Number 35

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

108times drawn · chance expected 100 +0.90σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

42longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

35 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, +0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 35, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 896 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 3 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 35 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 0.2
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.2
3rd smallest18 · chance 20.1
4th smallest43 · chance 47.6
5th smallest43 · chance 36.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 7 10 3 28 1

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, 35 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 35 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2018-06-12	15	4th	3 5 31 35 37
2018-04-20	4	5th	5 13 20 31 35
2018-04-06	4	4th	3 11 26 35 43
2018-03-23	1	4th	3 23

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

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