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2

Star 2

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 1 from 1–10.

Main numbersStars
144times drawn · chance expected 136 +0.77σ
20draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number
9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0
49longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 144 times in 1,355 draws against 135.5 expected, +0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

2

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 144 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 20 draws now

1 draws: 2012-03-17 to 2012-03-2411 draws: 2012-03-24 to 2012-06-091 draws: 2012-06-09 to 2012-06-164 draws: 2012-06-16 to 2012-07-145 draws: 2012-07-14 to 2012-08-182 draws: 2012-08-18 to 2012-09-011 draws: 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-085 draws: 2012-09-08 to 2012-10-1310 draws: 2012-10-13 to 2012-12-225 draws: 2012-12-22 to 2013-01-263 draws: 2013-01-26 to 2013-02-1610 draws: 2013-02-16 to 2013-04-271 draws: 2013-04-27 to 2013-05-044 draws: 2013-05-04 to 2013-06-0110 draws: 2013-06-01 to 2013-08-103 draws: 2013-08-10 to 2013-08-316 draws: 2013-08-31 to 2013-10-121 draws: 2013-10-12 to 2013-10-191 draws: 2013-10-19 to 2013-10-2611 draws: 2013-10-26 to 2014-01-1115 draws: 2014-01-11 to 2014-04-2610 draws: 2014-04-26 to 2014-07-053 draws: 2014-07-05 to 2014-07-261 draws: 2014-07-26 to 2014-08-027 draws: 2014-08-02 to 2014-09-207 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2014-11-0827 draws: 2014-11-08 to 2015-05-161 draws: 2015-05-16 to 2015-05-238 draws: 2015-05-23 to 2015-07-184 draws: 2015-07-18 to 2015-08-1516 draws: 2015-08-15 to 2015-11-043 draws: 2015-11-04 to 2015-11-1413 draws: 2015-11-14 to 2015-12-305 draws: 2015-12-30 to 2016-01-1616 draws: 2016-01-16 to 2016-03-124 draws: 2016-03-12 to 2016-03-2613 draws: 2016-03-26 to 2016-05-112 draws: 2016-05-11 to 2016-05-182 draws: 2016-05-18 to 2016-05-2514 draws: 2016-05-25 to 2016-07-132 draws: 2016-07-13 to 2016-07-203 draws: 2016-07-20 to 2016-07-301 draws: 2016-07-30 to 2016-08-033 draws: 2016-08-03 to 2016-08-139 draws: 2016-08-13 to 2016-09-1417 draws: 2016-09-14 to 2016-11-1224 draws: 2016-11-12 to 2017-02-0411 draws: 2017-02-04 to 2017-03-1511 draws: 2017-03-15 to 2017-04-224 draws: 2017-04-22 to 2017-05-064 draws: 2017-05-06 to 2017-05-2038 draws: 2017-05-20 to 2017-09-303 draws: 2017-09-30 to 2017-10-1111 draws: 2017-10-11 to 2017-11-183 draws: 2017-11-18 to 2017-11-296 draws: 2017-11-29 to 2017-12-208 draws: 2017-12-20 to 2018-01-1711 draws: 2018-01-17 to 2018-02-241 draws: 2018-02-24 to 2018-02-2822 draws: 2018-02-28 to 2018-05-1612 draws: 2018-05-16 to 2018-06-272 draws: 2018-06-27 to 2018-07-0411 draws: 2018-07-04 to 2018-08-118 draws: 2018-08-11 to 2018-09-082 draws: 2018-09-08 to 2018-09-152 draws: 2018-09-15 to 2018-09-223 draws: 2018-09-22 to 2018-10-031 draws: 2018-10-03 to 2018-10-066 draws: 2018-10-06 to 2018-10-272 draws: 2018-10-27 to 2018-11-0313 draws: 2018-11-03 to 2018-12-195 draws: 2018-12-19 to 2019-01-058 draws: 2019-01-05 to 2019-02-023 draws: 2019-02-02 to 2019-02-1317 draws: 2019-02-13 to 2019-04-132 draws: 2019-04-13 to 2019-04-202 draws: 2019-04-20 to 2019-04-271 draws: 2019-04-27 to 2019-05-018 draws: 2019-05-01 to 2019-05-294 draws: 2019-05-29 to 2019-06-124 draws: 2019-06-12 to 2019-06-2610 draws: 2019-06-26 to 2019-07-314 draws: 2019-07-31 to 2019-08-141 draws: 2019-08-14 to 2019-08-171 draws: 2019-08-17 to 2019-08-215 draws: 2019-08-21 to 2019-09-076 draws: 2019-09-07 to 2019-09-285 draws: 2019-09-28 to 2019-10-166 draws: 2019-10-16 to 2019-11-0612 draws: 2019-11-06 to 2019-12-183 draws: 2019-12-18 to 2019-12-282 draws: 2019-12-28 to 2020-01-044 draws: 2020-01-04 to 2020-01-1814 draws: 2020-01-18 to 2020-03-072 draws: 2020-03-07 to 2020-03-146 draws: 2020-03-14 to 2020-04-041 draws: 2020-04-04 to 2020-04-0812 draws: 2020-04-08 to 2020-05-2021 draws: 2020-05-20 to 2020-08-0115 draws: 2020-08-01 to 2020-09-2349 draws: 2020-09-23 to 2021-03-137 draws: 2021-03-13 to 2021-04-075 draws: 2021-04-07 to 2021-04-2412 draws: 2021-04-24 to 2021-06-058 draws: 2021-06-05 to 2021-07-0326 draws: 2021-07-03 to 2021-10-0237 draws: 2021-10-02 to 2022-02-091 draws: 2022-02-09 to 2022-02-1231 draws: 2022-02-12 to 2022-06-014 draws: 2022-06-01 to 2022-06-153 draws: 2022-06-15 to 2022-06-259 draws: 2022-06-25 to 2022-07-2713 draws: 2022-07-27 to 2022-09-102 draws: 2022-09-10 to 2022-09-1711 draws: 2022-09-17 to 2022-10-2628 draws: 2022-10-26 to 2023-02-0148 draws: 2023-02-01 to 2023-07-1911 draws: 2023-07-19 to 2023-08-2617 draws: 2023-08-26 to 2023-10-2517 draws: 2023-10-25 to 2023-12-236 draws: 2023-12-23 to 2024-01-1311 draws: 2024-01-13 to 2024-02-212 draws: 2024-02-21 to 2024-02-2810 draws: 2024-02-28 to 2024-04-033 draws: 2024-04-03 to 2024-04-1316 draws: 2024-04-13 to 2024-06-082 draws: 2024-06-08 to 2024-06-155 draws: 2024-06-15 to 2024-07-0317 draws: 2024-07-03 to 2024-08-311 draws: 2024-08-31 to 2024-09-0418 draws: 2024-09-04 to 2024-11-062 draws: 2024-11-06 to 2024-11-1312 draws: 2024-11-13 to 2024-12-2531 draws: 2024-12-25 to 2025-04-1212 draws: 2025-04-12 to 2025-05-2427 draws: 2025-05-24 to 2025-08-272 draws: 2025-08-27 to 2025-09-034 draws: 2025-09-03 to 2025-09-179 draws: 2025-09-17 to 2025-10-183 draws: 2025-10-18 to 2025-10-2910 draws: 2025-10-29 to 2025-12-0341 draws: 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-2529 draws: 2026-04-25 to 2026-08-05Still waiting — at least 20 draws since 2026-08-052012-03-172012-03-242012-06-092012-06-162012-07-142012-08-182012-09-012012-09-082012-10-132012-12-222013-01-262013-02-162013-04-272013-05-042013-06-012013-08-102013-08-312013-10-122013-10-192013-10-262014-01-112014-04-262014-07-052014-07-262014-08-022014-09-202014-11-082015-05-162015-05-232015-07-182015-08-152015-11-042015-11-142015-12-302016-01-162016-03-122016-03-262016-05-112016-05-182016-05-252016-07-132016-07-202016-07-302016-08-032016-08-132016-09-142016-11-122017-02-042017-03-152017-04-222017-05-062017-05-202017-09-302017-10-112017-11-182017-11-292017-12-202018-01-172018-02-242018-02-282018-05-162018-06-272018-07-042018-08-112018-09-082018-09-152018-09-222018-10-032018-10-062018-10-272018-11-032018-12-192019-01-052019-02-022019-02-132019-04-132019-04-202019-04-272019-05-012019-05-292019-06-122019-06-262019-07-312019-08-142019-08-172019-08-212019-09-072019-09-282019-10-162019-11-062019-12-182019-12-282020-01-042020-01-182020-03-072020-03-142020-04-042020-04-082020-05-202020-08-012020-09-232021-03-132021-04-072021-04-242021-06-052021-07-032021-10-022022-02-092022-02-122022-06-012022-06-152022-06-252022-07-272022-09-102022-09-172022-10-262023-02-012023-07-192023-08-262023-10-252023-12-232024-01-132024-02-212024-02-282024-04-032024-04-132024-06-082024-06-152024-07-032024-08-312024-09-042024-11-062024-11-132024-12-252025-04-122025-05-242025-08-272025-09-032025-09-172025-10-182025-10-292025-12-032026-04-252026-08-052011-11-122026-10-28

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 17 times2 draws: 17 times3 draws: 14 times4 draws: 12 times5 draws: 9 times6 draws: 7 times7 draws: 3 times8 draws: 6 times9 draws: 3 times10 draws: 7 times11 draws: 10 times12 draws: 6 times13 draws: 4 times14 draws: 2 times15 draws: 2 times16 draws: 3 times17 draws: 5 times18 draws: 1 time19 draws: 0 times20 draws: 0 times21 draws: 1 time22 draws: 1 time23 draws: 0 times24 draws: 1 time25 draws: 0 times26 draws: 1 time27 draws: 2 times28 draws: 1 time29 draws: 1 time30 draws: 0 times31 draws: 2 times32 draws: 0 times33 draws: 0 times34 draws: 0 times35 draws: 0 times36 draws: 0 times37 draws: 1 time38 draws: 1 time39 draws: 0 times40 draws: 0 times41 draws: 1 time42 draws: 0 times43 draws: 0 times44 draws: 0 times45 draws: 0 times46 draws: 0 times47 draws: 0 times48 draws: 1 time49 draws: 1 time50 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws between appearances

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 2 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

  • 1st smallest144 · chance 144.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 9 of the other 9 numbers; chance expects about 9 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 10. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

  • Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
  • Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-08-05291st2
2026-04-25411st2
2025-12-03101st2
2025-10-2931st2
2025-10-1891st2
2025-09-1741st2
2025-09-0321st2
2025-08-27271st2
2025-05-24121st2
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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: 2 is drawn with probability 1/10 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-12311st2
2024-12-25121st2
2024-11-1321st2
2024-11-06181st2
2024-09-0411st2
2024-08-31171st2
2024-07-0351st2
2024-06-1521st2
2024-06-08161st2
2024-04-1331st2
2024-04-03101st2
2024-02-2821st2
2024-02-21111st2
2024-01-1361st2
2023-12-23171st2
The other 120 appearances
2023-10-25171st2
2023-08-26111st2
2023-07-19481st2
2023-02-01281st2
2022-10-26111st2
2022-09-1721st2
2022-09-10131st2
2022-07-2791st2
2022-06-2531st2
2022-06-1541st2
2022-06-01311st2
2022-02-1211st2
2022-02-09371st2
2021-10-02261st2
2021-07-0381st2
2021-06-05121st2
2021-04-2451st2
2021-04-0771st2
2021-03-13491st2
2020-09-23151st2
2020-08-01211st2
2020-05-20121st2
2020-04-0811st2
2020-04-0461st2
2020-03-1421st2
2020-03-07141st2
2020-01-1841st2
2020-01-0421st2
2019-12-2831st2
2019-12-18121st2
2019-11-0661st2
2019-10-1651st2
2019-09-2861st2
2019-09-0751st2
2019-08-2111st2
2019-08-1711st2
2019-08-1441st2
2019-07-31101st2
2019-06-2641st2
2019-06-1241st2
2019-05-2981st2
2019-05-0111st2
2019-04-2721st2
2019-04-2021st2
2019-04-13171st2
2019-02-1331st2
2019-02-0281st2
2019-01-0551st2
2018-12-19131st2
2018-11-0321st2
2018-10-2761st2
2018-10-0611st2
2018-10-0331st2
2018-09-2221st2
2018-09-1521st2
2018-09-0881st2
2018-08-11111st2
2018-07-0421st2
2018-06-27121st2
2018-05-16221st2
2018-02-2811st2
2018-02-24111st2
2018-01-1781st2
2017-12-2061st2
2017-11-2931st2
2017-11-18111st2
2017-10-1131st2
2017-09-30381st2
2017-05-2041st2
2017-05-0641st2
2017-04-22111st2
2017-03-15111st2
2017-02-04241st2
2016-11-12171st2
2016-09-1491st2
2016-08-1331st2
2016-08-0311st2
2016-07-3031st2
2016-07-2021st2
2016-07-13141st2
2016-05-2521st2
2016-05-1821st2
2016-05-11131st2
2016-03-2641st2
2016-03-12161st2
2016-01-1651st2
2015-12-30131st2
2015-11-1431st2
2015-11-04161st2
2015-08-1541st2
2015-07-1881st2
2015-05-2311st2
2015-05-16271st2
2014-11-0871st2
2014-09-2071st2
2014-08-0211st2
2014-07-2631st2
2014-07-05101st2
2014-04-26151st2
2014-01-11111st2
2013-10-2611st2
2013-10-1911st2
2013-10-1261st2
2013-08-3131st2
2013-08-10101st2
2013-06-0141st2
2013-05-0411st2
2013-04-27101st2
2013-02-1631st2
2013-01-2651st2
2012-12-22101st2
2012-10-1351st2
2012-09-0811st2
2012-09-0121st2
2012-08-1851st2
2012-07-1441st2
2012-06-1611st2
2012-06-09111st2
2012-03-2411st2
2012-03-17—1st2