Number 47

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

246times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.05σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

53longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 246 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 246 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 53 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest24 · chance 20.9
5th smallest222 · chance 225.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 10 43 8 36 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-21	19	5th	7 11 13 45 47
2026-02-02	1	5th	27 34 36 39 47
2026-02-01	4	5th	2 6 10 22 47
2026-01-28	24	5th	19 24 26

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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