Number 47

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

109times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.43σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

48longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 11 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 1.6
4th smallest24 · chance 23.4
5th smallest83 · chance 84.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 42 33 8 35 48

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-01	2	5th	2 10 23 37 47
2026-08-25	5	4th	8 16 30 47 48
2026-08-07	4	5th	26 29 35 38 47
2026-07-24	3	5th	8 10 30

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-07	8	5th	20 33 35 41 47
2024-12-10	1	5th	5 24 25 29 47
2024-12-06	1	5th	14 25 39 44 47
2024-12-03	24	5th	23 25 34 46 47
2024-09-10	1	4th	6 29 46 47 48
2024-09-06	3	5th	12 14 34 41 47
2024-08-27	1	5th	1 8 11 42 47
2024-08-23	3	4th	9 15 24 47 50
2024-08-13	11	5th	15 16 39 40 47
2024-07-05	19	5th	11 13 29 31 47
2024-04-30	1	5th	13 22 24 33 47
2024-04-26	35	5th	2 20 39 40 47
2023-12-26	10	5th	8 27 30 35 47
2023-11-21	5	5th	19 29 34 46 47
2023-11-03	22	5th	8 21 31 39 47
2023-08-18	23	5th	23 25 30 44 47
2023-05-30	8	5th	27 29 32 33 47
2023-05-02	9	4th	7 32 44 47 48
2023-03-31	9	5th	16 18 28 34 47
2023-02-28	5	5th	12 29 33 37 47
2023-02-10	1	5th	3 13 25 36 47
2023-02-07	4	5th	2 8 34 44 47
2023-01-24	7	5th	11 27 41 43 47
2022-12-30	16	4th	17 34 42 47 48
2022-11-04	1	5th	2 11 37 45 47
2022-11-01	14	4th	19 37 42 47 48
2022-09-13	10	5th	9 12 15 40 47
2022-08-09	12	5th	18 19 21 27 47
2022-06-28	2	4th	10 35 42 47 48
2022-06-21	14	5th	6 23 36 39 47
2022-05-03	6	4th	8 20 26 47 48
2022-04-12	22	5th	21 30 31 35 47
2022-01-25	12	5th	6 16 18 39 47
2021-12-14	2	4th	19 21 37 47 48
2021-12-07	5	5th	22 31 38 46 47
2021-11-19	2	4th	22 26 38 47 50
2021-11-12	25	4th	2 9 15 47 50
2021-08-17	1	5th	12 31 41 42 47
2021-08-13	1	4th	6 12 44 47 49
2021-08-10	7	3rd	9 37 47 48 49
2021-07-16	11	4th	5 16 42 47 49
2021-06-08	9	5th	2 11 26 36 47
2021-05-07	7	5th	14 22 33 38 47
2021-04-13	3	4th	16 20 31 47 50
2021-04-02	5	5th	4 21 34 40 47
2021-03-16	15	5th	23 25 32 35 47
2021-01-22	15	5th	8 16 42 44 47
2020-12-01	16	4th	14 20 29 47 49
2020-10-06	24	5th	4 21 36 41 47
2020-07-14	21	5th	11 22 30 37 47
2020-05-01	21	5th	19 20 38 45 47
2020-02-18	4	5th	11 32 34 38 47
2020-02-04	9	5th	21 23 33 35 47
2020-01-03	3	5th	5 15 20 36 47
2019-12-24	4	5th	3 11 13 14 47
2019-12-10	14	5th	2 10 19 21 47
2019-10-22	8	5th	2 5 32 33 47
2019-09-24	3	4th	2 33 42 47 48
2019-09-13	5	5th	1 12 27 42 47
2019-08-27	13	5th	8 26 35 43 47
2019-07-12	15	5th	2 31 39 45 47
2019-05-21	4	5th	32 33 34 39 47
2019-05-07	3	5th	7 20 26 32 47
2019-04-26	8	4th	14 33 35 47 50
2019-03-29	1	5th	13 23 26 32 47
2019-03-26	2	5th	12 19 23 43 47
2019-03-19	6	5th	1 6 9 34 47
2019-02-26	37	5th	3 15 29 35 47
2018-10-19	13	4th	1 3 29 47 48
2018-09-04	43	5th	5 14 28 30 47
2018-04-06	2	5th	1 29 33 45 47
2018-03-30	10	5th	12 17 28 35 47
2018-02-23	48	5th	10 17 18 28 47
2017-09-08	4	4th	9 24 42 47 49
2017-08-25	12	5th	1 5 7 15 47
2017-07-14	4	5th	11 14 20 21 47
2017-06-30	29	4th	17 35 39 47 50
2017-03-21	3	5th	1 20 23 44 47
2017-03-10	2	4th	31 36 38 47 49
2017-03-03	13	5th	2 11 29 30 47
2017-01-17	5	5th	4 16 25 43 47
2016-12-30	11	5th	8 10 22 29 47
2016-11-22	1	5th	5 10 33 34 47
2016-11-18	3	5th	3 12 27 32 47
2016-11-08	—	3rd	5 9 47 49 50