Number 47

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

118times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.73σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

66longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, +0.73σ. 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 118 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 66 · 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 0.2
3rd smallest6 · chance 4.9
4th smallest47 · chance 35.8
5th smallest65 · chance 77.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

51 10 30 48 1 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 — 34th most popular of 52. 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	3	5th	1 19 22 37 47
2026-09-28	6	5th	7 12 39 45 47
2026-09-14	2	4th	1 10 26 47 52
2026-09-09	24	4th	3 4 44

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-19	14	5th	4 24 25 45 47
2025-04-16	7	4th	2 5 45 47 48
2025-03-31	2	5th	11 24 33 38 47
2025-03-26	2	5th	16 19 30 37 47
2025-03-22	27	4th	6 21 43 47 52
2025-01-18	1	4th	16 28 41 47 52
2025-01-15	2	5th	2 11 28 40 47
2025-01-11	10	4th	7 10 16 47 52
2024-12-18	2	5th	5 10 35 39 47
2024-12-14	5	3rd	2 8 47 51 52
2024-12-02	5	5th	1 20 37 39 47
2024-11-20	6	5th	11 17 25 38 47
2024-11-06	5	4th	3 19 42 47 48
2024-10-26	1	5th	2 3 25 42 47
2024-10-23	2	5th	18 38 42 44 47
2024-10-19	9	5th	3 10 28 34 47
2024-09-28	58	3rd	12 13 47 48 51
2024-05-15	1	4th	17 25 27 47 51
2024-05-13	2	5th	1 15 16 26 47
2024-05-08	12	5th	5 11 18 38 47
2024-04-10	3	5th	2 15 21 33 47
2024-04-03	8	5th	11 16 20 27 47
2024-03-16	5	4th	11 30 43 47 51
2024-03-04	13	5th	4 5 8 22 47
2024-02-03	3	4th	10 34 40 47 48
2024-01-27	1	4th	13 22 46 47 51
2024-01-24	9	5th	10 13 15 29 47
2024-01-03	3	4th	10 17 31 47 51
2023-12-27	7	4th	3 10 36 47 52
2023-12-11	3	4th	18 39 42 47 52
2023-12-04	2	5th	4 16 18 36 47
2023-11-29	11	5th	9 22 24 37 47
2023-11-04	8	4th	8 11 23 47 48
2023-10-16	1	5th	11 30 37 39 47
2023-10-14	3	5th	6 32 33 36 47
2023-10-07	38	5th	5 22 31 35 47
2023-07-10	5	4th	3 26 30 47 51
2023-06-28	66	5th	9 28 33 43 47
2023-01-25	1	4th	9 15 28 47 49
2023-01-23	20	5th	6 8 16 43 47
2022-12-07	27	4th	2 19 22 47 48
2022-10-05	7	5th	14 21 37 38 47
2022-09-19	5	4th	12 31 45 47 48
2022-09-07	11	4th	23 32 46 47 50
2022-08-13	33	5th	12 14 27 43 47
2022-05-04	12	5th	5 27 29 36 47
2022-03-23	8	3rd	36 45 47 51 52
2022-02-23	1	4th	3 13 29 47 52
2022-02-19	2	5th	16 33 42 46 47
2022-02-12	17	5th	1 14 28 42 47
2021-12-15	4	5th	1 9 24 25 47
2021-12-01	9	5th	7 9 23 39 47
2021-10-30	17	4th	10 18 21 47 48
2021-09-01	29	4th	10 15 43 47 49
2021-05-22	14	3rd	26 36 47 48 52
2021-04-03	4	4th	17 42 43 47 48
2021-03-20	4	5th	1 2 18 37 47
2021-03-06	2	5th	23 33 37 42 47
2021-02-27	51	5th	10 27 30 44 47
2020-09-02	11	5th	25 34 37 40 47
2020-07-25	2	4th	32 36 46 47 48
2020-07-18	6	4th	23 34 44 47 48
2020-06-27	24	5th	8 27 30 36 47
2020-04-04	4	5th	18 21 30 35 47
2020-03-21	9	4th	5 21 26 47 50
2020-02-19	7	4th	16 29 33 47 51
2020-01-25	6	5th	16 20 22 23 47
2020-01-04	2	5th	5 24 34 38 47
2019-12-28	7	4th	9 31 45 47 51
2019-12-04	4	4th	34 38 45 47 51
2019-11-20	15	5th	1 4 29 46 47
2019-09-28	18	5th	9 23 39 44 47
2019-07-27	6	5th	11 12 32 41 47
2019-07-06	16	4th	20 22 43 47 52
2019-05-11	3	4th	30 35 37 47 49
2019-05-01	1	5th	7 9 33 46 47
2019-04-27	12	4th	1 11 44 47 52
2019-03-16	8	4th	29 30 32 47 49
2019-02-16	2	4th	16 27 32 47 51
2019-02-09	1	4th	6 25 38 47 50
2019-02-06	4	5th	1 15 35 41 47
2019-01-23	23	5th	1 4 27 34 47
2018-11-03	2	4th	11 33 40 47 51
2018-10-27	10	4th	17 22 24 47 50
2018-09-22	2	5th	1 7 38 43 47
2018-09-15	8	4th	22 33 46 47 50
2018-08-18	33	4th	13 18 39 47 52
2018-04-25	2	5th	7 22 27 35 47
2018-04-18	17	5th	8 11 27 30 47
2018-02-17	10	3rd	40 41 47 49 51
2018-01-13	5	5th	1 12 32 33 47
2017-12-27	7	4th	4 30 38 47 48
2017-12-02	4	4th	22 28 45 47 51
2017-11-18	—	5th	4 25 26 41 47