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Number 2 In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 93 times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.70σ
0 draws waiting — it came up last time
9.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
39 longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 93 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
2 Number 2, draw by draw Drawn 93 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · drawn in the most recent draw
9 draws: 2009-12-22 to 2010-01-26 1 draws: 2010-01-26 to 2010-01-29 18 draws: 2010-01-29 to 2010-04-06 1 draws: 2010-04-06 to 2010-04-09 12 draws: 2010-04-09 to 2010-05-21 2 draws: 2010-05-21 to 2010-05-28 1 draws: 2010-05-28 to 2010-06-01 9 draws: 2010-06-01 to 2010-07-02 7 draws: 2010-07-02 to 2010-07-27 1 draws: 2010-07-27 to 2010-07-30 14 draws: 2010-07-30 to 2010-09-17 19 draws: 2010-09-17 to 2010-11-23 12 draws: 2010-11-23 to 2011-01-04 8 draws: 2011-01-04 to 2011-02-01 5 draws: 2011-02-01 to 2011-02-18 34 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-06-21 2 draws: 2011-06-21 to 2011-06-28 1 draws: 2011-06-28 to 2011-07-01 1 draws: 2011-07-01 to 2011-07-05 4 draws: 2011-07-05 to 2011-07-19 7 draws: 2011-07-19 to 2011-08-12 7 draws: 2011-08-12 to 2011-09-06 3 draws: 2011-09-06 to 2011-09-16 9 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-10-18 1 draws: 2011-10-18 to 2011-10-21 28 draws: 2011-10-21 to 2012-01-27 3 draws: 2012-01-27 to 2012-02-07 9 draws: 2012-02-07 to 2012-03-09 9 draws: 2012-03-09 to 2012-04-13 10 draws: 2012-04-13 to 2012-05-18 3 draws: 2012-05-18 to 2012-05-29 4 draws: 2012-05-29 to 2012-06-12 1 draws: 2012-06-12 to 2012-06-15 3 draws: 2012-06-15 to 2012-06-26 1 draws: 2012-06-26 to 2012-06-29 7 draws: 2012-06-29 to 2012-07-24 3 draws: 2012-07-24 to 2012-08-03 2 draws: 2012-08-03 to 2012-08-10 13 draws: 2012-08-10 to 2012-09-25 39 draws: 2012-09-25 to 2013-02-12 24 draws: 2013-02-12 to 2013-05-10 13 draws: 2013-05-10 to 2013-06-25 11 draws: 2013-06-25 to 2013-08-02 29 draws: 2013-08-02 to 2013-11-12 10 draws: 2013-11-12 to 2013-12-17 18 draws: 2013-12-17 to 2014-02-18 1 draws: 2014-02-18 to 2014-02-21 3 draws: 2014-02-21 to 2014-03-04 6 draws: 2014-03-04 to 2014-03-25 1 draws: 2014-03-25 to 2014-03-28 3 draws: 2014-03-28 to 2014-04-08 2 draws: 2014-04-08 to 2014-04-15 17 draws: 2014-04-15 to 2014-06-17 24 draws: 2014-06-17 to 2014-09-09 30 draws: 2014-09-09 to 2014-12-23 4 draws: 2014-12-23 to 2015-01-06 1 draws: 2015-01-06 to 2015-01-09 12 draws: 2015-01-09 to 2015-02-20 21 draws: 2015-02-20 to 2015-05-08 9 draws: 2015-05-08 to 2015-06-09 7 draws: 2015-06-09 to 2015-07-03 12 draws: 2015-07-03 to 2015-08-14 3 draws: 2015-08-14 to 2015-08-25 5 draws: 2015-08-25 to 2015-09-11 3 draws: 2015-09-11 to 2015-09-22 15 draws: 2015-09-22 to 2015-11-13 32 draws: 2015-11-13 to 2016-03-08 1 draws: 2016-03-08 to 2016-03-11 9 draws: 2016-03-11 to 2016-04-12 27 draws: 2016-04-12 to 2016-07-15 1 draws: 2016-07-15 to 2016-07-19 11 draws: 2016-07-19 to 2016-08-26 4 draws: 2016-08-26 to 2016-09-09 3 draws: 2016-09-09 to 2016-09-20 5 draws: 2016-09-20 to 2016-10-07 12 draws: 2016-10-07 to 2016-11-18 6 draws: 2016-11-18 to 2016-12-09 15 draws: 2016-12-09 to 2017-01-31 16 draws: 2017-01-31 to 2017-03-28 6 draws: 2017-03-28 to 2017-04-18 2 draws: 2017-04-18 to 2017-04-25 2 draws: 2017-04-25 to 2017-05-02 5 draws: 2017-05-02 to 2017-05-19 15 draws: 2017-05-19 to 2017-07-11 13 draws: 2017-07-11 to 2017-08-25 3 draws: 2017-08-25 to 2017-09-05 2 draws: 2017-09-05 to 2017-09-12 27 draws: 2017-09-12 to 2017-12-15 18 draws: 2017-12-15 to 2018-02-16 15 draws: 2018-02-16 to 2018-04-10 5 draws: 2018-04-10 to 2018-04-27 16 draws: 2018-04-27 to 2018-06-22 2009-12-22 2010-01-26 2010-01-29 2010-04-06 2010-04-09 2010-05-21 2010-05-28 2010-06-01 2010-07-02 2010-07-27 2010-07-30 2010-09-17 2010-11-23 2011-01-04 2011-02-01 2011-02-18 2011-06-21 2011-06-28 2011-07-01 2011-07-05 2011-07-19 2011-08-12 2011-09-06 2011-09-16 2011-10-18 2011-10-21 2012-01-27 2012-02-07 2012-03-09 2012-04-13 2012-05-18 2012-05-29 2012-06-12 2012-06-15 2012-06-26 2012-06-29 2012-07-24 2012-08-03 2012-08-10 2012-09-25 2013-02-12 2013-05-10 2013-06-25 2013-08-02 2013-11-12 2013-12-17 2014-02-18 2014-02-21 2014-03-04 2014-03-25 2014-03-28 2014-04-08 2014-04-15 2014-06-17 2014-09-09 2014-12-23 2015-01-06 2015-01-09 2015-02-20 2015-05-08 2015-06-09 2015-07-03 2015-08-14 2015-08-25 2015-09-11 2015-09-22 2015-11-13 2016-03-08 2016-03-11 2016-04-12 2016-07-15 2016-07-19 2016-08-26 2016-09-09 2016-09-20 2016-10-07 2016-11-18 2016-12-09 2017-01-31 2017-03-28 2017-04-18 2017-04-25 2017-05-02 2017-05-19 2017-07-11 2017-08-25 2017-09-05 2017-09-12 2017-12-15 2018-02-16 2018-04-10 2018-04-27 2018-06-22 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
1 draws: 14 times 2 draws: 7 times 3 draws: 11 times 4 draws: 4 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 3 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 1 time 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 5 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 4 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 3 times 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 2 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 2 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 1 time 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 1 time 40 draws: 0 times its own waits draws 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 smallest 87 · chance 84.5 2nd smallest 6 · chance 8.5 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet 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 45. 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 ← number 1 Every number number 3 → 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.