Number 48

In Euro Millions Plus under the 5/50 · since Sep 2024 rules — 211 draws, 5 from 1–50.

18times drawn · chance expected 21 −0.71σ

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

12.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

42longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 18 times in 211 draws against 21.1 expected, −0.71σ. 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 18 times in 211 draws · average wait 12.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 0.1
4th smallest5 · chance 2.8
5th smallest13 · chance 15.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 32 20 34 40 10

Never drawn alongside 16 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 11 such strangers 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	32 38 42 44 48
2026-08-25	15	5th	2 28 30 40 48
2026-07-03	25	4th	10 30 32 48 49
2026-04-07	3	5th	37 41

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.