Number 43

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

105times drawn · chance expected 100 +0.58σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

37longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, +0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 896 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 6 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 43 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 0.7
4th smallest19 · chance 17.8
5th smallest85 · chance 86.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 1 23 41 22 37

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2018-06-01	6	5th	1 37 40 41 43
2018-05-11	4	5th	8 22 33 40 43
2018-04-27	1	5th	2 8 12 20 43
2018-04-24	5	5th	6 16

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

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