Number 47

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

120times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.41σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

34longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 3 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 0.6
3rd smallest6 · chance 6.0
4th smallest24 · chance 26.2
5th smallest56 · chance 51.3
6th smallest34 · chance 35.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 22 16 52 17 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-26	3	5th	11 13 14 21 47 54
2026-08-15	3	5th	17 27 28 42 47 59
2026-08-05	5	5th	24 26 27 39 47 50
2026-07-18	15	4th	22 32

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-19	10	4th	22 43 44 47 48 54
2024-09-14	20	4th	21 27 38 47 49 55
2024-07-06	15	5th	11 18 24 37 47 59
2024-05-15	31	4th	11 17 25 47 52 53
2024-01-27	10	5th	18 20 22 34 47 58
2023-12-23	10	5th	17 29 31 40 47 56
2023-11-18	7	6th	3 11 22 23 32 47
2023-10-25	5	5th	16 20 33 41 47 59
2023-10-07	23	5th	10 16 20 22 47 52
2023-07-19	4	6th	12 30 34 39 41 47
2023-07-05	5	6th	10 15 16 38 44 47
2023-06-17	1	6th	11 13 28 32 46 47
2023-06-14	16	5th	2 16 21 23 47 56
2023-04-19	5	4th	7 22 25 47 54 58
2023-04-01	14	6th	3 7 13 40 43 47
2023-02-11	8	5th	3 5 37 46 47 57
2023-01-14	4	5th	9 33 37 39 47 54
2022-12-31	9	3rd	27 34 47 56 57 58
2022-11-30	14	4th	13 17 20 47 49 50
2022-10-12	18	6th	20 21 24 26 39 47
2022-08-10	32	5th	6 21 24 40 47 52
2022-04-20	12	4th	5 8 24 47 50 53
2022-03-09	3	6th	3 10 26 38 41 47
2022-02-26	4	5th	5 8 33 37 47 52
2022-02-12	4	5th	9 16 26 28 47 58
2022-01-29	25	5th	4 12 35 41 47 50
2021-11-03	1	4th	6 31 39 47 48 58
2021-10-30	1	3rd	7 18 47 51 56 59
2021-10-27	2	5th	8 20 22 39 47 48
2021-10-20	29	6th	23 27 29 37 43 47
2021-07-10	2	5th	9 19 22 33 47 54
2021-07-03	34	6th	1 12 27 29 31 47
2021-03-06	26	4th	16 17 29 47 52 56
2020-12-05	1	3rd	13 38 47 51 52 59
2020-12-02	10	6th	16 22 26 38 39 47
2020-10-28	1	5th	11 18 27 38 47 59
2020-10-24	6	4th	13 18 19 47 53 57
2020-10-03	3	6th	1 4 13 24 27 47
2020-09-23	2	5th	8 17 28 35 47 51
2020-09-16	3	5th	16 20 29 33 47 49
2020-09-05	2	6th	3 11 28 36 38 47
2020-08-29	31	4th	5 10 21 47 51 57
2020-05-13	4	6th	14 16 19 31 38 47
2020-04-29	2	6th	16 17 32 36 40 47
2020-04-22	11	4th	3 8 18 47 50 59
2020-03-14	6	6th	7 22 30 38 42 47
2020-02-22	6	6th	21 23 25 27 36 47
2020-02-01	1	4th	7 42 44 47 58 59
2020-01-29	6	5th	7 23 40 42 47 59
2020-01-08	8	4th	2 23 42 47 50 59
2019-12-11	5	6th	7 14 16 33 35 47
2019-11-23	1	5th	23 25 28 38 47 58
2019-11-20	10	4th	8 17 31 47 49 52
2019-10-16	4	6th	4 5 18 29 40 47
2019-10-02	27	6th	13 15 20 37 42 47
2019-06-29	3	5th	11 32 43 44 47 52
2019-06-19	1	5th	22 26 31 39 47 55
2019-06-15	4	4th	7 40 42 47 52 54
2019-06-01	32	6th	8 26 36 39 40 47
2019-02-09	3	6th	25 27 31 36 38 47
2019-01-30	1	5th	7 22 31 43 47 58
2019-01-26	6	4th	29 40 42 47 51 56
2019-01-05	18	6th	18 25 27 28 32 47
2018-11-03	11	5th	16 31 41 45 47 52
2018-09-26	10	5th	3 8 37 39 47 59
2018-08-22	17	6th	15 20 21 25 34 47
2018-06-23	20	6th	1 10 15 25 31 47
2018-04-14	9	5th	10 40 42 46 47 48
2018-03-14	21	5th	7 19 38 45 47 53
2017-12-30	2	4th	33 37 42 47 55 58
2017-12-23	20	5th	20 32 36 44 47 56
2017-10-14	2	5th	6 22 40 43 47 58
2017-10-07	3	5th	15 20 30 37 47 51
2017-09-27	19	4th	30 35 45 47 52 55
2017-07-22	2	6th	5 13 21 35 41 47
2017-07-15	12	4th	7 8 14 47 56 58
2017-06-03	11	5th	12 19 21 38 47 51
2017-04-26	2	5th	12 15 30 43 47 59
2017-04-19	3	3rd	4 27 47 54 55 59
2017-04-08	11	5th	14 23 36 45 47 50
2017-03-01	4	5th	2 7 21 22 47 53
2017-02-15	14	5th	17 23 28 38 47 56
2016-12-28	12	3rd	5 40 47 48 52 54
2016-11-16	15	4th	7 12 33 47 50 51
2016-09-24	4	6th	11 24 34 43 44 47
2016-09-10	3	5th	6 17 37 46 47 51
2016-08-31	7	5th	15 16 26 45 47 49
2016-08-06	16	4th	34 39 42 47 53 54
2016-06-11	18	5th	4 17 30 38 47 55
2016-04-09	2	5th	20 22 25 34 47 51
2016-04-02	13	5th	7 14 20 33 47 55
2016-02-17	11	4th	5 15 33 47 51 59
2016-01-09	3	4th	26 27 46 47 52 58
2015-12-30	11	3rd	22 31 47 52 55 59
2015-11-21	5	6th	2 8 10 11 32 47
2015-11-04	—	6th	11 13 18 25 29 47