Number 48

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

110times drawn · chance expected 134 −2.15σ

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

23.3average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

127longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −2.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 23.3 draws · longest completed wait 127 · 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 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 smallest5 · chance 5.7
2nd smallest34 · chance 29.9
3rd smallest50 · chance 49.1
4th smallest21 · chance 25.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 20 22 50 73 25

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 1.0 such strangers 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 — 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	16	3rd	14 39 48 56
2026-08-24	2	3rd	7 15 48 69
2026-08-19	33	3rd	14 25 48 73
2026-06-03	4	3rd	12 30 48 69
2026-05-25	9	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: 48 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-02-04	18	4th	14 26 36 48
2022-12-24	104	3rd	4 10 48 70
2022-04-25	27	3rd	3 39 48 50
2022-02-21	25	3rd	20 24 48 61
2021-12-25	14	4th	1 9 30 48
2021-11-22	25	2nd	23 48 55 77
2021-09-25	35	3rd	21 22 48 72
2021-07-05	5	3rd	16 22 48 71
2021-06-23	4	3rd	4 7 48 67
2021-06-14	32	3rd	9 25 48 76
2021-03-31	3	3rd	18 20 48 50
2021-03-24	20	4th	7 29 42 48
2021-02-06	5	1st	48 61 65 67
2021-01-25	20	4th	8 12 34 48
2020-12-09	70	2nd	25 48 60 75
2020-06-29	17	2nd	43 48 71 73
2020-05-20	20	2nd	19 48 52 68
2020-04-04	4	3rd	10 24 48 59
2020-03-25	1	4th	1 23 35 48
2020-03-23	12	2nd	47 48 52 75
2020-02-24	16	4th	5 8 43 48
2020-01-18	11	2nd	11 48 55 62
2019-12-23	8	4th	9 27 39 48
2019-12-04	2	3rd	15 22 48 56
2019-11-30	37	4th	15 36 47 48
2019-09-04	20	3rd	7 9 48 57
2019-07-20	35	3rd	8 25 48 75
2019-04-29	4	2nd	12 48 58 72
2019-04-20	77	3rd	3 12 48 66
2018-10-22	51	4th	13 36 41 48
2018-06-25	28	1st	48 53 54 69
2018-04-21	36	2nd	36 48 54 71
2018-01-27	66	1st	48 54 56 72
2017-08-26	61	4th	5 6 15 48
2017-04-05	5	3rd	18 25 48 51
2017-03-25	12	2nd	6 48 58 70
2017-02-25	10	3rd	20 45 48 73
2017-02-01	22	2nd	13 48 50 52
2016-12-12	116	2nd	22 48 61 69
2016-03-16	10	3rd	21 45 48 75
2016-02-22	1	1st	48 56 60 72
2016-02-20	13	2nd	47 48 76 77
2016-01-20	53	2nd	26 48 50 64
2015-09-19	5	3rd	14 32 48 77
2015-09-07	22	4th	22 24 34 48
2015-07-18	8	2nd	18 48 55 65
2015-06-29	25	3rd	13 37 48 71
2015-05-02	11	3rd	38 44 48 68
2015-04-06	15	2nd	26 48 50 66
2015-03-02	8	2nd	30 48 52 66
2015-02-11	14	2nd	20 48 58 64
2015-01-10	13	2nd	12 48 65 73
2014-12-10	7	3rd	6 41 48 64
2014-11-24	109	3rd	2 36 48 53
2014-03-15	11	2nd	9 48 51 65
2014-02-17	26	2nd	24 48 54 64
2013-12-18	1	2nd	19 48 69 75
2013-12-16	5	2nd	8 48 58 73
2013-12-04	19	2nd	3 48 68 76
2013-10-21	35	4th	25 26 35 48
2013-07-31	54	3rd	35 42 48 73
2013-03-27	60	3rd	5 17 48 60
2012-11-07	24	4th	5 14 17 48
2012-09-12	46	3rd	17 37 48 60
2012-05-28	4	3rd	21 34 48 66
2012-05-19	10	3rd	17 28 48 72
2012-04-23	5	3rd	20 27 48 65
2012-04-11	11	3rd	3 6 48 60
2012-03-17	9	4th	15 16 40 48
2012-02-25	5	3rd	15 22 48 61
2012-02-13	9	3rd	17 43 48 49
2012-01-23	2	2nd	18 48 65 73
2012-01-18	63	4th	23 28 33 48
2011-08-24	1	3rd	30 46 48 62
2011-08-22	1	4th	1 22 32 48
2011-08-20	20	4th	25 37 44 48
2011-07-04	22	4th	14 20 34 48
2011-05-14	15	2nd	14 48 53 61
2011-04-09	2	3rd	14 19 48 70
2011-04-04	20	2nd	47 48 54 59
2011-02-16	35	2nd	4 48 55 67
2010-11-27	4	2nd	6 48 50 77
2010-11-17	50	2nd	21 48 52 66
2010-07-24	2	3rd	27 36 48 59
2010-07-19	7	3rd	10 40 48 64
2010-07-03	—	3rd	24 32 48 72