Number 47

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

84times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.28σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

34longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

47 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 47, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 12 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.2
4th smallest16 · chance 18.1
5th smallest67 · chance 64.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 29 5 2 6 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 50. 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 47 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-28	9	5th	19 22 24 25 47
2026-07-28	2	5th	3 12 27 36 47
2026-07-21	4	4th	15 40 41 47 50
2026-07-07	12	5th	16 18 21 29

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-20	3	5th	6 12 16 18 47
2024-09-10	2	4th	16 17 18 47 48
2024-09-03	19	5th	2 9 30 38 47
2024-06-28	25	5th	19 22 31 40 47
2024-04-02	6	5th	13 20 28 39 47
2024-03-12	16	4th	2 18 21 47 48
2024-01-16	15	5th	5 29 40 42 47
2023-11-24	16	5th	21 32 40 41 47
2023-09-29	18	5th	6 14 27 31 47
2023-07-28	7	5th	2 6 11 20 47
2023-07-04	3	5th	13 29 30 31 47
2023-06-23	12	5th	19 37 41 43 47
2023-05-12	5	5th	5 11 30 40 47
2023-04-25	15	5th	10 12 13 23 47
2023-03-03	12	4th	18 20 41 47 50
2023-01-20	13	5th	5 12 15 39 47
2022-12-06	5	4th	1 9 10 47 50
2022-11-18	5	4th	13 24 29 47 50
2022-11-01	11	5th	3 6 22 29 47
2022-09-23	1	5th	9 25 42 46 47
2022-09-20	3	5th	13 16 23 45 47
2022-09-09	15	5th	9 14 22 35 47
2022-07-19	2	5th	14 18 29 46 47
2022-07-12	29	4th	1 17 21 47 48
2022-04-01	6	5th	11 17 21 37 47
2022-03-11	6	5th	5 11 24 37 47
2022-02-18	17	4th	2 15 31 47 48
2021-12-21	15	4th	13 35 46 47 50
2021-10-29	2	4th	29 42 45 47 49
2021-10-22	5	5th	3 8 17 40 47
2021-10-05	4	5th	2 13 20 42 47
2021-09-21	7	5th	18 26 41 44 47
2021-08-27	10	5th	6 10 11 45 47
2021-07-23	34	3rd	21 45 47 48 49
2021-03-26	10	5th	5 25 27 42 47
2021-02-19	6	5th	3 17 20 25 47
2021-01-29	11	5th	2 11 16 22 47
2020-12-18	7	5th	20 22 24 28 47
2020-11-24	32	5th	13 15 30 43 47
2020-08-04	12	5th	4 28 34 38 47
2020-06-23	11	5th	2 7 16 36 47
2020-05-15	20	5th	5 7 13 19 47
2020-03-06	8	5th	6 23 26 28 47
2020-02-07	28	5th	2 4 29 38 47
2019-11-01	18	5th	13 25 29 43 47
2019-08-30	8	5th	8 14 36 40 47
2019-08-02	6	5th	5 31 45 46 47
2019-07-12	2	4th	29 35 46 47 48
2019-07-05	1	5th	28 37 39 46 47
2019-07-02	6	5th	16 29 43 44 47
2019-06-11	3	5th	11 14 15 38 47
2019-05-31	12	5th	5 21 25 27 47
2019-04-19	19	5th	17 19 25 43 47
2019-02-12	6	5th	15 16 24 38 47
2019-01-22	6	5th	6 15 24 41 47
2019-01-01	7	4th	42 44 46 47 48
2018-12-07	5	5th	3 6 22 33 47
2018-11-20	5	5th	14 32 33 37 47
2018-11-02	18	5th	2 30 36 42 47
2018-08-31	—	5th	7 38 42 43 47