Number 48

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

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

68longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

48 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 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 246 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 7 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest246 · chance 246.0

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.

19 5 21 27 34 23

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, 48 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-14	18	5th	14 17 30 43 48
2026-01-27	8	5th	1 10 32 37 48
2026-01-19	1	5th	5 17 22 42 48
2026-01-18	10	5th	11 18 21

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-26	1	5th	15 38 40 45 48
2025-04-25	10	5th	9 15 40 41 48
2025-04-15	7	5th	10 19 26 30 48
2025-04-08	25	5th	3 28 32 44 48
2025-03-14	27	5th	7 16 28 40 48
2025-02-15	19	5th	21 34 38 40 48
2025-01-27	16	5th	7 16 41 42 48
2025-01-11	11	5th	21 22 26 27 48
2024-12-31	31	5th	19 27 37 41 48
2024-11-30	6	5th	21 22 32 36 48
2024-11-24	12	5th	7 11 14 26 48
2024-11-12	14	5th	11 21 22 24 48
2024-10-29	7	5th	4 8 9 25 48
2024-10-22	19	5th	7 12 22 37 48
2024-10-03	2	5th	2 5 29 42 48
2024-10-01	3	5th	5 13 22 31 48
2024-09-28	5	5th	7 20 23 38 48
2024-09-23	1	5th	1 21 24 27 48
2024-09-22	11	5th	5 13 27 35 48
2024-09-11	1	5th	12 19 37 43 48
2024-09-10	7	5th	30 39 42 45 48
2024-09-03	57	5th	25 36 38 39 48
2024-07-08	3	5th	2 9 27 37 48
2024-07-05	1	5th	7 15 23 41 48
2024-07-04	3	5th	3 4 22 33 48
2024-07-01	3	5th	13 22 31 47 48
2024-06-28	1	5th	10 21 41 43 48
2024-06-27	9	5th	5 14 34 46 48
2024-06-18	7	5th	5 14 18 37 48
2024-06-11	7	5th	12 23 31 44 48
2024-06-04	14	5th	8 13 39 42 48
2024-05-21	7	5th	5 13 24 41 48
2024-05-14	7	5th	9 27 43 44 48
2024-05-07	42	5th	9 21 22 33 48
2024-03-26	18	5th	18 25 34 39 48
2024-03-08	28	5th	24 32 36 40 48
2024-02-09	2	5th	8 12 18 27 48
2024-02-07	25	5th	14 23 45 47 48
2024-01-13	11	5th	3 25 32 36 48
2024-01-02	10	5th	10 24 40 44 48
2023-12-23	9	5th	3 9 11 14 48
2023-12-14	5	5th	11 18 41 46 48
2023-12-09	24	5th	1 6 19 28 48
2023-11-15	1	5th	5 6 15 20 48
2023-11-14	9	5th	20 35 36 44 48
2023-11-05	1	5th	1 13 32 45 48
2023-11-04	2	5th	10 12 20 28 48
2023-11-02	6	5th	10 14 17 27 48
2023-10-27	11	5th	8 13 15 29 48
2023-10-16	2	5th	9 15 17 18 48
2023-10-14	6	5th	19 22 23 27 48
2023-10-08	21	5th	1 3 4 11 48
2023-09-17	7	5th	11 15 17 24 48
2023-09-10	3	5th	9 16 19 20 48
2023-09-07	1	5th	12 34 38 46 48
2023-09-06	1	5th	6 8 9 31 48
2023-09-05	8	5th	3 23 24 31 48
2023-08-28	12	5th	5 19 26 40 48
2023-08-16	10	5th	13 19 25 33 48
2023-08-06	3	5th	4 6 22 25 48
2023-08-03	16	5th	5 18 19 25 48
2023-07-18	2	5th	4 20 21 47 48
2023-07-16	7	5th	3 9 44 46 48
2023-07-09	8	5th	6 8 18 19 48
2023-07-01	1	5th	3 26 27 29 48
2023-06-30	7	5th	1 34 42 45 48
2023-06-23	21	5th	15 23 27 38 48
2023-06-02	8	5th	17 22 26 31 48
2023-05-25	11	5th	10 20 30 45 48
2023-05-14	12	5th	5 10 28 45 48
2023-05-02	12	5th	29 30 34 46 48
2023-04-20	13	5th	1 5 18 33 48
2023-04-07	8	5th	21 25 31 42 48
2023-03-30	5	5th	10 27 34 36 48
2023-03-25	2	5th	9 11 20 22 48
2023-03-23	6	5th	3 7 24 26 48
2023-03-17	24	5th	26 29 35 39 48
2023-02-21	8	5th	19 22 35 41 48
2023-02-13	2	5th	1 8 15 39 48
2023-02-11	2	5th	1 12 13 36 48
2023-02-09	6	5th	17 33 35 38 48
2023-02-03	17	5th	2 20 31 34 48
2023-01-17	23	5th	3 4 25 35 48
2022-12-25	18	5th	9 25 34 41 48
2022-12-07	2	5th	2 23 32 44 48
2022-12-05	4	5th	15 19 20 38 48
2022-12-01	2	5th	4 10 27 42 48
2022-11-29	37	5th	17 18 26 27 48
2022-10-23	2	5th	33 42 44 47 48
2022-10-21	8	5th	14 20 27 47 48
2022-10-13	13	5th	9 17 27 42 48
2022-09-30	17	5th	5 14 23 27 48
2022-09-13	9	5th	12 15 28 29 48
2022-09-04	7	5th	10 11 29 45 48
2022-08-28	5	5th	4 5 35 37 48
2022-08-23	3	5th	4 5 21 27 48
2022-08-20	7	5th	3 38 43 44 48
2022-08-13	5	5th	13 26 34 37 48
2022-08-08	15	5th	4 21 34 37 48
2022-07-24	12	5th	11 27 37 38 48
2022-07-12	7	5th	8 14 23 47 48
2022-07-05	2	5th	8 15 23 33 48
2022-07-03	5	5th	20 23 29 41 48
2022-06-28	2	5th	1 14 38 45 48
2022-06-26	37	5th	6 21 24 35 48
2022-05-20	32	5th	3 19 43 44 48
2022-04-18	3	5th	2 14 28 41 48
2022-04-15	16	5th	1 21 22 46 48
2022-03-30	32	5th	5 37 38 46 48
2022-02-26	4	5th	30 40 44 47 48
2022-02-22	2	5th	7 23 24 28 48
2022-02-20	10	5th	12 15 24 35 48
2022-02-10	13	5th	8 16 25 28 48
2022-01-28	6	5th	11 21 27 32 48
2022-01-22	6	5th	9 15 17 21 48
2022-01-16	4	5th	5 10 18 28 48
2022-01-12	2	5th	3 27 29 33 48
2022-01-10	9	5th	7 14 32 43 48
2022-01-01	3	5th	10 13 19 36 48
2021-12-29	10	5th	9 19 21 33 48
2021-12-19	3	5th	9 16 42 44 48
2021-12-16	14	5th	8 10 17 38 48
2021-12-02	6	5th	8 23 29 34 48
2021-11-26	66	5th	1 13 20 34 48
2021-09-21	6	5th	1 5 37 44 48
2021-09-15	1	5th	21 22 32 45 48
2021-09-14	16	5th	17 22 24 37 48
2021-08-29	4	5th	4 19 30 42 48
2021-08-25	6	5th	9 24 33 40 48
2021-08-19	2	5th	11 12 16 38 48
2021-08-17	7	5th	2 10 25 29 48
2021-08-10	1	5th	15 22 34 44 48
2021-08-09	8	5th	2 4 19 35 48
2021-08-01	2	5th	7 30 32 46 48
2021-07-30	2	5th	6 41 44 46 48
2021-07-28	1	5th	17 20 26 44 48
2021-07-27	8	5th	7 31 33 47 48
2021-07-19	6	5th	11 38 42 46 48
2021-06-28	7	5th	5 7 23 25 48
2021-06-03	3	5th	11 19 22 29 48
2021-05-24	21	5th	3 6 7 36 48
2021-03-11	68	5th	15 19 28 30 48
2020-07-16	3	5th	5 7 20 43 48
2020-07-06	6	5th	2 10 40 47 48
2020-06-15	12	5th	25 28 32 47 48
2020-05-04	7	5th	15 20 22 37 48
2020-04-09	2	5th	6 16 23 27 48
2020-04-02	3	5th	2 4 23 31 48
2020-03-23	3	5th	1 30 31 46 48
2020-03-12	1	5th	1 13 23 47 48
2020-03-09	3	5th	3 13 16 45 48
2020-02-27	1	5th	19 20 32 36 48
2020-02-24	6	5th	23 27 33 44 48
2020-02-03	8	5th	2 9 34 36 48
2020-01-06	18	5th	5 8 15 33 48
2019-11-04	3	5th	28 34 42 44 48
2019-10-24	7	5th	5 13 24 38 48
2019-09-30	2	5th	3 14 45 47 48
2019-09-23	8	5th	4 23 25 43 48
2019-08-26	9	5th	9 25 30 37 48
2019-07-25	2	5th	26 29 35 37 48
2019-07-18	4	5th	8 13 32 34 48
2019-07-04	19	5th	2 7 31 43 48
2019-04-29	18	5th	7 22 28 39 48
2019-02-25	27	5th	24 26 31 45 48
2018-11-22	13	5th	8 18 38 40 48
2018-10-08	14	5th	5 34 35 36 48
2018-08-20	1	5th	4 16 36 44 48
2018-08-16	7	5th	8 39 42 43 48
2018-07-23	2	5th	1 5 11 28 48
2018-07-16	2	5th	14 17 18 21 48
2018-07-09	3	5th	18 24 43 46 48
2018-06-28	1	5th	3 23 27 47 48
2018-06-25	7	5th	3 31 42 45 48
2018-05-31	2	5th	16 34 41 42 48
2018-05-24	1	5th	18 32 38 39 48
2018-05-21	3	5th	4 12 31 45 48
2018-05-10	5	5th	17 35 46 47 48
2018-04-23	1	5th	7 12 20 27 48
2018-04-19	2	5th	16 19 35 43 48
2018-04-12	2	5th	5 20 33 39 48
2018-04-05	2	5th	2 10 12 46 48
2018-03-29	15	5th	16 19 31 44 48
2018-02-05	11	5th	1 2 5 32 48
2017-12-28	4	5th	4 21 29 44 48
2017-12-14	1	5th	17 21 25 30 48
2017-12-11	3	5th	16 37 46 47 48
2017-11-30	19	5th	2 3 27 44 48
2017-09-25	4	5th	14 17 19 30 48
2017-09-11	4	5th	11 23 27 30 48
2017-08-28	5	5th	1 5 6 47 48
2017-08-10	24	5th	19 29 30 43 48
2017-05-18	5	5th	5 10 34 45 48
2017-05-01	16	5th	3 13 23 44 48
2017-03-06	9	5th	4 11 19 47 48
2017-02-02	7	5th	31 32 36 46 48
2017-01-09	6	5th	2 29 34 47 48
2016-12-19	2	5th	1 8 35 45 48
2016-12-12	8	5th	6 18 25 44 48
2016-11-14	10	5th	21 27 37 47 48
2016-10-10	15	5th	14 23 26 43 48
2016-08-18	4	5th	1 2 14 19 48
2016-08-04	6	5th	12 20 37 47 48
2016-07-14	3	5th	25 27 30 43 48
2016-07-04	48	5th	8 31 34 44 48
2016-01-18	1	5th	2 12 26 41 48
2016-01-14	7	5th	2 6 33 41 48
2015-12-21	14	5th	7 32 36 41 48
2015-11-02	6	5th	32 36 37 39 48
2015-10-12	1	5th	4 7 37 43 48
2015-10-08	1	5th	1 8 21 42 48
2015-10-05	2	5th	8 28 31 41 48
2015-09-28	4	5th	8 19 25 32 48
2015-09-14	3	5th	11 18 42 46 48
2015-09-03	4	5th	25 39 46 47 48
2015-08-20	6	5th	12 21 23 25 48
2015-07-30	9	5th	29 33 36 47 48
2015-06-29	10	5th	5 14 32 45 48
2015-05-25	6	5th	3 23 30 34 48
2015-05-04	9	5th	10 28 36 45 48
2015-04-02	12	5th	17 21 23 43 48
2015-02-19	—	5th	12 19 24 31 48