Number 48

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

92times drawn · chance expected 103 −1.10σ

29draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

15.3average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

90longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −1.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 29 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 15.3 draws · longest completed wait 90 · waiting 29 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 smallest1 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest5 · chance 7.1
3rd smallest23 · chance 25.6
4th smallest45 · chance 38.5
5th smallest18 · chance 20.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 30 53 6 19 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 48 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-03	1	4th	8 30 41 48 54
2026-08-01	8	4th	6 17 27 48 50
2026-07-13	9	5th	5 25 36 40 48
2026-06-22	1	5th	17 19 21 45

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-02	33	4th	8 42 46 48 53
2024-06-17	1	2nd	30 48 53 58 66
2024-06-15	11	3rd	4 36 48 54 56
2024-05-20	56	3rd	1 7 48 64 68
2024-01-10	3	4th	25 40 43 48 50
2024-01-03	35	4th	30 31 38 48 68
2023-10-14	32	4th	14 16 42 48 64
2023-07-31	2	3rd	2 11 48 58 65
2023-07-26	9	4th	3 16 40 48 60
2023-07-05	17	3rd	17 24 48 62 68
2023-05-27	2	4th	24 38 39 48 56
2023-05-22	56	3rd	9 38 48 52 68
2023-01-11	1	5th	4 8 46 47 48
2023-01-09	18	3rd	18 43 48 60 69
2022-11-28	16	4th	29 30 32 48 50
2022-10-22	52	3rd	19 25 48 55 60
2022-06-22	39	4th	6 10 31 48 56
2022-03-23	2	5th	31 32 37 38 48
2022-03-19	7	4th	8 9 18 48 52
2022-03-02	2	3rd	19 37 48 61 63
2022-02-26	4	4th	15 32 36 48 64
2022-02-16	19	5th	22 30 40 42 48
2022-01-03	1	5th	2 13 32 33 48
2022-01-01	4	4th	6 12 39 48 50
2021-12-22	14	4th	7 16 19 48 68
2021-11-20	1	3rd	40 43 48 59 69
2021-11-17	3	3rd	3 16 48 52 60
2021-11-10	2	5th	19 25 43 46 48
2021-11-06	8	3rd	8 30 48 57 64
2021-10-18	1	3rd	30 32 48 53 63
2021-10-16	19	5th	30 31 41 42 48
2021-09-01	39	4th	10 20 29 48 51
2021-04-24	22	3rd	22 36 48 59 61
2021-02-06	17	3rd	1 16 48 49 65
2020-12-09	1	5th	11 14 31 47 48
2020-12-05	8	4th	3 4 6 48 53
2020-11-07	28	4th	14 16 37 48 58
2020-08-01	24	5th	6 25 36 43 48
2020-05-09	9	4th	12 18 42 48 65
2020-04-08	2	4th	2 37 39 48 54
2020-04-01	1	4th	33 35 45 48 60
2020-03-28	44	3rd	7 40 48 55 66
2019-10-26	26	3rd	3 20 48 54 59
2019-07-27	14	4th	1 19 31 48 61
2019-06-08	32	4th	9 13 42 48 60
2019-02-16	7	4th	29 30 41 48 64
2019-01-23	3	4th	23 25 47 48 50
2019-01-12	33	3rd	7 36 48 57 58
2018-09-19	2	3rd	4 39 48 50 51
2018-09-12	8	3rd	6 28 48 63 64
2018-08-15	55	5th	12 15 28 47 48
2018-02-03	23	4th	15 23 27 48 53
2017-11-15	3	4th	23 32 44 48 50
2017-11-04	13	4th	12 14 26 48 51
2017-09-20	15	2nd	39 48 53 67 68
2017-07-29	8	5th	1 28 40 45 48
2017-07-01	13	4th	19 42 45 48 53
2017-05-17	7	5th	4 11 39 45 48
2017-04-22	8	4th	21 39 41 48 63
2017-03-25	3	5th	18 31 32 45 48
2017-03-15	25	4th	16 30 41 48 53
2016-12-17	3	5th	1 8 16 40 48
2016-12-07	11	2nd	41 48 49 53 64
2016-10-29	1	5th	19 20 21 42 48
2016-10-26	17	4th	2 3 16 48 56
2016-08-27	90	3rd	4 32 48 49 63
2015-10-17	3	1st	48 49 57 62 69
2015-10-07	—	4th	18 30 40 48 52