In BC/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Nov 2024 rules — 202 draws, 6 from 1–49.
20times drawn · chance expected 25 −1.02σ
6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number
9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
42longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long
47 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 20 times in 202 draws against 24.7 expected, −1.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 4 times, counted separately.
47
Number 47, draw by draw
Drawn 20 times in 202 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 6 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 2 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 6 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 — 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.
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.