Number 48

In Loto under the 5/49 + 1/10 · since Oct 2008 rules — 2,820 draws, 5 from 1–49.

272times drawn · chance expected 288 −0.98σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

10.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

67longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 272 times in 2,820 draws against 287.8 expected, −0.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 272 times in 2,820 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 67 · 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 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 smallest34 · chance 22.7
5th smallest238 · chance 249.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 49 13 35 7 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 — 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
2026-09-28	4	5th	2 30 36 44 48
2026-09-19	3	5th	11 12 39 46 48
2026-09-12	3	5th	9 26 38 45 48
2026-09-05	5	5th	1 32 39 45 48

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 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-20	15	5th	27 35 37 45 48
2024-10-16	13	5th	1 21 25 35 48
2024-09-16	4	5th	17 27 30 31 48
2024-09-07	9	5th	9 15 31 43 48
2024-08-17	23	4th	3 4 22 48 49
2024-06-24	9	5th	1 6 45 47 48
2024-06-03	1	4th	9 15 39 48 49
2024-06-01	17	5th	2 3 27 43 48
2024-04-22	2	5th	8 20 39 47 48
2024-04-17	13	5th	6 8 17 24 48
2024-03-18	3	5th	20 30 36 40 48
2024-03-11	25	5th	16 18 36 45 48
2024-01-13	2	5th	12 15 21 29 48
2024-01-08	12	4th	6 11 46 48 49
2023-12-11	10	4th	12 16 25 48 49
2023-11-18	21	5th	12 20 21 29 48
2023-09-30	4	5th	23 25 33 41 48
2023-09-20	3	5th	16 19 29 37 48
2023-09-13	16	4th	11 27 30 48 49
2023-08-07	13	5th	1 11 15 47 48
2023-07-08	5	5th	6 10 19 32 48
2023-06-26	18	5th	14 16 21 26 48
2023-05-15	7	5th	7 9 12 29 48
2023-04-29	3	5th	3 22 36 40 48
2023-04-22	6	5th	12 13 26 35 48
2023-04-08	3	5th	3 19 35 42 48
2023-04-01	6	5th	12 17 35 44 48
2023-03-18	19	5th	7 8 31 32 48
2023-02-01	6	5th	9 12 35 38 48
2023-01-18	4	5th	7 11 35 39 48
2023-01-09	6	5th	1 20 30 38 48
2022-12-26	17	4th	6 23 32 48 49
2022-11-16	8	5th	1 3 8 38 48
2022-10-29	9	5th	26 28 33 44 48
2022-10-08	23	5th	16 17 20 34 48
2022-08-15	14	5th	4 22 34 42 48
2022-07-13	10	5th	7 30 31 46 48
2022-06-20	12	5th	14 23 27 47 48
2022-05-23	20	5th	26 30 41 47 48
2022-04-06	4	5th	6 12 20 38 48
2022-03-28	20	5th	5 16 21 26 48
2022-02-09	2	5th	21 31 44 46 48
2022-02-05	16	5th	11 24 31 38 48
2021-12-29	2	4th	18 21 33 48 49
2021-12-25	20	5th	6 21 25 37 48
2021-11-08	6	5th	7 11 32 44 48
2021-10-25	1	5th	3 31 37 43 48
2021-10-23	16	5th	6 10 35 36 48
2021-09-15	8	5th	4 22 27 30 48
2021-08-28	24	5th	8 11 43 46 48
2021-07-03	1	5th	2 13 19 33 48
2021-06-30	1	5th	6 8 31 44 48
2021-06-28	23	5th	4 8 15 28 48
2021-05-05	1	5th	8 36 41 46 48
2021-05-03	43	5th	8 11 37 44 48
2021-01-23	2	5th	1 13 19 24 48
2021-01-18	15	5th	5 10 25 43 48
2020-12-14	2	5th	2 13 34 47 48
2020-12-09	1	5th	17 24 39 47 48
2020-12-07	13	5th	4 27 38 45 48
2020-11-07	7	5th	5 30 42 45 48
2020-10-21	1	5th	15 21 33 35 48
2020-10-19	4	5th	7 25 28 35 48
2020-10-10	13	5th	26 31 42 47 48
2020-09-09	10	5th	20 24 29 45 48
2020-08-17	6	5th	1 6 39 40 48
2020-08-03	4	5th	23 30 42 43 48
2020-07-25	7	5th	6 10 15 18 48
2020-07-08	26	5th	9 26 30 37 48
2020-05-09	1	5th	29 35 39 47 48
2020-05-06	9	5th	10 14 15 36 48
2020-04-15	2	5th	1 3 16 31 48
2020-04-11	4	5th	1 8 41 43 48
2020-04-01	4	5th	3 28 41 42 48
2020-03-23	2	4th	5 21 28 48 49
2020-03-18	14	5th	10 28 29 46 48
2020-02-15	15	5th	4 5 25 45 48
2020-01-11	5	5th	2 13 14 23 48
2019-12-30	1	5th	12 32 34 38 48
2019-12-28	3	4th	8 18 24 48 49
2019-12-21	3	5th	19 22 23 27 48
2019-12-14	1	5th	3 4 17 38 48
2019-12-11	5	5th	1 25 33 40 48
2019-11-30	12	5th	7 16 17 25 48
2019-10-30	4	5th	2 13 22 46 48
2019-10-21	3	5th	3 13 40 42 48
2019-10-14	26	5th	6 16 18 24 48
2019-08-14	14	5th	17 27 34 45 48
2019-07-13	19	4th	18 27 37 48 49
2019-05-29	3	5th	6 13 14 36 48
2019-05-22	9	4th	1 27 37 48 49
2019-05-01	6	5th	16 25 26 34 48
2019-04-17	22	5th	8 17 29 34 48
2019-02-25	6	5th	7 37 38 44 48
2019-02-11	16	5th	13 15 25 43 48
2019-01-05	22	5th	6 7 18 40 48
2018-11-14	11	4th	15 36 41 48 49
2018-10-20	6	5th	7 12 17 31 48
2018-10-06	20	4th	1 8 39 48 49
2018-08-20	21	5th	15 18 40 42 48
2018-07-02	8	5th	16 36 38 45 48
2018-06-13	4	4th	15 20 29 48 49
2018-06-04	15	5th	8 16 35 38 48
2018-04-30	19	4th	7 36 43 48 49
2018-03-17	12	5th	13 30 36 43 48
2018-02-17	2	4th	14 22 38 48 49
2018-02-12	2	5th	3 27 32 35 48
2018-02-07	11	5th	13 17 33 44 48
2018-01-13	7	5th	20 31 35 36 48
2017-12-27	2	5th	6 7 14 22 48
2017-12-23	2	5th	4 6 8 44 48
2017-12-18	1	5th	10 11 29 39 48
2017-12-16	3	4th	9 15 20 48 49
2017-12-09	6	4th	10 23 46 48 49
2017-11-25	3	5th	1 2 43 47 48
2017-11-18	3	5th	9 13 17 37 48
2017-11-11	2	5th	1 36 40 47 48
2017-11-06	9	4th	27 30 45 48 49
2017-10-16	2	5th	5 30 32 39 48
2017-10-11	13	5th	6 15 29 44 48
2017-09-11	25	5th	12 23 42 45 48
2017-07-15	5	5th	24 29 34 37 48
2017-07-03	2	5th	2 8 10 28 48
2017-06-28	2	5th	9 29 30 37 48
2017-06-24	24	5th	23 24 27 35 48
2017-04-29	4	5th	34 37 44 46 48
2017-04-19	3	5th	38 39 41 47 48
2017-04-12	13	5th	3 18 28 40 48
2017-03-13	7	5th	16 21 24 34 48
2017-02-25	16	5th	11 32 40 43 48
2017-01-18	11	5th	5 29 34 47 48
2016-12-24	15	5th	7 20 22 35 48
2016-11-19	1	5th	34 36 41 46 48
2016-11-16	13	5th	1 24 26 37 48
2016-10-17	3	5th	8 22 31 39 48
2016-10-10	15	5th	3 9 18 19 48
2016-09-05	3	5th	7 30 42 43 48
2016-08-29	19	4th	25 36 44 48 49
2016-07-16	7	5th	11 21 45 46 48
2016-06-29	10	5th	9 14 17 22 48
2016-06-06	6	5th	23 25 32 47 48
2016-05-23	1	5th	7 22 26 41 48
2016-05-21	8	5th	12 23 26 41 48
2016-05-02	12	5th	26 36 43 47 48
2016-04-04	14	5th	7 8 11 36 48
2016-03-02	4	5th	20 34 40 44 48
2016-02-22	5	5th	2 5 23 26 48
2016-02-10	4	5th	1 27 44 46 48
2016-02-01	2	5th	13 18 36 40 48
2016-01-27	37	5th	31 32 37 44 48
2015-11-02	1	5th	7 8 21 32 48
2015-10-31	5	5th	33 34 36 43 48
2015-10-19	15	5th	31 33 36 47 48
2015-09-14	18	4th	3 37 43 48 49
2015-08-03	20	4th	1 10 39 48 49
2015-06-17	19	5th	26 30 41 44 48
2015-05-04	9	4th	8 14 30 48 49
2015-04-13	9	5th	9 36 41 43 48
2015-03-23	3	4th	1 3 20 48 49
2015-03-16	4	4th	7 11 35 48 49
2015-03-07	2	5th	3 9 18 43 48
2015-03-02	25	5th	11 17 23 27 48
2015-01-03	3	5th	12 28 31 32 48
2014-12-27	11	5th	4 20 34 39 48
2014-12-01	6	4th	40 43 44 48 49
2014-11-17	7	5th	16 23 35 47 48
2014-11-01	67	5th	2 9 29 36 48
2014-05-28	5	5th	8 9 26 46 48
2014-05-17	36	5th	32 37 41 43 48
2014-02-22	4	5th	1 26 30 32 48
2014-02-12	3	5th	7 10 15 16 48
2014-02-05	2	5th	2 7 16 41 48
2014-02-01	2	5th	2 10 21 41 48
2014-01-27	28	5th	1 19 33 46 48
2013-11-23	5	5th	2 4 12 33 48
2013-11-11	5	5th	12 16 32 42 48
2013-10-30	44	5th	14 21 35 46 48
2013-07-20	1	5th	9 17 28 30 48
2013-07-17	21	5th	8 16 17 31 48
2013-05-29	10	5th	23 34 41 45 48
2013-05-06	5	5th	13 15 23 24 48
2013-04-24	30	5th	1 5 6 13 48
2013-02-13	6	5th	14 19 39 46 48
2013-01-30	8	5th	11 31 40 41 48
2013-01-12	2	5th	6 13 37 40 48
2013-01-07	18	5th	15 31 32 45 48
2012-11-26	6	5th	9 15 35 44 48
2012-11-12	65	5th	6 20 25 45 48
2012-06-13	11	5th	3 8 20 33 48
2012-05-19	9	5th	11 23 24 42 48
2012-04-28	3	5th	2 10 22 37 48
2012-04-21	12	5th	3 18 31 41 48
2012-03-24	1	5th	8 11 13 18 48
2012-03-21	4	5th	8 14 37 43 48
2012-03-12	10	5th	14 16 25 46 48
2012-02-18	10	4th	5 17 47 48 49
2012-01-25	1	5th	2 8 23 30 48
2012-01-23	17	5th	20 25 39 44 48
2011-12-14	1	5th	14 21 33 42 48
2011-12-12	2	5th	1 16 25 29 48
2011-12-07	11	5th	8 31 32 35 48
2011-11-12	11	5th	12 13 33 44 48
2011-10-17	12	5th	4 13 14 18 48
2011-09-19	30	5th	1 13 27 35 48
2011-07-11	27	5th	7 23 43 47 48
2011-05-09	31	5th	3 13 22 26 48
2011-02-26	5	5th	10 24 26 35 48
2011-02-14	8	5th	9 31 35 40 48
2011-01-26	1	5th	6 17 23 45 48
2011-01-24	3	5th	3 6 9 39 48
2011-01-17	29	4th	21 24 36 48 49
2010-11-10	35	5th	16 20 39 47 48
2010-08-21	16	5th	8 14 29 44 48
2010-07-14	10	5th	5 11 26 30 48
2010-06-21	2	5th	24 35 37 45 48
2010-06-16	1	5th	3 9 15 40 48
2010-06-14	1	4th	15 23 45 48 49
2010-06-12	1	5th	15 24 30 43 48
2010-06-09	1	5th	14 20 24 44 48
2010-06-07	7	5th	26 28 29 42 48
2010-05-22	8	5th	2 17 40 46 48
2010-05-03	13	5th	8 11 12 26 48
2010-04-03	10	5th	20 35 39 42 48
2010-03-10	4	5th	1 13 36 44 48
2010-03-01	3	4th	8 11 19 48 49
2010-02-22	3	5th	11 18 24 41 48
2010-02-15	5	5th	8 15 24 39 48
2010-02-03	5	5th	7 13 30 44 48
2010-01-23	1	5th	2 13 24 39 48
2010-01-20	31	5th	13 28 37 45 48
2009-11-09	12	5th	1 2 3 29 48
2009-10-12	33	5th	7 28 38 43 48
2009-07-27	20	5th	7 13 18 47 48
2009-06-10	6	4th	27 42 45 48 49
2009-05-27	7	5th	3 5 7 23 48
2009-05-11	2	5th	9 15 27 34 48
2009-05-06	13	5th	13 20 36 44 48
2009-04-06	15	5th	28 31 33 43 48
2009-03-02	4	5th	8 14 29 41 48
2009-02-21	26	5th	21 39 40 47 48
2008-12-22	3	5th	2 5 27 35 48
2008-12-15	4	5th	2 5 15 27 48
2008-12-06	9	5th	2 5 13 24 48
2008-11-15	10	5th	10 22 41 43 48
2008-10-22	1	5th	11 12 14 28 48
2008-10-20	3	5th	7 15 31 43 48
2008-10-13	2	5th	10 11 37 41 48
2008-10-08	—	5th	22 24 32 41 48