Number 48

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

305times drawn · chance expected 322 −0.99σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 305 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, −0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 305 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 2 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest30 · chance 31.8
6th smallest275 · chance 273.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 6 16 45 23 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet 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 — 33rd most popular of 49. 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
2026-10-05	2	6th	1 17 24 39 42 48
2026-09-30	5	6th	11 25 30 46 47 48
2026-09-19	1	5th	1 31 35 45 48 49
2026-09-16	9	6th	21

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-27	1	6th	7 17 19 21 39 48
2025-09-24	11	6th	3 14 33 39 45 48
2025-08-30	5	6th	3 6 14 31 32 48
2025-08-18	7	6th	12 26 36 37 40 48
2025-08-02	10	6th	6 16 21 23 42 48
2025-07-09	3	6th	13 19 20 25 33 48
2025-07-02	7	6th	3 8 10 23 30 48
2025-06-16	2	6th	5 15 26 32 35 48
2025-06-11	4	5th	8 16 18 42 48 49
2025-06-02	12	6th	1 4 10 23 32 48
2025-05-05	1	6th	4 15 16 33 44 48
2025-05-03	16	6th	11 29 31 37 41 48
2025-03-26	18	6th	11 26 32 33 41 48
2025-02-12	5	6th	6 7 11 18 24 48
2025-02-01	7	5th	4 13 25 30 48 49
2025-01-15	4	6th	5 10 18 26 34 48
2025-01-06	1	6th	12 23 25 32 35 48
2025-01-04	7	6th	10 15 21 24 37 48
2024-12-18	8	6th	2 10 23 29 32 48
2024-11-30	21	6th	2 18 20 34 45 48
2024-10-12	17	6th	16 18 33 42 43 48
2024-09-02	7	6th	9 31 36 41 47 48
2024-08-17	5	6th	6 9 14 27 29 48
2024-08-05	18	6th	8 12 22 24 43 48
2024-06-24	3	6th	5 12 19 30 32 48
2024-06-17	19	6th	9 13 16 40 47 48
2024-05-04	1	6th	5 10 22 45 47 48
2024-05-01	3	6th	8 14 33 41 42 48
2024-04-24	17	6th	16 17 18 19 30 48
2024-03-16	5	6th	9 10 27 37 45 48
2024-03-04	1	6th	10 14 15 23 33 48
2024-03-02	4	6th	4 6 16 31 44 48
2024-02-21	2	6th	7 23 28 39 43 48
2024-02-17	22	5th	15 16 28 30 48 49
2023-12-27	19	6th	20 28 33 46 47 48
2023-11-13	14	6th	6 9 10 17 45 48
2023-10-11	2	6th	6 10 15 19 20 48
2023-10-07	4	6th	14 21 27 29 41 48
2023-09-27	2	6th	1 11 16 17 19 48
2023-09-23	13	6th	7 8 12 13 24 48
2023-08-23	45	6th	2 20 23 30 43 48
2023-05-10	16	6th	15 25 32 42 47 48
2023-04-03	12	6th	11 16 20 25 40 48
2023-03-06	5	6th	1 3 14 26 37 48
2023-02-22	4	6th	1 16 18 27 38 48
2023-02-13	19	6th	12 16 24 26 35 48
2022-12-31	4	6th	3 6 19 25 43 48
2022-12-21	5	6th	1 6 27 28 42 48
2022-12-10	9	6th	18 28 38 41 43 48
2022-11-19	33	6th	2 5 10 35 45 48
2022-09-03	9	6th	14 15 39 45 47 48
2022-08-13	3	6th	3 6 35 38 42 48
2022-08-06	17	6th	11 16 21 31 39 48
2022-06-27	2	6th	7 12 34 35 37 48
2022-06-22	11	5th	7 13 15 43 48 49
2022-05-28	7	6th	16 19 25 26 44 48
2022-05-11	6	6th	8 16 29 31 35 48
2022-04-27	3	6th	1 17 28 32 41 48
2022-04-20	18	6th	5 10 13 29 39 48
2022-03-09	3	6th	5 23 39 42 47 48
2022-03-02	10	6th	6 8 10 25 28 48
2022-02-07	8	6th	13 35 38 39 41 48
2022-01-19	25	6th	8 9 26 32 35 48
2021-11-22	4	6th	4 22 24 34 35 48
2021-11-13	34	6th	1 19 32 37 45 48
2021-08-25	1	6th	9 32 36 45 47 48
2021-08-23	5	6th	7 10 27 29 41 48
2021-08-11	5	6th	5 6 7 37 41 48
2021-07-31	11	6th	6 13 31 41 45 48
2021-07-05	1	6th	4 5 12 13 27 48
2021-07-03	4	6th	1 7 22 31 46 48
2021-06-23	6	5th	13 16 30 32 48 49
2021-06-09	9	6th	16 27 31 38 41 48
2021-05-19	2	6th	6 11 39 41 45 48
2021-05-15	2	6th	2 13 15 29 42 48
2021-05-10	4	6th	5 8 18 20 43 48
2021-05-01	7	5th	15 25 26 37 48 49
2021-04-14	7	6th	7 10 16 25 47 48
2021-03-29	1	6th	6 7 16 20 31 48
2021-03-27	4	6th	5 11 18 33 46 48
2021-03-17	4	6th	4 27 29 43 46 48
2021-03-08	11	6th	2 10 17 29 42 48
2021-02-10	15	6th	20 24 26 36 45 48
2021-01-06	10	6th	2 12 20 43 46 48
2020-12-14	3	5th	16 31 41 42 48 49
2020-12-07	3	6th	3 12 19 39 44 48
2020-11-30	5	6th	15 23 26 28 42 48
2020-11-18	21	5th	3 35 38 43 48 49
2020-09-30	16	6th	9 10 30 32 34 48
2020-08-24	11	6th	4 19 23 29 36 48
2020-07-29	8	6th	7 18 23 31 37 48
2020-07-11	16	6th	6 22 29 41 42 48
2020-06-03	1	6th	4 12 24 28 46 48
2020-06-01	21	6th	12 13 16 18 23 48
2020-04-13	12	6th	9 23 26 28 30 48
2020-03-16	2	6th	7 25 26 46 47 48
2020-03-11	2	6th	3 13 14 23 31 48
2020-03-07	4	6th	6 13 29 37 43 48
2020-02-26	3	6th	1 23 24 28 45 48
2020-02-19	36	6th	3 4 13 17 41 48
2019-11-27	3	6th	3 20 28 33 39 48
2019-11-20	2	6th	3 6 14 22 47 48
2019-11-16	8	6th	4 9 14 16 28 48
2019-10-28	7	6th	6 8 16 23 37 48
2019-10-12	17	6th	3 23 26 34 37 48
2019-09-02	4	6th	12 14 15 24 25 48
2019-08-24	8	6th	11 17 18 28 44 48
2019-08-05	4	6th	2 7 13 22 27 48
2019-07-27	13	6th	2 4 10 17 23 48
2019-06-26	2	6th	9 11 20 24 36 48
2019-06-22	5	6th	16 23 33 35 36 48
2019-06-10	3	5th	5 7 10 25 48 49
2019-06-03	5	6th	1 6 14 22 41 48
2019-05-22	22	6th	16 30 31 42 47 48
2019-04-01	3	5th	2 5 10 12 48 49
2019-03-25	13	6th	2 12 33 34 39 48
2019-02-23	5	6th	15 21 31 39 40 48
2019-02-11	21	6th	32 37 40 42 45 48
2018-12-24	20	6th	3 30 36 37 45 48
2018-11-07	27	6th	19 24 27 36 46 48
2018-09-05	9	6th	3 9 36 45 46 48
2018-08-15	7	6th	6 18 27 35 47 48
2018-07-30	6	6th	2 6 15 22 40 48
2018-07-16	4	6th	8 9 23 28 37 48
2018-07-07	2	6th	6 13 27 34 46 48
2018-07-02	1	5th	2 6 42 45 48 49
2018-06-30	3	6th	2 28 36 44 47 48
2018-06-23	4	6th	8 21 25 40 45 48
2018-06-13	5	6th	3 5 33 45 46 48
2018-06-02	23	6th	7 8 22 24 31 48
2018-04-09	3	6th	5 23 30 38 43 48
2018-04-02	15	6th	1 3 5 30 45 48
2018-02-26	19	6th	2 3 9 13 39 48
2018-01-13	8	6th	11 18 19 32 40 48
2017-12-25	23	6th	2 9 20 25 44 48
2017-11-01	6	6th	5 9 10 32 45 48
2017-10-18	12	6th	2 13 38 41 46 48
2017-09-20	6	6th	10 18 22 24 28 48
2017-09-06	3	6th	4 6 25 36 38 48
2017-08-30	35	6th	1 8 17 45 46 48
2017-06-10	5	6th	14 19 23 27 40 48
2017-05-29	7	6th	2 9 11 28 41 48
2017-05-13	5	6th	8 11 13 39 40 48
2017-05-01	6	6th	2 6 8 25 29 48
2017-04-17	28	6th	13 14 17 18 46 48
2017-02-11	11	6th	2 7 14 15 24 48
2017-01-16	16	6th	4 5 14 43 45 48
2016-12-10	10	5th	5 20 23 26 48 49
2016-11-16	3	6th	5 9 11 27 31 48
2016-11-09	18	6th	6 10 20 21 25 48
2016-09-28	17	6th	8 18 24 33 36 48
2016-08-20	3	6th	10 29 30 34 40 48
2016-08-13	5	6th	6 17 29 30 42 48
2016-08-01	4	6th	8 11 25 46 47 48
2016-07-23	5	6th	4 5 22 31 45 48
2016-07-11	14	6th	22 26 31 37 43 48
2016-06-08	9	6th	6 29 30 34 44 48
2016-05-18	3	6th	4 12 17 21 39 48
2016-05-11	17	6th	10 22 23 35 41 48
2016-04-02	26	6th	12 23 24 34 37 48
2016-02-01	1	6th	4 11 12 21 24 48
2016-01-30	2	6th	18 21 30 35 36 48
2016-01-25	3	6th	3 4 28 35 42 48
2016-01-18	3	6th	3 19 30 35 42 48
2016-01-11	1	5th	4 22 34 35 48 49
2016-01-09	1	6th	2 17 22 43 47 48
2016-01-06	16	6th	3 4 8 42 44 48
2015-11-30	4	6th	2 5 12 33 36 48
2015-11-21	4	6th	5 9 16 23 34 48
2015-11-11	5	6th	27 34 42 44 45 48
2015-10-31	14	6th	1 3 24 30 31 48
2015-09-28	14	6th	5 14 15 19 37 48
2015-08-26	3	6th	14 16 17 30 40 48
2015-08-19	7	6th	5 11 20 25 36 48
2015-08-03	1	5th	2 8 39 46 48 49
2015-08-01	11	6th	3 12 19 22 44 48
2015-07-06	24	6th	9 15 26 45 47 48
2015-05-11	15	6th	3 9 17 41 47 48
2015-04-06	3	5th	17 18 25 37 48 49
2015-03-30	4	6th	16 17 28 41 45 48
2015-03-21	3	6th	11 14 20 22 36 48
2015-03-14	3	6th	10 20 37 42 45 48
2015-03-07	8	6th	4 5 7 14 37 48
2015-02-16	4	6th	17 21 28 42 46 48
2015-02-07	1	6th	23 31 34 45 47 48
2015-02-04	16	6th	1 7 9 12 17 48
2014-12-29	2	6th	11 17 27 35 38 48
2014-12-24	6	6th	15 21 39 42 44 48
2014-12-10	8	6th	7 17 20 23 25 48
2014-11-22	14	6th	1 5 17 26 32 48
2014-10-20	6	6th	7 13 38 40 46 48
2014-10-06	3	6th	12 29 33 35 39 48
2014-09-29	32	6th	1 8 15 39 47 48
2014-07-16	14	5th	7 12 31 45 48 49
2014-06-14	1	6th	7 18 19 20 36 48
2014-06-11	10	6th	4 25 35 36 40 48
2014-05-19	1	6th	5 21 26 39 45 48
2014-05-17	3	6th	17 20 35 39 40 48
2014-05-10	2	6th	13 15 24 38 42 48
2014-05-05	2	5th	6 11 18 32 48 49
2014-04-30	24	6th	10 12 19 27 45 48
2014-03-05	5	6th	6 28 32 33 37 48
2014-02-22	9	6th	4 16 17 20 24 48
2014-02-01	8	5th	7 10 31 32 48 49
2014-01-13	4	6th	18 24 27 30 43 48
2014-01-04	31	6th	2 19 33 35 44 48
2013-10-23	3	6th	19 30 36 42 47 48
2013-10-16	12	6th	8 13 30 33 44 48
2013-09-18	1	6th	4 14 28 30 43 48
2013-09-16	1	6th	4 17 19 46 47 48
2013-09-14	2	6th	10 14 18 27 38 48
2013-09-09	7	6th	4 28 34 36 42 48
2013-08-24	2	6th	1 8 25 31 37 48
2013-08-19	18	6th	8 12 23 30 31 48
2013-07-08	1	6th	12 14 37 45 46 48
2013-07-06	9	6th	14 20 22 23 42 48
2013-06-15	3	6th	18 23 29 43 47 48
2013-06-08	2	6th	1 4 6 33 46 48
2013-06-03	3	6th	3 18 23 34 40 48
2013-05-27	5	6th	6 9 15 35 39 48
2013-05-15	1	6th	16 26 33 36 40 48
2013-05-13	2	6th	4 8 32 36 41 48
2013-05-08	28	6th	8 13 20 24 28 48
2013-03-04	3	5th	14 16 24 32 48 49
2013-02-25	5	6th	16 23 24 38 42 48
2013-02-13	12	6th	18 25 29 31 34 48
2013-01-16	2	6th	1 14 20 24 28 48
2013-01-12	1	6th	9 24 30 35 38 48
2013-01-09	10	6th	7 14 16 22 25 48
2012-12-17	1	6th	5 31 32 37 40 48
2012-12-15	6	6th	10 32 35 42 44 48
2012-12-01	1	6th	2 3 13 33 40 48
2012-11-28	4	5th	7 16 19 42 48 49
2012-11-19	2	6th	4 17 25 29 37 48
2012-11-14	3	6th	9 19 32 45 47 48
2012-11-07	4	6th	1 5 34 38 44 48
2012-10-29	4	6th	5 14 22 32 33 48
2012-10-20	4	5th	4 20 38 47 48 49
2012-10-10	16	6th	15 23 33 36 40 48
2012-09-03	10	6th	7 13 21 27 35 48
2012-08-11	3	5th	4 20 34 44 48 49
2012-08-04	5	6th	15 22 24 26 35 48
2012-07-23	21	6th	6 9 13 23 28 48
2012-06-04	17	6th	6 34 35 39 43 48
2012-04-25	23	6th	4 6 25 34 37 48
2012-03-03	4	6th	1 2 37 38 43 48
2012-02-22	6	6th	3 12 20 22 38 48
2012-02-08	7	6th	6 8 31 34 44 48
2012-01-23	3	6th	3 23 26 36 43 48
2012-01-16	18	6th	1 19 36 39 41 48
2011-12-05	13	6th	7 12 18 43 47 48
2011-11-05	12	6th	2 15 22 30 31 48
2011-10-08	12	6th	17 25 28 41 46 48
2011-09-10	2	6th	1 3 19 24 26 48
2011-09-05	2	6th	2 7 27 31 37 48
2011-08-31	3	6th	3 4 7 16 34 48
2011-08-24	8	6th	8 11 18 20 22 48
2011-08-06	10	6th	14 17 20 39 47 48
2011-07-13	1	6th	35 40 42 43 44 48
2011-07-11	1	6th	1 21 24 26 47 48
2011-07-09	5	6th	1 4 8 9 29 48
2011-06-27	25	5th	3 9 22 43 48 49
2011-04-30	1	6th	10 13 22 28 36 48
2011-04-27	10	6th	4 16 17 36 40 48
2011-04-04	18	6th	12 14 26 34 37 48
2011-02-21	7	6th	10 13 21 24 44 48
2011-02-05	4	6th	1 14 24 31 39 48
2011-01-26	10	5th	7 12 30 32 48 49
2011-01-03	3	6th	5 21 27 32 43 48
2010-12-27	3	5th	3 16 17 27 48 49
2010-12-20	45	6th	10 20 31 35 42 48
2010-09-06	7	6th	18 33 37 39 45 48
2010-08-21	2	6th	6 16 20 21 45 48
2010-08-16	5	6th	6 11 30 33 40 48
2010-08-04	6	6th	3 7 20 29 35 48
2010-07-21	4	6th	2 9 36 37 42 48
2010-07-12	30	6th	1 14 22 41 47 48
2010-05-03	27	6th	4 12 29 34 38 48
2010-03-01	19	6th	7 9 19 32 39 48
2010-01-16	4	5th	7 33 37 46 48 49
2010-01-06	—	6th	4 9 14 34 43 48