In Lotto under the 6/50 + 1/25 · since Apr 2025 rules — 228 draws, 6 from 1–50.
21times drawn · chance expected 27 −1.30σ
9draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number
10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.3
38longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long
47 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 21 times in 228 draws against 27.4 expected, −1.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
47
Number 47, draw by draw
Drawn 21 times in 228 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 9 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.
Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 6 such strangers 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 — 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.
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 6/50 tonight whatever it did last week.