Number 48

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

107times drawn · chance expected 98 +1.00σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

29longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 107 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +1.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 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.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 107 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 5 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.2
4th smallest7 · chance 4.4
5th smallest24 · chance 32.5
6th smallest76 · chance 69.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 7 9 45 10 11

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, 48 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-09-03	14	6th	17 25 26 30 44 48
2025-07-16	7	6th	8 10 27 44 45 48
2025-06-21	20	6th	1 28 32 39 41 48
2025-04-12	4	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: 48 is drawn with probability 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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