Number 37

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

110times drawn · chance expected 100 +1.11σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

37 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, +1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 37, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 896 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 1 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 37 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 0.1
2nd smallest3 · chance 1.6
3rd smallest16 · chance 14.3
4th smallest44 · chance 46.3
5th smallest47 · chance 47.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 1 3 12 41 43

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, 37 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 37 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2018-06-19	2	5th	12 20 23 24 37
2018-06-12	3	5th	3 5 31 35 37
2018-06-01	1	2nd	1 37 40 41 43
2018-05-29	1	4th	12 21

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

2016-08-05	6	4th	3 21 34 37 40
2016-07-15	2	5th	2 14 31 34 37
2016-07-08	9	5th	1 12 26 36 37
2016-06-07	1	5th	3 4 11 23 37
2016-06-03	6	4th	7 14 20 37 43
2016-05-13	8	5th	3 5 23 29 37
2016-04-15	4	4th	20 29 33 37 38
2016-04-01	1	4th	11 15 31 37 43
2016-03-29	18	3rd	4 28 37 40 45
2016-01-26	18	5th	3 12 16 27 37
2015-11-20	5	4th	10 16 29 37 41
2015-11-03	3	4th	1 7 10 37 45
2015-10-23	48	5th	1 5 27 33 37
2015-05-08	3	3rd	2 22 37 38 43
2015-04-28	20	3rd	11 27 37 39 44
2015-02-13	23	5th	6 11 20 27 37
2014-11-25	9	4th	8 19 24 37 40
2014-10-24	7	4th	7 21 31 37 44
2014-09-30	1	3rd	18 27 37 39 41
2014-09-26	14	5th	1 3 6 34 37
2014-08-08	1	4th	10 23 35 37 39
2014-08-05	8	4th	14 32 35 37 40
2014-07-08	5	4th	12 19 27 37 43
2014-06-20	10	4th	25 27 36 37 39
2014-05-16	3	5th	8 22 25 34 37
2014-05-06	5	4th	4 15 26 37 40
2014-04-15	10	5th	2 6 10 11 37
2014-03-11	1	5th	9 19 21 25 37
2014-03-07	15	4th	16 18 22 37 38
2014-01-14	2	3rd	31 34 37 42 43
2014-01-07	5	2nd	28 37 39 43 44
2013-12-20	3	5th	10 12 16 28 37
2013-12-10	7	5th	1 16 21 31 37
2013-11-15	4	4th	3 31 35 37 45
2013-11-01	9	4th	6 15 16 37 44
2013-10-01	16	5th	1 19 24 35 37
2013-08-06	6	4th	10 12 25 37 41
2013-07-16	2	5th	5 7 8 31 37
2013-07-09	14	5th	1 6 26 30 37
2013-05-21	2	4th	10 11 17 37 44
2013-05-14	2	5th	1 13 19 29 37
2013-05-07	7	4th	4 5 21 37 38
2013-04-12	4	4th	5 12 36 37 40
2013-03-26	5	4th	1 18 31 37 40
2013-03-08	11	5th	8 19 24 34 37
2013-01-29	4	4th	9 21 29 37 38
2013-01-15	6	5th	12 17 22 36 37
2012-12-21	1	5th	13 14 19 23 37
2012-12-18	7	4th	13 34 36 37 39
2012-11-23	5	4th	5 33 34 37 42
2012-11-06	14	4th	9 17 18 37 41
2012-09-18	22	3rd	1 27 37 40 42
2012-07-03	30	3rd	16 19 37 38 39
2012-03-16	1	3rd	14 18 37 41 44
2012-03-13	2	5th	3 6 26 32 37
2012-03-06	19	4th	1 35 36 37 45
2011-12-30	3	5th	11 15 20 33 37
2011-12-20	3	4th	20 21 25 37 40
2011-12-09	6	5th	1 3 18 36 37
2011-11-18	6	4th	9 24 36 37 45
2011-10-28	17	4th	3 15 36 37 41
2011-08-30	6	4th	4 5 19 37 38
2011-08-09	11	2nd	31 37 38 43 45
2011-07-01	1	5th	2 9 31 35 37
2011-06-28	18	4th	2 16 25 37 41
2011-04-26	2	4th	12 16 25 37 45
2011-04-15	1	5th	8 15 18 25 37
2011-04-12	1	5th	7 20 27 35 37
2011-04-08	11	3rd	1 14 37 39 40
2011-03-01	1	5th	1 7 24 28 37
2011-02-25	6	4th	3 24 31 37 41
2011-02-04	2	5th	11 12 16 31 37
2011-01-28	5	5th	5 9 11 22 37
2011-01-11	11	5th	14 15 22 27 37
2010-12-03	25	3rd	19 24 37 43 45
2010-09-07	1	3rd	3 25 37 42 44
2010-09-03	1	3rd	12 17 37 41 43
2010-08-31	9	3rd	12 27 37 41 44
2010-07-30	2	5th	2 9 21 25 37
2010-07-23	28	5th	18 23 24 33 37
2010-04-16	13	4th	7 19 21 37 40
2010-02-26	16	5th	4 9 14 23 37
2010-01-01	6	5th	17 21 24 32 37
2009-12-08	3	3rd	13 16 37 39 42
2009-11-27	9	4th	12 18 31 37 45
2009-10-27	—	5th	5 15 17 31 37