Number 47

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

159times drawn · chance expected 147 +1.08σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

40longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +1.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 12 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest159 · chance 159.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 16 42 30 26 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 — 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
2026-08-29	6	6th	17 21 33 35 38 47
2026-08-08	2	6th	21 22 32 41 46 47
2026-08-01	4	6th	10 11 15 35 42 47
2026-07-18	8	6th	26 30

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-19	10	6th	6 12 21 31 32 47
2025-02-12	1	6th	5 11 26 37 46 47
2025-02-08	13	6th	4 5 11 30 42 47
2024-12-25	6	6th	1 15 19 23 35 47
2024-12-04	15	6th	5 19 26 33 42 47
2024-10-12	11	6th	6 18 29 31 45 47
2024-09-04	4	6th	33 34 37 42 45 47
2024-08-21	1	6th	3 10 13 37 42 47
2024-08-17	29	6th	8 9 14 30 42 47
2024-05-08	1	6th	4 15 28 42 44 47
2024-05-04	21	6th	8 10 21 33 39 47
2024-02-21	2	6th	15 19 25 26 46 47
2024-02-14	22	6th	1 5 10 15 44 47
2023-11-29	31	6th	2 3 6 21 28 47
2023-08-12	2	6th	14 27 32 37 41 47
2023-08-05	3	6th	1 13 20 21 40 47
2023-07-26	9	6th	1 26 30 42 44 47
2023-06-24	6	6th	11 12 31 35 42 47
2023-06-03	22	6th	5 9 13 29 46 47
2023-03-18	17	6th	5 9 11 13 24 47
2023-01-18	2	6th	1 6 19 39 43 47
2023-01-11	3	6th	2 10 16 17 29 47
2022-12-31	8	6th	9 10 18 33 44 47
2022-12-03	19	6th	5 12 30 40 41 47
2022-09-28	5	6th	16 20 30 33 45 47
2022-09-10	8	6th	14 16 31 41 44 47
2022-08-13	16	6th	3 5 7 29 35 47
2022-06-18	1	6th	4 16 21 27 45 47
2022-06-15	8	6th	7 23 27 38 46 47
2022-05-18	1	6th	4 13 30 40 45 47
2022-05-14	6	6th	10 11 18 20 35 47
2022-04-23	2	6th	6 15 18 35 43 47
2022-04-16	8	6th	11 13 15 17 30 47
2022-03-19	23	6th	6 8 38 39 45 47
2021-12-29	9	6th	22 25 28 32 35 47
2021-11-27	10	6th	1 5 15 23 39 47
2021-10-23	3	6th	5 10 12 23 28 47
2021-10-13	15	6th	9 15 39 41 44 47
2021-08-21	1	6th	3 12 13 23 36 47
2021-08-18	10	6th	6 18 36 41 46 47
2021-07-14	1	6th	3 9 11 27 29 47
2021-07-10	17	6th	17 27 30 35 42 47
2021-05-12	2	6th	1 6 14 19 31 47
2021-05-05	2	6th	8 19 21 22 34 47
2021-04-28	1	6th	1 3 26 27 41 47
2021-04-24	2	6th	5 11 16 41 43 47
2021-04-17	5	6th	18 21 27 29 34 47
2021-03-31	6	6th	2 5 8 24 43 47
2021-03-10	1	6th	6 26 31 38 39 47
2021-03-06	1	6th	3 14 17 18 38 47
2021-03-03	15	6th	15 20 25 32 44 47
2021-01-09	1	6th	10 17 42 43 45 47
2021-01-06	1	6th	8 10 14 23 39 47
2021-01-02	7	6th	3 6 18 26 42 47
2020-12-09	2	6th	13 14 28 29 34 47
2020-12-02	1	6th	9 12 22 28 35 47
2020-11-28	4	6th	5 6 16 18 45 47
2020-11-14	4	6th	2 14 28 33 44 47
2020-10-31	7	6th	20 34 36 37 46 47
2020-10-07	2	6th	4 9 13 22 44 47
2020-09-30	3	6th	3 4 7 14 18 47
2020-09-19	5	6th	12 14 16 21 40 47
2020-09-02	7	6th	3 5 16 40 45 47
2020-08-08	1	6th	21 28 32 33 43 47
2020-08-05	10	6th	10 14 25 36 38 47
2020-07-01	1	6th	3 8 21 34 37 47
2020-06-27	1	6th	5 17 18 31 38 47
2020-06-24	4	6th	5 6 15 32 39 47
2020-06-10	4	6th	6 19 32 35 37 47
2020-05-27	13	6th	7 23 30 38 46 47
2020-04-11	6	6th	13 16 20 28 37 47
2020-03-21	7	6th	4 5 7 16 43 47
2020-02-26	16	6th	2 11 26 31 40 47
2020-01-01	5	6th	4 5 23 30 42 47
2019-12-14	10	6th	11 17 24 29 30 47
2019-11-09	2	6th	3 4 15 26 27 47
2019-11-02	2	6th	3 18 28 30 31 47
2019-10-26	40	6th	13 20 37 38 39 47
2019-06-08	8	6th	9 10 34 37 40 47
2019-05-11	2	6th	1 7 10 13 39 47
2019-05-04	12	6th	22 24 26 39 42 47
2019-03-23	3	6th	9 10 23 29 42 47
2019-03-13	8	6th	7 10 18 45 46 47
2019-02-13	3	6th	3 9 11 27 30 47
2019-02-02	9	6th	3 5 16 30 46 47
2019-01-02	9	6th	2 14 26 33 37 47
2018-12-01	5	6th	16 24 31 39 43 47
2018-11-14	14	6th	1 8 14 15 45 47
2018-09-26	2	6th	6 7 21 37 46 47
2018-09-19	11	6th	8 11 32 36 46 47
2018-08-11	5	6th	4 22 30 37 45 47
2018-07-25	5	6th	3 16 21 29 36 47
2018-07-07	5	6th	3 11 24 26 29 47
2018-06-20	1	6th	11 26 32 36 42 47
2018-06-16	3	6th	6 26 27 32 45 47
2018-06-06	9	6th	1 10 22 28 44 47
2018-05-05	2	6th	13 19 30 36 41 47
2018-04-28	8	6th	8 16 20 22 37 47
2018-03-31	10	6th	1 2 17 19 38 47
2018-02-24	1	6th	1 10 30 31 42 47
2018-02-21	20	6th	9 26 27 29 31 47
2017-12-13	2	6th	31 38 39 40 42 47
2017-12-06	2	6th	9 15 29 36 44 47
2017-11-29	5	6th	1 4 5 16 39 47
2017-11-11	1	6th	9 16 27 41 42 47
2017-11-08	1	6th	7 11 26 30 45 47
2017-11-04	9	6th	21 31 32 43 44 47
2017-10-04	8	6th	15 18 24 28 33 47
2017-09-06	9	6th	1 4 5 6 18 47
2017-08-05	7	6th	17 20 26 28 36 47
2017-07-12	13	6th	5 6 24 30 38 47
2017-05-27	4	6th	2 5 12 34 41 47
2017-05-13	1	6th	4 16 33 39 43 47
2017-05-10	14	6th	7 8 19 29 36 47
2017-03-22	8	6th	16 22 30 35 36 47
2017-02-22	1	6th	5 9 27 36 38 47
2017-02-18	3	6th	27 32 44 45 46 47
2017-02-08	2	6th	2 6 9 31 41 47
2017-02-01	7	6th	11 13 34 38 40 47
2017-01-07	3	6th	33 36 39 42 45 47
2016-12-28	20	6th	1 12 34 43 45 47
2016-10-19	7	6th	2 11 24 28 37 47
2016-09-24	17	6th	2 7 16 17 27 47
2016-07-27	4	6th	2 4 5 27 40 47
2016-07-13	11	6th	6 9 17 33 44 47
2016-06-04	1	6th	4 32 34 35 43 47
2016-06-01	5	6th	1 15 31 42 44 47
2016-05-14	30	6th	19 20 24 31 43 47
2016-01-30	5	6th	21 25 26 28 33 47
2016-01-13	6	6th	10 14 26 37 42 47
2015-12-23	2	6th	15 21 28 32 36 47
2015-12-16	4	6th	3 8 27 32 39 47
2015-12-02	2	6th	8 9 16 26 32 47
2015-11-25	8	6th	2 5 7 16 46 47
2015-10-28	—	6th	5 7 10 18 41 47