Number 48

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

237times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.10σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

12.0average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

56longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 237 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, −0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 237 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 12.0 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 16 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 0.3
2nd smallest7 · chance 5.4
3rd smallest43 · chance 37.2
4th smallest92 · chance 101.3
5th smallest95 · chance 92.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 57 6 13 23 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 — 35th most popular of 60. 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
2026-02-05	5	5th	13 21 22 47 48
2026-01-31	3	4th	10 12 19 48 51
2026-01-28	11	5th	6 11 12 37 48
2026-01-17	36	3rd	17 37 48 55

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-04	7	5th	6 22 35 37 48
2025-03-28	16	5th	23 27 36 38 48
2025-03-12	2	4th	1 2 28 48 57
2025-03-10	24	4th	17 22 34 48 53
2025-02-14	26	3rd	8 34 48 52 58
2025-01-19	9	2nd	35 48 53 54 59
2025-01-10	10	5th	9 37 44 46 48
2024-12-31	2	5th	10 21 27 31 48
2024-12-29	27	5th	3 13 28 42 48
2024-12-02	19	5th	18 30 40 44 48
2024-11-13	11	5th	12 16 22 32 48
2024-11-02	18	5th	15 20 27 30 48
2024-10-15	1	5th	3 10 24 26 48
2024-10-14	1	4th	9 32 44 48 50
2024-10-13	18	3rd	14 38 48 50 60
2024-09-25	12	3rd	6 26 48 55 58
2024-09-13	8	5th	36 38 46 47 48
2024-09-05	7	4th	2 22 31 48 56
2024-08-29	2	5th	5 20 33 40 48
2024-08-27	28	4th	9 22 47 48 59
2024-07-30	20	3rd	42 45 48 49 50
2024-07-10	8	4th	10 19 38 48 59
2024-07-02	7	5th	2 16 18 32 48
2024-06-25	15	4th	4 8 16 48 57
2024-06-10	35	5th	6 29 38 41 48
2024-05-06	30	3rd	11 37 48 50 57
2024-04-06	34	5th	17 23 31 46 48
2024-03-03	15	4th	38 39 46 48 52
2024-02-17	33	4th	5 38 44 48 55
2024-01-15	21	5th	17 28 30 37 48
2023-12-25	1	3rd	19 29 48 51 53
2023-12-24	11	4th	5 21 23 48 57
2023-12-13	21	4th	5 20 23 48 53
2023-11-22	3	4th	1 21 32 48 51
2023-11-19	2	5th	3 19 21 40 48
2023-11-17	16	4th	3 31 33 48 55
2023-11-01	3	5th	7 10 14 47 48
2023-10-29	45	5th	11 15 33 38 48
2023-09-14	18	4th	9 17 39 48 59
2023-08-27	16	3rd	16 42 48 51 58
2023-08-11	2	5th	8 18 38 44 48
2023-08-09	5	5th	17 21 29 34 48
2023-08-04	39	2nd	16 48 51 55 60
2023-06-26	1	4th	36 38 42 48 60
2023-06-25	15	4th	5 41 43 48 50
2023-06-10	1	3rd	15 43 48 51 53
2023-06-09	23	4th	19 25 47 48 56
2023-05-17	16	3rd	14 39 48 58 59
2023-05-01	15	5th	37 41 42 46 48
2023-04-16	6	5th	22 37 44 45 48
2023-04-10	32	4th	29 30 35 48 55
2023-03-09	21	4th	12 37 42 48 56
2023-02-16	1	5th	14 17 27 28 48
2023-02-15	12	4th	4 18 35 48 50
2023-02-03	12	4th	23 28 34 48 53
2023-01-22	5	5th	18 23 30 42 48
2023-01-17	12	5th	1 5 26 38 48
2023-01-05	17	5th	36 37 43 45 48
2022-12-19	20	4th	13 40 44 48 49
2022-11-29	1	3rd	4 29 48 54 58
2022-11-28	5	4th	20 24 40 48 59
2022-11-23	6	3rd	4 16 48 58 59
2022-11-17	1	4th	5 22 40 48 57
2022-11-16	19	3rd	1 33 48 52 55
2022-10-28	4	5th	14 23 27 32 48
2022-10-24	5	4th	6 15 45 48 53
2022-10-19	12	4th	20 29 30 48 59
2022-10-07	16	5th	11 12 37 40 48
2022-09-21	2	4th	1 4 43 48 60
2022-09-19	3	4th	16 18 37 48 54
2022-09-16	6	4th	8 18 42 48 56
2022-09-10	1	4th	6 23 34 48 52
2022-09-09	1	4th	27 36 39 48 50
2022-09-08	9	2nd	21 48 49 54 55
2022-08-30	8	5th	2 5 14 40 48
2022-08-22	1	3rd	5 14 48 51 57
2022-08-21	4	4th	2 21 30 48 58
2022-08-17	1	4th	31 33 39 48 53
2022-08-16	13	4th	4 22 38 48 58
2022-08-03	7	5th	2 13 42 47 48
2022-07-27	18	5th	16 32 38 39 48
2022-07-09	12	5th	14 30 34 40 48
2022-06-27	3	5th	9 21 34 44 48
2022-06-24	3	2nd	13 48 49 50 60
2022-06-21	15	4th	22 25 43 48 59
2022-06-06	21	3rd	13 20 48 49 51
2022-05-16	6	3rd	5 26 48 50 54
2022-05-10	2	5th	1 8 34 36 48
2022-05-08	14	5th	1 12 34 45 48
2022-04-24	4	5th	7 14 33 46 48
2022-04-20	23	3rd	28 33 48 53 55
2022-03-28	2	5th	8 17 24 44 48
2022-03-26	25	5th	3 15 38 42 48
2022-03-01	4	4th	29 31 39 48 59
2022-02-25	7	3rd	6 40 48 50 52
2022-02-18	26	4th	13 34 43 48 52
2022-01-23	46	5th	2 22 26 34 48
2021-12-08	4	4th	16 25 45 48 55
2021-12-04	5	5th	8 11 25 45 48
2021-11-29	8	3rd	9 35 48 53 58
2021-11-21	21	5th	4 5 6 11 48
2021-10-31	1	3rd	31 35 48 57 58
2021-10-30	21	5th	20 33 37 45 48
2021-10-09	2	4th	9 12 28 48 57
2021-10-07	2	5th	6 10 21 38 48
2021-10-05	1	5th	6 14 26 35 48
2021-10-04	16	4th	16 27 43 48 56
2021-09-18	28	5th	15 23 24 29 48
2021-08-21	13	3rd	21 38 48 54 56
2021-08-08	5	5th	6 23 31 44 48
2021-08-03	1	3rd	25 42 48 49 53
2021-08-02	19	3rd	18 46 48 50 54
2021-07-14	6	5th	10 21 35 46 48
2021-07-08	4	5th	1 8 15 21 48
2021-07-04	8	5th	1 3 6 25 48
2021-06-26	2	5th	3 13 33 41 48
2021-06-24	13	4th	13 39 41 48 50
2021-06-11	55	4th	8 24 47 48 56
2021-04-17	10	4th	15 18 46 48 50
2021-04-07	11	4th	31 33 39 48 50
2021-03-27	14	4th	7 15 31 48 56
2021-03-13	1	5th	24 25 32 40 48
2021-03-12	12	5th	6 21 26 41 48
2021-02-28	23	4th	2 16 23 48 60
2021-02-05	9	5th	27 31 39 45 48
2021-01-27	10	5th	2 8 13 38 48
2021-01-17	6	4th	29 35 42 48 49
2021-01-11	11	4th	18 30 41 48 54
2020-12-31	12	4th	11 28 40 48 57
2020-12-19	14	3rd	25 31 48 56 57
2020-12-05	1	4th	8 16 45 48 57
2020-12-04	3	4th	9 21 27 48 56
2020-12-01	13	4th	1 2 25 48 53
2020-11-18	19	4th	7 24 38 48 51
2020-10-30	21	4th	13 19 35 48 52
2020-10-09	36	4th	16 24 39 48 51
2020-09-03	16	5th	18 28 41 43 48
2020-08-18	5	4th	25 31 47 48 59
2020-08-13	2	4th	25 31 38 48 49
2020-08-11	8	4th	27 45 46 48 60
2020-08-03	2	5th	10 15 28 36 48
2020-08-01	14	4th	13 23 38 48 59
2020-07-18	26	3rd	6 8 48 57 60
2020-06-22	6	4th	7 14 46 48 58
2020-06-16	7	4th	6 15 29 48 56
2020-06-09	6	4th	7 23 26 48 56
2020-06-03	2	5th	13 28 38 46 48
2020-06-01	21	5th	8 17 24 33 48
2020-05-11	8	4th	29 31 39 48 57
2020-05-03	5	5th	19 21 22 35 48
2020-04-28	56	5th	18 21 36 41 48
2020-03-03	21	4th	6 15 25 48 59
2020-02-11	16	5th	11 22 32 34 48
2020-01-26	24	3rd	23 44 48 50 60
2020-01-02	13	5th	7 30 39 44 48
2019-12-20	9	4th	9 27 40 48 58
2019-12-11	4	5th	3 8 11 30 48
2019-12-07	9	3rd	2 27 48 55 60
2019-11-28	6	3rd	19 26 48 51 53
2019-11-22	18	5th	13 14 27 47 48
2019-11-04	6	3rd	4 13 48 49 53
2019-10-29	23	4th	23 31 45 48 58
2019-10-06	7	2nd	36 48 54 56 57
2019-09-29	3	3rd	28 41 48 51 57
2019-09-26	1	3rd	1 5 48 50 51
2019-09-25	4	4th	6 34 36 48 55
2019-09-21	4	5th	13 21 23 26 48
2019-09-17	2	4th	3 9 14 48 57
2019-09-15	13	5th	20 34 42 46 48
2019-09-02	1	5th	6 9 22 46 48
2019-09-01	3	4th	8 13 17 48 57
2019-08-29	49	5th	8 9 15 46 48
2019-07-11	2	5th	4 29 40 47 48
2019-07-09	14	5th	8 10 18 24 48
2019-06-10	10	5th	25 28 38 40 48
2019-05-06	10	4th	32 34 47 48 51
2019-04-01	12	4th	2 37 43 48 51
2019-02-18	1	4th	1 37 39 48 54
2019-02-14	20	5th	7 10 21 33 48
2018-12-06	2	5th	28 32 35 42 48
2018-11-29	30	3rd	29 41 48 52 57
2018-08-16	2	5th	9 25 28 29 48
2018-08-09	3	4th	1 24 26 48 60
2018-07-30	5	3rd	21 45 48 51 58
2018-07-12	18	4th	1 20 28 48 56
2018-05-10	9	5th	11 36 41 43 48
2018-04-09	54	5th	10 19 29 45 48
2017-10-02	6	4th	10 35 38 48 57
2017-09-11	20	4th	26 34 42 48 57
2017-07-03	1	5th	4 28 40 41 48
2017-06-29	7	5th	7 8 13 18 48
2017-06-05	12	4th	3 29 32 48 56
2017-04-24	5	5th	19 33 35 36 48
2017-04-06	6	4th	4 6 17 48 53
2017-03-16	7	4th	13 14 36 48 57
2017-02-20	3	5th	13 16 23 37 48
2017-02-09	1	5th	2 28 37 38 48
2017-02-06	4	3rd	6 24 48 54 59
2017-01-23	12	5th	16 24 32 44 48
2016-12-12	7	3rd	14 19 48 53 54
2016-11-17	8	5th	6 30 32 35 48
2016-10-20	5	4th	6 38 40 48 57
2016-10-03	14	2nd	5 48 49 52 58
2016-08-15	28	3rd	13 40 48 50 57
2016-05-09	7	4th	20 23 38 48 56
2016-04-14	6	3rd	24 25 48 55 56
2016-03-24	13	5th	17 24 30 45 48
2016-02-08	5	3rd	13 23 48 57 59
2016-01-21	12	5th	11 13 36 46 48
2015-12-10	6	3rd	10 47 48 53 58
2015-11-19	35	5th	2 7 21 38 48
2015-07-20	16	4th	10 29 47 48 55
2015-05-25	—	3rd	15 40 48 59 60