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Number 38 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 86 times drawn · chance expected 100 −1.44σ
28 draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number
10.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
45 longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long
38 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 86 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −1.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
38 Number 38, draw by draw Drawn 86 times in 896 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 28 draws now
6 draws: 2009-10-23 to 2009-11-13 6 draws: 2009-11-13 to 2009-12-04 6 draws: 2009-12-04 to 2009-12-29 6 draws: 2009-12-29 to 2010-01-19 4 draws: 2010-01-19 to 2010-02-02 3 draws: 2010-02-02 to 2010-02-12 6 draws: 2010-02-12 to 2010-03-05 8 draws: 2010-03-05 to 2010-04-06 45 draws: 2010-04-06 to 2010-09-10 7 draws: 2010-09-10 to 2010-10-05 4 draws: 2010-10-05 to 2010-10-19 8 draws: 2010-10-19 to 2010-11-16 14 draws: 2010-11-16 to 2011-01-04 6 draws: 2011-01-04 to 2011-01-25 18 draws: 2011-01-25 to 2011-03-29 6 draws: 2011-03-29 to 2011-04-19 4 draws: 2011-04-19 to 2011-05-06 2 draws: 2011-05-06 to 2011-05-13 25 draws: 2011-05-13 to 2011-08-09 6 draws: 2011-08-09 to 2011-08-30 5 draws: 2011-08-30 to 2011-09-16 1 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-09-20 5 draws: 2011-09-20 to 2011-10-07 5 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2011-10-25 6 draws: 2011-10-25 to 2011-11-15 5 draws: 2011-11-15 to 2011-12-02 19 draws: 2011-12-02 to 2012-02-07 3 draws: 2012-02-07 to 2012-02-17 19 draws: 2012-02-17 to 2012-04-27 7 draws: 2012-04-27 to 2012-05-22 12 draws: 2012-05-22 to 2012-07-03 3 draws: 2012-07-03 to 2012-07-13 4 draws: 2012-07-13 to 2012-07-27 7 draws: 2012-07-27 to 2012-08-21 38 draws: 2012-08-21 to 2013-01-04 7 draws: 2013-01-04 to 2013-01-29 3 draws: 2013-01-29 to 2013-02-08 1 draws: 2013-02-08 to 2013-02-12 6 draws: 2013-02-12 to 2013-03-05 3 draws: 2013-03-05 to 2013-03-15 6 draws: 2013-03-15 to 2013-04-09 8 draws: 2013-04-09 to 2013-05-07 5 draws: 2013-05-07 to 2013-05-24 4 draws: 2013-05-24 to 2013-06-07 24 draws: 2013-06-07 to 2013-08-30 6 draws: 2013-08-30 to 2013-09-20 36 draws: 2013-09-20 to 2014-01-24 8 draws: 2014-01-24 to 2014-02-21 4 draws: 2014-02-21 to 2014-03-07 4 draws: 2014-03-07 to 2014-03-21 14 draws: 2014-03-21 to 2014-05-13 41 draws: 2014-05-13 to 2014-10-03 3 draws: 2014-10-03 to 2014-10-14 17 draws: 2014-10-14 to 2014-12-12 16 draws: 2014-12-12 to 2015-02-06 7 draws: 2015-02-06 to 2015-03-03 14 draws: 2015-03-03 to 2015-04-24 3 draws: 2015-04-24 to 2015-05-05 1 draws: 2015-05-05 to 2015-05-08 17 draws: 2015-05-08 to 2015-07-07 5 draws: 2015-07-07 to 2015-07-24 2 draws: 2015-07-24 to 2015-07-31 19 draws: 2015-07-31 to 2015-10-06 12 draws: 2015-10-06 to 2015-11-17 7 draws: 2015-11-17 to 2015-12-11 3 draws: 2015-12-11 to 2015-12-22 3 draws: 2015-12-22 to 2016-01-05 1 draws: 2016-01-05 to 2016-01-08 14 draws: 2016-01-08 to 2016-02-26 14 draws: 2016-02-26 to 2016-04-15 13 draws: 2016-04-15 to 2016-05-31 14 draws: 2016-05-31 to 2016-07-19 7 draws: 2016-07-19 to 2016-08-12 6 draws: 2016-08-12 to 2016-09-02 12 draws: 2016-09-02 to 2016-10-14 15 draws: 2016-10-14 to 2016-12-06 11 draws: 2016-12-06 to 2017-01-13 12 draws: 2017-01-13 to 2017-02-24 13 draws: 2017-02-24 to 2017-04-11 10 draws: 2017-04-11 to 2017-05-16 5 draws: 2017-05-16 to 2017-06-02 5 draws: 2017-06-02 to 2017-06-20 31 draws: 2017-06-20 to 2017-10-06 15 draws: 2017-10-06 to 2017-11-28 31 draws: 2017-11-28 to 2018-03-16 Still waiting — at least 28 draws since 2018-03-16 2009-10-23 2009-11-13 2009-12-04 2009-12-29 2010-01-19 2010-02-02 2010-02-12 2010-03-05 2010-04-06 2010-09-10 2010-10-05 2010-10-19 2010-11-16 2011-01-04 2011-01-25 2011-03-29 2011-04-19 2011-05-06 2011-05-13 2011-08-09 2011-08-30 2011-09-16 2011-09-20 2011-10-07 2011-10-25 2011-11-15 2011-12-02 2012-02-07 2012-02-17 2012-04-27 2012-05-22 2012-07-03 2012-07-13 2012-07-27 2012-08-21 2013-01-04 2013-01-29 2013-02-08 2013-02-12 2013-03-05 2013-03-15 2013-04-09 2013-05-07 2013-05-24 2013-06-07 2013-08-30 2013-09-20 2014-01-24 2014-02-21 2014-03-07 2014-03-21 2014-05-13 2014-10-03 2014-10-14 2014-12-12 2015-02-06 2015-03-03 2015-04-24 2015-05-05 2015-05-08 2015-07-07 2015-07-24 2015-07-31 2015-10-06 2015-11-17 2015-12-11 2015-12-22 2016-01-05 2016-01-08 2016-02-26 2016-04-15 2016-05-31 2016-07-19 2016-08-12 2016-09-02 2016-10-14 2016-12-06 2017-01-13 2017-02-24 2017-04-11 2017-05-16 2017-06-02 2017-06-20 2017-10-06 2017-11-28 2018-03-16 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
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1st smallest 0 · chance 0.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.8 3rd smallest 10 · chance 8.9 4th smallest 30 · chance 34.5 5th smallest 46 · chance 41.8 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.8 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, 38 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.
The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 37 Every number number 39 → 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: 38 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.