Number 48

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,903 draws, 6 from 1–49.

180times drawn · chance expected 233 −3.71σ

477draws waiting · a wait this long: <0.1% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

48 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 49 numbers

Drawn 180 times in 1,903 draws against 233.0 expected, −3.71σ. Testing all 49 numbers at once means about 0.5 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.0e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 180 times in 1,903 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 477 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 smallest19 · chance 18.8
6th smallest161 · chance 161.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 1 3 42 2 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2023-08-30	30	6th	1 4 28 34 38 48
2023-05-17	20	6th	3 15 16 24 35 48
2023-03-08	6	6th	13 29 34 41 42 48
2023-02-15	49	6th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-04-03	3	6th	3 4 14 26 29 48
2021-03-24	5	6th	1 10 27 40 42 48
2021-03-06	7	5th	10 18 20 40 48 49
2021-02-10	2	6th	3 6 16 18 37 48
2021-02-03	2	6th	1 3 9 24 30 48
2021-01-27	5	5th	1 16 39 45 48 49
2021-01-09	11	6th	3 25 33 38 43 48
2020-12-02	4	6th	17 22 27 30 38 48
2020-11-18	2	6th	1 3 15 16 17 48
2020-11-11	9	6th	10 26 37 39 47 48
2020-10-10	29	6th	3 16 20 37 45 48
2020-07-01	17	6th	1 18 31 42 45 48
2020-05-02	19	6th	13 16 17 21 22 48
2020-02-26	2	6th	4 7 25 39 46 48
2020-02-19	9	6th	2 6 7 10 19 48
2020-01-18	5	6th	5 6 38 41 42 48
2020-01-01	18	6th	2 10 14 15 25 48
2019-10-30	1	6th	1 6 10 30 40 48
2019-10-26	13	6th	8 14 21 27 33 48
2019-09-11	4	6th	2 9 12 36 47 48
2019-08-28	8	6th	1 6 18 38 39 48
2019-07-31	3	6th	6 8 9 22 23 48
2019-07-20	7	6th	11 31 32 42 47 48
2019-06-26	20	6th	14 16 18 32 44 48
2019-04-17	10	6th	1 3 6 10 13 48
2019-03-13	4	6th	1 3 9 14 25 48
2019-02-27	1	6th	7 10 24 25 34 48
2019-02-23	1	6th	12 26 38 39 46 48
2019-02-20	12	6th	13 19 30 39 42 48
2019-01-09	7	6th	2 8 19 22 42 48
2018-12-15	5	6th	11 20 21 34 40 48
2018-11-28	3	6th	5 11 14 21 34 48
2018-11-17	5	6th	2 17 23 36 40 48
2018-10-31	7	6th	4 5 19 21 44 48
2018-10-06	2	6th	17 28 36 42 44 48
2018-09-29	2	6th	2 6 14 41 44 48
2018-09-22	11	6th	1 38 42 44 46 48
2018-08-15	7	6th	1 3 12 20 36 48
2018-07-21	9	6th	10 11 14 40 43 48
2018-06-20	1	6th	22 23 30 38 41 48
2018-06-16	5	6th	7 12 15 27 30 48
2018-05-30	6	5th	5 7 34 46 48 49
2018-05-09	13	6th	1 10 12 18 46 48
2018-03-24	6	6th	6 21 25 35 47 48
2018-03-03	3	6th	7 13 16 21 37 48
2018-02-21	6	6th	5 10 12 23 39 48
2018-01-31	8	6th	8 32 33 34 36 48
2018-01-03	7	6th	2 5 36 40 44 48
2017-12-09	3	6th	10 17 32 43 46 48
2017-11-29	11	6th	34 36 39 40 45 48
2017-10-21	5	6th	3 7 33 39 46 48
2017-10-04	7	6th	4 14 20 23 31 48
2017-09-09	3	6th	2 4 15 32 36 48
2017-08-30	3	6th	9 12 21 32 46 48
2017-08-19	7	6th	15 24 26 40 43 48
2017-07-26	9	6th	2 15 22 32 45 48
2017-06-24	4	6th	8 15 24 29 43 48
2017-06-10	7	6th	5 9 18 23 31 48
2017-05-17	4	6th	6 25 33 40 44 48
2017-05-03	1	6th	6 23 25 40 47 48
2017-04-29	1	6th	14 23 27 30 35 48
2017-04-26	36	6th	4 5 9 10 38 48
2016-12-21	4	6th	1 14 30 39 44 48
2016-12-07	15	6th	4 12 16 24 28 48
2016-10-15	1	6th	1 2 3 9 21 48
2016-10-12	5	6th	1 9 18 24 29 48
2016-09-24	16	6th	1 5 25 35 38 48
2016-07-30	2	6th	6 24 29 31 34 48
2016-07-23	1	6th	6 10 11 16 30 48
2016-07-20	6	6th	6 24 25 34 41 48
2016-06-29	3	6th	2 17 22 24 44 48
2016-06-18	3	6th	22 36 38 39 40 48
2016-06-08	3	6th	5 13 17 20 30 48
2016-05-28	11	5th	7 30 31 36 48 49
2016-04-20	9	6th	4 9 12 33 46 48
2016-03-19	9	6th	21 27 37 41 45 48
2016-02-17	6	5th	16 18 29 46 48 49
2016-01-27	3	6th	6 23 31 33 38 48
2016-01-16	2	6th	15 27 33 45 47 48
2016-01-09	3	6th	7 31 36 40 47 48
2015-12-30	2	6th	3 6 9 18 38 48
2015-12-23	4	6th	17 18 29 34 47 48
2015-12-09	5	6th	6 26 32 43 44 48
2015-11-21	19	6th	16 23 26 35 41 48
2015-09-16	5	6th	7 27 28 31 46 48
2015-08-29	32	6th	13 18 26 27 41 48
2015-05-09	10	6th	17 20 27 46 47 48
2015-04-04	17	6th	11 25 34 45 46 48
2015-02-04	1	6th	14 21 23 34 43 48
2015-01-31	1	6th	3 8 13 33 41 48
2015-01-28	18	6th	6 9 30 35 45 48
2014-11-26	4	6th	4 17 33 37 46 48
2014-11-12	3	6th	7 26 30 35 42 48
2014-11-01	18	6th	3 14 23 39 42 48
2014-08-30	26	6th	1 11 17 23 32 48
2014-05-31	6	6th	1 9 13 35 42 48
2014-05-10	5	6th	6 8 20 32 46 48
2014-04-23	2	6th	10 13 26 33 38 48
2014-04-16	7	6th	17 22 24 26 30 48
2014-03-22	2	6th	4 27 29 38 39 48
2014-03-15	6	6th	11 19 25 40 41 48
2014-02-22	1	6th	14 22 26 30 33 48
2014-02-19	29	5th	24 36 43 45 48 49
2013-11-09	24	6th	19 34 36 39 42 48
2013-08-17	17	6th	3 11 20 35 41 48
2013-06-19	2	6th	15 24 25 35 42 48
2013-06-12	1	6th	1 21 24 27 46 48
2013-06-08	1	6th	6 32 33 40 41 48
2013-06-05	7	6th	7 34 37 40 41 48
2013-05-11	1	6th	19 21 23 26 45 48
2013-05-08	5	6th	3 10 15 34 35 48
2013-04-20	3	6th	1 11 23 39 47 48
2013-04-10	1	6th	5 13 17 19 37 48
2013-04-06	2	6th	2 15 31 44 45 48
2013-03-30	1	6th	3 20 26 30 37 48
2013-03-27	17	6th	10 23 28 37 45 48
2013-01-26	14	6th	5 13 14 19 24 48
2012-12-08	1	5th	2 4 27 42 48 49
2012-12-05	5	6th	4 5 8 29 45 48
2012-11-17	5	6th	11 13 39 41 45 48
2012-10-31	32	5th	24 26 35 39 48 49
2012-07-11	10	5th	5 18 19 33 48 49
2012-06-06	9	6th	13 23 29 33 45 48
2012-05-05	8	6th	18 22 25 34 44 48
2012-04-07	4	5th	1 5 17 22 48 49
2012-03-24	7	5th	36 43 44 47 48 49
2012-02-29	3	6th	12 16 24 42 45 48
2012-02-18	12	6th	2 9 15 21 37 48
2012-01-07	30	5th	1 3 28 47 48 49
2011-09-24	1	6th	13 17 26 40 44 48
2011-09-21	7	6th	6 15 31 32 41 48
2011-08-27	16	6th	1 12 35 36 42 48
2011-07-02	9	6th	9 11 17 18 42 48
2011-06-01	14	6th	6 23 24 32 34 48
2011-04-13	2	5th	10 20 32 35 48 49
2011-04-06	1	6th	8 11 12 16 20 48
2011-04-02	1	6th	1 2 8 13 28 48
2011-03-30	4	6th	7 9 12 14 16 48
2011-03-16	6	5th	3 6 15 43 48 49
2011-02-23	4	6th	1 12 24 28 37 48
2011-02-09	5	6th	2 21 25 42 46 48
2011-01-22	1	5th	6 28 32 40 48 49
2011-01-19	10	6th	21 23 27 37 38 48
2010-12-15	2	5th	17 37 38 40 48 49
2010-12-08	1	6th	2 6 22 30 46 48
2010-12-04	9	6th	2 16 22 40 46 48
2010-11-03	9	5th	1 2 12 34 48 49
2010-10-02	5	6th	6 8 11 17 39 48
2010-09-15	4	6th	3 8 11 33 42 48
2010-09-01	11	6th	5 12 26 34 35 48
2010-07-24	17	5th	4 22 41 42 48 49
2010-05-26	32	6th	22 30 34 37 46 48
2010-02-03	4	6th	2 11 12 22 30 48
2010-01-20	1	6th	12 15 23 27 45 48
2010-01-16	1	6th	3 6 10 41 44 48
2010-01-13	—	6th	2 14 17 18 32 48