Number 47

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

77times drawn · chance expected 84 −0.82σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

39longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 77 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, −0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 77 times in 791 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 2 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest77 · chance 77.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 15 6 42 8 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 — 33rd most popular of 47. 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
2026-10-05	2	5th	7 9 15 35 47
2026-09-28	7	5th	1 10 11 15 47
2026-09-03	2	5th	16 17 22 42 47
2026-08-27	2	5th	1 24 28 31

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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