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Number 5 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 93 times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.70σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number
9.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
46 longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long
5 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 93 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
5 Number 5, draw by draw Drawn 93 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 3 draws now
10 draws: 2009-10-27 to 2009-12-01 5 draws: 2009-12-01 to 2009-12-18 7 draws: 2009-12-18 to 2010-01-15 38 draws: 2010-01-15 to 2010-06-01 8 draws: 2010-06-01 to 2010-06-29 4 draws: 2010-06-29 to 2010-07-13 21 draws: 2010-07-13 to 2010-09-24 1 draws: 2010-09-24 to 2010-09-28 26 draws: 2010-09-28 to 2010-12-28 6 draws: 2010-12-28 to 2011-01-18 3 draws: 2011-01-18 to 2011-01-28 1 draws: 2011-01-28 to 2011-02-01 11 draws: 2011-02-01 to 2011-03-11 33 draws: 2011-03-11 to 2011-07-08 8 draws: 2011-07-08 to 2011-08-05 4 draws: 2011-08-05 to 2011-08-19 3 draws: 2011-08-19 to 2011-08-30 2 draws: 2011-08-30 to 2011-09-06 2 draws: 2011-09-06 to 2011-09-13 3 draws: 2011-09-13 to 2011-09-23 17 draws: 2011-09-23 to 2011-11-22 3 draws: 2011-11-22 to 2011-12-02 9 draws: 2011-12-02 to 2012-01-03 25 draws: 2012-01-03 to 2012-03-30 6 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-04-24 25 draws: 2012-04-24 to 2012-07-20 1 draws: 2012-07-20 to 2012-07-24 6 draws: 2012-07-24 to 2012-08-14 5 draws: 2012-08-14 to 2012-08-31 11 draws: 2012-08-31 to 2012-10-09 1 draws: 2012-10-09 to 2012-10-12 5 draws: 2012-10-12 to 2012-10-30 4 draws: 2012-10-30 to 2012-11-13 3 draws: 2012-11-13 to 2012-11-23 3 draws: 2012-11-23 to 2012-12-04 3 draws: 2012-12-04 to 2012-12-14 14 draws: 2012-12-14 to 2013-02-05 4 draws: 2013-02-05 to 2013-02-19 8 draws: 2013-02-19 to 2013-03-19 1 draws: 2013-03-19 to 2013-03-22 5 draws: 2013-03-22 to 2013-04-12 7 draws: 2013-04-12 to 2013-05-07 12 draws: 2013-05-07 to 2013-06-18 8 draws: 2013-06-18 to 2013-07-16 3 draws: 2013-07-16 to 2013-07-26 1 draws: 2013-07-26 to 2013-07-30 34 draws: 2013-07-30 to 2013-11-26 46 draws: 2013-11-26 to 2014-05-09 13 draws: 2014-05-09 to 2014-06-24 17 draws: 2014-06-24 to 2014-08-22 42 draws: 2014-08-22 to 2015-01-16 9 draws: 2015-01-16 to 2015-02-17 10 draws: 2015-02-17 to 2015-03-24 2 draws: 2015-03-24 to 2015-03-31 1 draws: 2015-03-31 to 2015-04-07 3 draws: 2015-04-07 to 2015-04-17 14 draws: 2015-04-17 to 2015-06-05 29 draws: 2015-06-05 to 2015-09-15 1 draws: 2015-09-15 to 2015-09-18 10 draws: 2015-09-18 to 2015-10-23 1 draws: 2015-10-23 to 2015-10-27 13 draws: 2015-10-27 to 2015-12-11 4 draws: 2015-12-11 to 2015-12-29 7 draws: 2015-12-29 to 2016-01-22 2 draws: 2016-01-22 to 2016-01-29 5 draws: 2016-01-29 to 2016-02-16 3 draws: 2016-02-16 to 2016-02-26 21 draws: 2016-02-26 to 2016-05-10 1 draws: 2016-05-10 to 2016-05-13 13 draws: 2016-05-13 to 2016-06-28 12 draws: 2016-06-28 to 2016-08-09 10 draws: 2016-08-09 to 2016-09-13 5 draws: 2016-09-13 to 2016-09-30 10 draws: 2016-09-30 to 2016-11-04 1 draws: 2016-11-04 to 2016-11-08 5 draws: 2016-11-08 to 2016-11-25 16 draws: 2016-11-25 to 2017-01-20 2 draws: 2017-01-20 to 2017-01-27 5 draws: 2017-01-27 to 2017-02-14 11 draws: 2017-02-14 to 2017-03-24 7 draws: 2017-03-24 to 2017-04-18 21 draws: 2017-04-18 to 2017-06-30 1 draws: 2017-06-30 to 2017-07-04 8 draws: 2017-07-04 to 2017-08-01 2 draws: 2017-08-01 to 2017-08-08 19 draws: 2017-08-08 to 2017-10-13 20 draws: 2017-10-13 to 2017-12-22 15 draws: 2017-12-22 to 2018-02-13 10 draws: 2018-02-13 to 2018-03-20 9 draws: 2018-03-20 to 2018-04-20 7 draws: 2018-04-20 to 2018-05-15 8 draws: 2018-05-15 to 2018-06-12 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2018-06-12 2009-10-27 2009-12-01 2009-12-18 2010-01-15 2010-06-01 2010-06-29 2010-07-13 2010-09-24 2010-09-28 2010-12-28 2011-01-18 2011-01-28 2011-02-01 2011-03-11 2011-07-08 2011-08-05 2011-08-19 2011-08-30 2011-09-06 2011-09-13 2011-09-23 2011-11-22 2011-12-02 2012-01-03 2012-03-30 2012-04-24 2012-07-20 2012-07-24 2012-08-14 2012-08-31 2012-10-09 2012-10-12 2012-10-30 2012-11-13 2012-11-23 2012-12-04 2012-12-14 2013-02-05 2013-02-19 2013-03-19 2013-03-22 2013-04-12 2013-05-07 2013-06-18 2013-07-16 2013-07-26 2013-07-30 2013-11-26 2014-05-09 2014-06-24 2014-08-22 2015-01-16 2015-02-17 2015-03-24 2015-03-31 2015-04-07 2015-04-17 2015-06-05 2015-09-15 2015-09-18 2015-10-23 2015-10-27 2015-12-11 2015-12-29 2016-01-22 2016-01-29 2016-02-16 2016-02-26 2016-05-10 2016-05-13 2016-06-28 2016-08-09 2016-09-13 2016-09-30 2016-11-04 2016-11-08 2016-11-25 2017-01-20 2017-01-27 2017-02-14 2017-03-24 2017-04-18 2017-06-30 2017-07-04 2017-08-01 2017-08-08 2017-10-13 2017-12-22 2018-02-13 2018-03-20 2018-04-20 2018-05-15 2018-06-12 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
1 draws: 12 times 2 draws: 6 times 3 draws: 10 times 4 draws: 5 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 3 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 6 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 3 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 1 time 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 1 time 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 1 time 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 1 time 47 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 5 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
1st smallest 60 · chance 62.6 2nd smallest 28 · chance 27.1 3rd smallest 4 · chance 3.2 4th smallest 1 · chance 0.1 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 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, 5 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 5 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 4 Every number number 6 → 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: 5 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.