Number 47

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

148times drawn · chance expected 134 +1.22σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

17.3average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

91longest completed wait · 70% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, +1.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 17.3 draws · longest completed wait 91 · waiting 5 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.

1st smallest9 · chance 8.5
2nd smallest48 · chance 42.1
3rd smallest59 · chance 65.4
4th smallest32 · chance 32.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 25 36 72 77 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 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 — 36th most popular of 77. 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
2026-09-28	9	1st	47 58 70 71
2026-09-07	21	3rd	16 35 47 69
2026-07-20	11	3rd	11 41 47 77
2026-06-24	2	2nd	36 47 68 77
2026-06-20	6	3rd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-16	17	4th	8 13 36 47
2024-08-07	4	3rd	2 29 47 56
2024-07-29	11	2nd	42 47 53 77
2024-07-03	15	4th	25 35 39 47
2024-05-29	65	3rd	24 31 47 77
2023-12-30	46	4th	12 14 25 47
2023-09-13	15	3rd	16 37 47 57
2023-08-09	9	2nd	37 47 61 74
2023-07-19	14	1st	47 48 50 72
2023-06-17	1	3rd	28 41 47 58
2023-06-14	1	4th	9 12 43 47
2023-06-12	24	3rd	25 29 47 66
2023-04-17	36	3rd	26 40 47 71
2023-01-23	8	3rd	3 36 47 56
2023-01-04	3	4th	19 25 43 47
2022-12-28	1	3rd	2 5 47 66
2022-12-26	9	4th	5 23 25 47
2022-12-05	15	3rd	34 42 47 77
2022-10-31	21	1st	47 53 54 75
2022-09-12	1	4th	13 18 43 47
2022-09-10	48	3rd	21 42 47 72
2022-05-21	1	2nd	40 47 50 76
2022-05-18	4	3rd	11 28 47 73
2022-05-09	28	3rd	39 40 47 67
2022-03-05	2	2nd	18 47 59 65
2022-02-28	39	3rd	31 42 47 55
2021-11-29	24	2nd	27 47 50 64
2021-10-04	20	2nd	10 47 58 63
2021-08-18	4	3rd	23 27 47 67
2021-08-09	7	2nd	37 47 64 77
2021-07-24	19	3rd	6 17 47 68
2021-06-09	11	4th	20 42 45 47
2021-05-15	18	2nd	33 47 62 65
2021-04-03	31	4th	9 17 34 47
2021-01-20	24	4th	19 26 34 47
2020-11-25	31	3rd	7 10 47 68
2020-09-14	24	3rd	34 37 47 56
2020-07-20	51	3rd	7 45 47 65
2020-03-23	4	1st	47 48 52 75
2020-03-14	1	4th	16 17 18 47
2020-03-11	11	4th	5 23 37 47
2020-02-15	14	2nd	30 47 50 65
2020-01-13	10	4th	25 36 37 47
2019-12-21	3	2nd	18 47 72 75
2019-12-14	3	3rd	4 29 47 66
2019-12-07	3	2nd	21 47 73 74
2019-11-30	14	3rd	15 36 47 48
2019-10-28	42	3rd	11 38 47 49
2019-07-22	8	2nd	36 47 54 61
2019-07-03	25	2nd	45 47 51 62
2019-05-06	10	2nd	35 47 52 56
2019-04-13	4	2nd	39 47 55 68
2019-04-03	12	2nd	31 47 50 53
2019-03-06	15	2nd	35 47 55 72
2019-01-30	27	2nd	30 47 53 55
2018-11-28	2	3rd	26 32 47 68
2018-11-24	7	3rd	4 9 47 49
2018-11-07	28	1st	47 51 54 76
2018-09-03	19	4th	1 21 44 47
2018-07-21	9	3rd	4 17 47 74
2018-06-30	68	3rd	13 23 47 55
2018-01-22	14	4th	14 16 29 47
2017-12-20	5	3rd	39 44 47 72
2017-12-09	2	3rd	30 32 47 68
2017-12-04	3	3rd	34 45 47 61
2017-11-27	45	3rd	24 44 47 63
2017-08-14	3	4th	8 24 32 47
2017-08-07	13	3rd	19 34 47 55
2017-07-08	1	4th	20 39 43 47
2017-07-05	7	4th	4 14 46 47
2017-06-19	27	1st	47 53 58 77
2017-04-17	7	4th	1 7 41 47
2017-04-01	1	4th	2 6 34 47
2017-03-29	36	4th	13 34 39 47
2017-01-04	39	4th	19 30 34 47
2016-10-05	22	3rd	18 46 47 50
2016-08-15	40	2nd	25 47 65 67
2016-05-14	11	2nd	17 47 64 65
2016-04-18	2	2nd	38 47 57 74
2016-04-13	5	3rd	5 36 47 54
2016-04-02	11	3rd	5 13 47 74
2016-03-07	7	4th	24 36 37 47
2016-02-20	12	1st	47 48 76 77
2016-01-23	11	2nd	42 47 52 70
2015-12-28	16	2nd	31 47 69 75
2015-11-21	5	2nd	36 47 59 72
2015-11-09	23	3rd	42 46 47 70
2015-09-16	18	2nd	20 47 70 74
2015-08-05	45	3rd	16 40 47 67
2015-04-22	18	3rd	11 17 47 73
2015-03-11	23	3rd	42 44 47 76
2015-01-17	1	2nd	42 47 49 72
2015-01-14	91	2nd	7 47 58 65
2014-06-16	3	3rd	25 41 47 57
2014-06-09	1	2nd	35 47 60 72
2014-06-07	13	4th	28 41 46 47
2014-05-07	27	3rd	31 43 47 51
2014-03-05	5	2nd	9 47 68 70
2014-02-22	71	3rd	19 26 47 61
2013-09-09	15	3rd	20 31 47 70
2013-08-05	22	3rd	13 22 47 53
2013-06-15	2	2nd	16 47 66 77
2013-06-10	19	2nd	10 47 58 72
2013-04-27	51	2nd	24 47 59 71
2012-12-29	1	4th	7 22 23 47
2012-12-26	5	3rd	1 36 47 53
2012-12-15	33	4th	12 16 21 47
2012-09-29	10	4th	1 6 10 47
2012-09-05	13	2nd	12 47 58 73
2012-08-06	18	2nd	33 47 54 75
2012-06-25	30	2nd	4 47 57 72
2012-04-14	48	3rd	22 26 47 61
2011-12-24	10	2nd	28 47 67 70
2011-11-30	20	3rd	17 38 47 76
2011-10-15	65	1st	47 67 69 74
2011-05-16	18	3rd	19 34 47 75
2011-04-04	9	1st	47 48 54 59
2011-03-14	2	2nd	25 47 54 67
2011-03-09	20	2nd	12 47 70 74
2011-01-22	59	3rd	24 36 47 75
2010-09-06	6	4th	9 33 39 47
2010-08-23	18	4th	3 20 41 47
2010-07-12	13	2nd	27 47 68 75
2010-06-12	—	2nd	7 47 66 73