Number 48

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

103times drawn · chance expected 116 −1.26σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

51longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 4 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 smallest2 · chance 0.3
3rd smallest3 · chance 4.0
4th smallest21 · chance 20.0
5th smallest43 · chance 44.1
6th smallest34 · chance 34.5

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.

20 36 52 57 6 22

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, 48 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-22	1	4th	11 28 41 48 57 59
2026-08-19	13	5th	1 6 24 32 48 54
2026-07-04	6	4th	7 20 33 48 57 59
2026-06-13	46	5th	12 15

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

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