Number 48

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

197times drawn · chance expected 211 −1.04σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −1.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 8 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 smallest23 · chance 20.5
6th smallest174 · chance 176.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 47 23 14 9 17

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
2026-09-12	5	6th	10 18 35 42 43 48
2026-08-26	21	5th	21 23 25 44 48 49
2026-06-13	4	6th	4 23 28 32 43 48
2026-05-30	1	6th

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.

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