Number 32

In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

92times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.80σ

57draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.1% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

61longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

32 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 57 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 32, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 57 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 32 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 smallest1 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest6 · chance 6.0
3rd smallest21 · chance 24.6
4th smallest44 · chance 39.6
5th smallest20 · chance 21.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 14 26 28 15 36

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, 32 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 32 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-12-05	4	4th	4 8 19 32 40
2017-11-21	11	3rd	16 23 32 34 41
2017-10-13	4	5th	5 8 25 30 32
2017-09-29	7	3rd	26 28

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: 32 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-01-15	27	5th	4 9 19 31 32
2015-10-09	2	3rd	14 17 32 41 43
2015-10-02	2	4th	6 9 14 32 43
2015-09-25	12	5th	14 20 21 26 32
2015-08-14	14	4th	2 17 26 32 43
2015-06-26	10	5th	11 12 24 27 32
2015-05-22	42	3rd	9 31 32 40 41
2014-12-23	9	4th	2 25 31 32 36
2014-11-21	9	4th	7 10 12 32 40
2014-10-21	22	5th	26 28 30 31 32
2014-08-05	11	2nd	14 32 35 37 40
2014-06-27	28	5th	11 12 14 30 32
2014-03-18	5	4th	1 13 17 32 35
2014-02-28	33	3rd	11 14 32 42 45
2013-11-05	6	3rd	12 26 32 42 43
2013-10-15	10	2nd	27 32 35 41 45
2013-09-10	2	5th	6 13 16 22 32
2013-09-03	6	3rd	17 28 32 33 36
2013-08-13	13	3rd	12 15 32 42 44
2013-06-28	4	4th	3 9 27 32 41
2013-06-14	13	4th	15 23 31 32 35
2013-04-30	4	5th	12 24 28 31 32
2013-04-16	13	4th	8 12 29 32 44
2013-02-26	1	5th	1 7 14 21 32
2013-02-22	6	4th	4 16 28 32 42
2013-02-01	10	3rd	23 27 32 43 44
2012-12-28	26	4th	1 12 14 32 36
2012-09-25	4	3rd	2 28 32 34 45
2012-09-11	12	2nd	13 32 34 36 45
2012-07-31	15	5th	7 14 23 27 32
2012-06-08	1	3rd	14 15 32 36 40
2012-06-05	1	4th	9 10 26 32 33
2012-06-01	2	5th	9 12 15 28 32
2012-05-25	2	5th	1 9 19 26 32
2012-05-18	18	4th	2 14 20 32 36
2012-03-13	4	4th	3 6 26 32 37
2012-02-28	2	4th	16 24 26 32 45
2012-02-21	2	4th	25 27 28 32 43
2012-02-14	4	4th	20 30 31 32 44
2012-01-31	7	4th	12 15 25 32 41
2012-01-06	7	4th	1 21 29 32 34
2011-12-13	4	4th	14 16 22 32 35
2011-11-29	12	4th	12 27 28 32 34
2011-10-18	29	5th	2 8 12 15 32
2011-07-08	9	4th	5 22 30 32 33
2011-06-07	7	4th	10 16 24 32 35
2011-05-13	16	4th	4 10 11 32 38
2011-03-15	21	3rd	12 22 32 36 43
2010-12-31	5	4th	3 21 23 32 35
2010-12-14	7	4th	12 30 31 32 35
2010-11-19	1	5th	1 17 19 26 32
2010-11-16	3	3rd	4 28 32 38 40
2010-11-05	2	5th	1 4 25 26 32
2010-10-29	1	3rd	10 31 32 39 45
2010-10-26	6	3rd	13 28 32 35 36
2010-10-05	13	4th	3 15 25 32 38
2010-08-20	9	4th	15 21 24 32 44
2010-07-20	16	4th	1 21 27 32 36
2010-05-25	3	5th	4 15 21 30 32
2010-05-14	7	4th	6 8 15 32 42
2010-04-20	9	4th	7 20 26 32 39
2010-03-16	9	2nd	16 32 40 42 45
2010-02-12	12	2nd	6 32 36 38 45
2010-01-01	1	4th	17 21 24 32 37
2009-12-29	3	3rd	18 27 32 38 42
2009-12-15	6	4th	7 29 31 32 39
2009-11-24	3	4th	1 18 19 32 42
2009-11-13	—	1st	32 35 38 39 43