9 draws: 2016-12-31 to 2017-02-01 2 draws: 2017-02-01 to 2017-02-08 2 draws: 2017-02-08 to 2017-02-15 2 draws: 2017-02-15 to 2017-02-22 16 draws: 2017-02-22 to 2017-04-19 2 draws: 2017-04-19 to 2017-04-26 3 draws: 2017-04-26 to 2017-05-06 7 draws: 2017-05-06 to 2017-05-31 13 draws: 2017-05-31 to 2017-07-15 Still waiting — at least 4 draws since 2017-07-15 2010-01-16 2010-02-06 2010-03-10 2010-03-17 2010-04-28 2010-09-04 2010-11-24 2010-12-18 2010-12-29 2011-01-01 2011-02-19 2011-03-12 2011-03-16 2011-04-16 2011-05-04 2011-05-25 2011-06-01 2011-07-16 2011-07-30 2011-09-28 2011-11-30 2011-12-14 2011-12-21 2012-03-17 2012-03-21 2012-03-31 2012-04-28 2012-05-05 2012-06-09 2012-06-23 2012-07-04 2012-07-11 2012-07-21 2012-08-01 2012-08-22 2012-12-19 2012-12-26 2013-02-13 2013-03-09 2013-04-03 2013-05-22 2013-06-15 2013-07-06 2013-07-13 2013-10-26 2013-12-04 2013-12-14 2013-12-21 2013-12-28 2014-01-04 2014-01-08 2014-01-22 2014-01-25 2014-02-15 2014-03-08 2014-04-02 2014-04-23 2014-05-07 2014-06-07 2014-06-14 2014-07-09 2014-09-13 2014-09-20 2014-09-24 2014-10-18 2014-10-25 2014-11-26 2014-12-03 2014-12-06 2015-03-21 2015-05-09 2015-06-10 2015-06-20 2015-07-08 2015-08-08 2015-10-03 2015-12-12 2015-12-30 2016-02-20 2016-03-05 2016-03-09 2016-03-19 2016-03-23 2016-05-14 2016-05-25 2016-06-08 2016-07-16 2016-07-20 2016-08-06 2016-08-20 2016-09-10 2016-09-21 2016-10-08 2016-10-12 2016-11-26 2016-12-31 2017-02-01 2017-02-08 2017-02-15 2017-02-22 2017-04-19 2017-04-26 2017-05-06 2017-05-31 2017-07-15 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 12 times 2 draws: 18 times 3 draws: 10 times 4 draws: 8 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 9 times 7 draws: 8 times 8 draws: 1 time 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 4 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 2 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 1 time 38 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 0 · chance 0.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 10 · chance 10.9 6th smallest 95 · chance 94.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 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, 48 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 48 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 47 Every number number 49 → 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.