Number 47

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

113times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.05σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

12.5average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

53longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 12.5 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 15 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 smallest1 · chance 1.0
2nd smallest8 · chance 9.8
3rd smallest36 · chance 33.2
4th smallest48 · chance 46.3
5th smallest20 · chance 22.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 57 6 21 22 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 47 is picked about 0.93× as often as an indifferent choice — 35th most popular of 69. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

No documented preference lifts or lowers it — the model treats it as an even pick.

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 47 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	18	3rd	15 40 47 53 59
2026-07-25	23	5th	3 4 24 36 47
2026-06-01	10	3rd	2 42 47 57 58
2026-05-09	8	4th	15 41 46 47

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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