Number 48

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

102times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.87σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

11.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

85longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −0.87σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 11.2 draws · longest completed wait 85 · waiting 4 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 0.1
3rd smallest0 · chance 2.6
4th smallest25 · chance 26.5
5th smallest77 · chance 72.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 32 19 21 12 31

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 51 numbers; chance expects about 0.0 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 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	3	5th	16 23 38 39 48
2026-09-23	22	5th	13 24 32 41 48
2026-08-03	22	5th	3 11 27 41 48
2026-06-13	7	5th	6 13 31

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-27	12	5th	9 13 16 39 48
2024-03-30	24	4th	9 17 34 48 52
2024-02-03	1	5th	10 34 40 47 48
2024-01-31	16	5th	3 30 38 39 48
2023-12-25	7	4th	4 10 25 48 52
2023-12-09	3	5th	3 7 17 36 48
2023-12-02	12	5th	3 8 11 38 48
2023-11-04	7	5th	8 11 23 47 48
2023-10-18	41	5th	1 5 14 16 48
2023-07-15	4	5th	5 6 20 42 48
2023-07-05	6	5th	9 21 38 39 48
2023-06-21	8	5th	2 13 20 35 48
2023-06-03	7	5th	9 14 21 22 48
2023-05-17	12	5th	7 19 32 36 48
2023-04-19	3	4th	19 40 41 48 49
2023-04-12	14	4th	18 36 45 48 51
2023-03-11	9	5th	33 39 41 45 48
2023-02-18	15	4th	5 17 25 48 52
2023-01-14	9	5th	25 35 37 38 48
2022-12-24	7	5th	7 12 40 44 48
2022-12-07	8	5th	2 19 22 47 48
2022-11-19	8	5th	9 16 19 32 48
2022-10-31	8	4th	4 23 26 48 51
2022-10-12	10	5th	2 14 20 40 48
2022-09-19	12	5th	12 31 45 47 48
2022-08-22	6	4th	16 22 34 48 52
2022-08-08	3	5th	2 15 17 31 48
2022-08-01	3	4th	21 24 42 48 51
2022-07-25	1	4th	26 31 37 48 52
2022-07-23	1	5th	14 22 24 25 48
2022-07-20	10	5th	1 15 23 42 48
2022-06-18	1	5th	26 28 32 46 48
2022-06-15	10	5th	12 19 35 38 48
2022-05-11	1	5th	26 29 32 36 48
2022-05-07	16	4th	18 32 43 48 51
2022-03-12	4	5th	4 19 22 43 48
2022-02-26	34	5th	5 13 31 39 48
2021-10-30	2	5th	10 18 21 47 48
2021-10-23	2	5th	13 25 40 46 48
2021-10-16	2	5th	3 10 17 40 48
2021-10-09	12	4th	6 22 45 48 51
2021-08-28	9	5th	10 13 33 39 48
2021-07-28	4	4th	18 32 46 48 49
2021-07-14	3	4th	19 22 46 48 51
2021-07-03	7	4th	7 10 34 48 52
2021-06-09	5	4th	4 39 46 48 52
2021-05-22	3	4th	26 36 47 48 52
2021-05-12	11	5th	12 30 31 46 48
2021-04-03	31	5th	17 42 43 47 48
2020-12-16	10	5th	18 21 32 35 48
2020-11-11	11	5th	8 13 30 31 48
2020-10-03	5	5th	7 16 32 34 48
2020-09-16	7	4th	12 15 21 48 52
2020-08-22	4	4th	1 33 45 48 49
2020-08-08	4	5th	11 14 29 31 48
2020-07-25	2	5th	32 36 46 47 48
2020-07-18	8	5th	23 34 44 47 48
2020-06-20	1	5th	4 18 27 30 48
2020-06-17	6	5th	12 19 21 26 48
2020-05-27	7	5th	16 20 35 36 48
2020-05-02	4	4th	1 37 40 48 51
2020-04-18	7	5th	2 15 18 41 48
2020-03-25	24	5th	6 33 36 41 48
2020-01-01	13	5th	3 26 30 44 48
2019-11-16	39	5th	5 15 26 46 48
2019-07-03	1	5th	7 12 19 36 48
2019-06-29	6	5th	4 30 40 42 48
2019-06-08	3	5th	14 24 37 38 48
2019-05-29	7	5th	5 7 27 45 48
2019-05-04	11	5th	5 6 17 19 48
2019-03-27	4	5th	5 20 28 36 48
2019-03-13	5	4th	18 42 44 48 52
2019-02-23	20	5th	6 10 21 25 48
2018-12-15	3	5th	16 18 35 36 48
2018-12-05	10	5th	9 15 33 40 48
2018-10-31	85	5th	18 19 31 32 48
2018-01-06	3	5th	9 13 26 38 48
2017-12-27	—	5th	4 30 38 47 48