Number 48

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

90times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.40σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

32longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

48 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 48, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 17 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 smallest2 · chance 0.5
4th smallest10 · chance 13.8
5th smallest78 · chance 75.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 46 10 20 40 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 — 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 48 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-11	18	5th	3 14 26 40 48
2026-06-09	6	5th	5 8 12 19 48
2026-05-19	3	5th	19 24 29 47 48
2026-05-08	8	5th	1 32 40 43

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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