Number 45

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

96times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.38σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

45longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 96 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 5 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 45 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest96 · chance 96.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 31 10 23 13 15

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, 45 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 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2018-06-05	29	5th	10 13 28 33 45
2018-02-23	6	5th	15 20 31 36 45
2018-02-02	28	5th	10 13 30 36 45
2017-10-27	9	5th	14 15

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

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