In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/55 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2010 rules — 83 draws, 6 from 1–59 (an earlier era).
7times drawn · chance expected 8 −0.52σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
12.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8
51longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long
47 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 7 times in 83 draws against 8.4 expected, −0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
47
Number 47, draw by draw
Drawn 7 times in 83 draws · average wait 12.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 1 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.
Never drawn alongside 31 of the other 58 numbers; chance expects about 32 such strangers 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 59. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.