Number 39

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

83times drawn · chance expected 100 −1.76σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 15% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

49longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −1.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 896 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 17 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 39 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 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 0.5
3rd smallest6 · chance 6.4
4th smallest37 · chance 30.9
5th smallest39 · chance 45.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 43 15 38 10 35

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, 39 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2018-04-24	21	4th	6 16 17 39 43
2018-02-09	17	5th	1 8 10 26 39
2017-12-12	4	5th	7 10 15 24 39
2017-11-28	12	5th	7 11

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

2016-03-08	14	5th	2 6 15 26 39
2016-01-19	3	5th	1 4 9 35 39
2016-01-08	1	4th	15 17 38 39 43
2016-01-05	46	4th	24 29 38 39 45
2015-07-24	7	5th	12 34 35 38 39
2015-06-30	18	4th	12 15 25 39 44
2015-04-28	17	4th	11 27 37 39 44
2015-02-24	23	5th	13 14 18 25 39
2014-12-05	15	5th	14 20 26 28 39
2014-10-14	4	4th	7 21 38 39 43
2014-09-30	8	4th	18 27 37 39 41
2014-09-02	7	4th	11 21 36 39 44
2014-08-08	2	5th	10 23 35 37 39
2014-08-01	3	5th	7 14 15 35 39
2014-07-22	9	4th	9 21 27 39 43
2014-06-20	42	5th	25 27 36 37 39
2014-01-21	3	5th	1 6 9 15 39
2014-01-10	1	5th	4 7 24 36 39
2014-01-07	3	3rd	28 37 39 43 44
2013-12-27	23	5th	4 16 19 34 39
2013-10-08	49	2nd	31 39 42 43 45
2013-04-19	3	5th	10 13 26 28 39
2013-04-09	15	5th	8 9 20 38 39
2013-02-12	7	4th	2 20 38 39 45
2013-01-18	8	5th	13 19 29 35 39
2012-12-18	17	5th	13 34 36 37 39
2012-10-19	4	5th	14 17 23 35 39
2012-10-05	4	4th	1 9 11 39 40
2012-09-21	23	4th	13 16 24 39 43
2012-07-03	2	5th	16 19 37 38 39
2012-06-26	24	4th	2 17 22 39 44
2012-03-30	2	5th	3 5 10 18 39
2012-03-23	16	4th	6 15 23 39 45
2012-01-27	25	5th	2 7 28 36 39
2011-11-01	3	4th	13 23 34 39 43
2011-10-21	3	4th	2 16 23 39 42
2011-10-11	13	4th	8 10 24 39 43
2011-08-26	4	5th	10 18 20 36 39
2011-08-12	17	3rd	2 8 39 41 43
2011-06-14	13	4th	11 16 34 39 40
2011-04-29	5	3rd	1 15 39 41 45
2011-04-08	4	4th	1 14 37 39 40
2011-03-25	1	5th	13 16 25 36 39
2011-03-22	3	4th	8 15 24 39 41
2011-03-11	11	3rd	5 34 39 43 45
2011-02-01	12	4th	2 5 29 39 41
2010-12-21	15	4th	19 25 31 39 40
2010-10-29	22	4th	10 31 32 39 45
2010-08-13	11	5th	8 9 10 31 39
2010-07-06	8	4th	7 8 21 39 41
2010-06-08	14	5th	7 8 23 30 39
2010-04-20	20	5th	7 20 26 32 39
2010-02-05	2	5th	1 8 21 29 39
2010-01-29	6	3rd	2 6 39 42 43
2010-01-08	4	4th	6 15 27 39 45
2009-12-22	2	4th	2 14 27 39 42
2009-12-15	2	5th	7 29 31 32 39
2009-12-08	7	4th	13 16 37 39 42
2009-11-13	—	4th	32 35 38 39 43