Number 48

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

117times drawn · chance expected 105 +1.26σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

65longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 117 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 117 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 65 · waiting 1 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 0.6
4th smallest15 · chance 17.9
5th smallest102 · chance 98.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 28 29 39 42 12

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, 48 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-06	12	5th	18 22 32 41 48
2026-08-25	3	5th	8 16 30 47 48
2026-08-14	1	4th	5 29 39 48 49
2026-08-11	9	5th	3 11 17

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-10	15	5th	6 29 46 47 48
2024-07-19	11	5th	15 22 35 44 48
2024-06-11	6	5th	7 15 34 45 48
2024-05-21	3	5th	11 13 14 34 48
2024-05-10	11	5th	13 28 29 44 48
2024-04-02	12	5th	1 23 31 36 48
2024-02-20	8	5th	23 31 37 42 48
2024-01-23	1	4th	14 23 39 48 50
2024-01-19	10	4th	27 28 44 48 50
2023-12-15	2	5th	2 13 37 38 48
2023-12-08	4	4th	17 30 42 48 50
2023-11-24	8	5th	15 20 29 39 48
2023-10-27	12	4th	29 33 35 48 49
2023-09-15	3	5th	12 14 21 45 48
2023-09-05	9	5th	1 7 24 41 48
2023-08-04	6	5th	15 20 31 44 48
2023-07-14	1	5th	5 8 29 35 48
2023-07-11	20	5th	2 11 28 42 48
2023-05-02	15	5th	7 32 44 47 48
2023-03-10	4	5th	9 16 37 38 48
2023-02-24	16	5th	7 23 34 42 48
2022-12-30	17	5th	17 34 42 47 48
2022-11-01	4	5th	19 37 42 47 48
2022-10-18	1	5th	3 5 13 42 48
2022-10-14	6	5th	24 28 29 34 48
2022-09-23	1	5th	14 15 22 35 48
2022-09-20	8	5th	11 21 23 32 48
2022-08-23	6	5th	19 26 31 39 48
2022-08-02	1	5th	7 18 28 40 48
2022-07-29	7	5th	3 23 38 43 48
2022-07-05	2	5th	7 10 25 45 48
2022-06-28	7	5th	10 35 42 47 48
2022-06-03	2	5th	12 28 29 34 48
2022-05-27	3	5th	15 23 28 34 48
2022-05-17	1	4th	5 28 30 48 49
2022-05-13	3	5th	3 11 17 45 48
2022-05-03	5	5th	8 20 26 47 48
2022-04-15	10	5th	6 24 30 32 48
2022-03-11	25	5th	12 19 22 23 48
2021-12-14	21	5th	19 21 37 47 48
2021-10-01	15	5th	1 15 19 26 48
2021-08-10	6	4th	9 37 47 48 49
2021-07-20	6	5th	3 12 19 41 48
2021-06-29	21	5th	6 12 20 24 48
2021-04-16	12	5th	6 11 29 40 48
2021-03-05	4	5th	4 5 39 46 48
2021-02-19	5	5th	4 12 25 46 48
2021-02-02	9	5th	18 20 35 38 48
2021-01-01	12	5th	16 28 32 44 48
2020-11-20	65	4th	28 29 39 48 50
2020-04-07	28	5th	4 5 14 33 48
2019-12-31	8	5th	26 31 33 41 48
2019-12-03	3	5th	18 31 32 38 48
2019-11-22	5	5th	3 21 32 34 48
2019-11-05	1	5th	9 14 25 33 48
2019-11-01	11	5th	2 20 39 44 48
2019-09-24	5	5th	2 33 42 47 48
2019-09-06	34	5th	10 13 22 40 48
2019-05-10	3	5th	1 4 27 45 48
2019-04-30	31	5th	5 12 20 26 48
2019-01-11	7	5th	1 19 31 39 48
2018-12-18	3	5th	1 9 18 39 48
2018-12-07	5	5th	11 17 26 37 48
2018-11-20	9	5th	6 19 39 45 48
2018-10-19	27	5th	1 3 29 47 48
2018-07-17	3	4th	4 6 27 48 50
2018-07-06	1	5th	8 30 33 38 48
2018-07-03	1	5th	1 12 15 29 48
2018-06-29	11	5th	15 21 23 40 48
2018-05-22	6	5th	1 11 37 41 48
2018-05-01	5	5th	6 15 17 42 48
2018-04-13	1	4th	5 25 34 48 50
2018-04-10	11	5th	14 27 39 46 48
2018-03-02	1	5th	2 7 34 45 48
2018-02-27	7	4th	3 31 41 48 50
2018-02-02	2	5th	14 34 36 39 48
2018-01-26	7	5th	6 15 24 28 48
2018-01-02	1	5th	10 20 21 28 48
2017-12-29	7	5th	4 8 22 23 48
2017-12-05	18	5th	11 36 43 44 48
2017-10-03	1	4th	6 24 32 48 50
2017-09-29	1	5th	7 18 19 32 48
2017-09-26	13	5th	1 29 40 41 48
2017-08-11	5	5th	18 28 39 46 48
2017-07-25	16	5th	12 14 43 44 48
2017-05-30	24	5th	7 12 27 38 48
2017-03-07	5	4th	6 37 41 48 50
2017-02-17	6	5th	19 25 33 36 48
2017-01-27	13	5th	17 20 28 45 48
2016-12-13	8	4th	14 28 29 48 50
2016-11-15	3	5th	7 15 36 42 48
2016-11-04	4	5th	7 11 12 44 48
2016-10-21	—	5th	9 20 23 44 48