Number 48

In Ontario 49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Nov 2025 rules — 92 draws, 6 from 1–49.

14times drawn · chance expected 11 +0.87σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

5.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

20longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 14 times in 92 draws against 11.3 expected, +0.87σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 2 times, counted separately.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 14 times in 92 draws · average wait 5.6 draws · longest completed wait 20 · waiting 12 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 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 1.5
6th smallest14 · chance 12.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 28 3 6 9 22

Never drawn alongside 11 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 11 such strangers 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.

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
2026-08-29	5	6th	7 17 18 32 41 48
2026-08-12	20	6th	3 6 7 9 27 48
2026-06-03	3	6th	16 25 30 31 41 48
2026-05-23	3	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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.