Number 7

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

101times drawn · chance expected 89 +1.47σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

4.3average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

18longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, +1.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.3 draws · longest completed wait 18 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 7 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 smallest26 · chance 28.3
2nd smallest48 · chance 44.3
3rd smallest19 · chance 23.1
4th smallest7 · chance 4.9
5th smallest1 · chance 0.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 2 11 17 32 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st most popular of 35. 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	2	1st	7 8 10 12 15 19 20
2026-09-24	9	4th	1 2 3 7 18 22 32
2026-07-23	4	1st	7 11 12 18 27 30 34

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: 7 is drawn with probability 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-25	12	3rd	5 6 7 8 12 16 17
2024-05-02	4	4th	2 4 5 7 13 23 25
2024-04-04	2	2nd	1 7 10 19 20 25 31
2024-03-21	4	2nd	3 7 10 12 13 24 25
2024-02-22	2	3rd	5 6 7 12 27 28 33
2024-02-08	11	2nd	6 7 12 16 20 25 26
2023-11-23	1	2nd	4 7 23 31 32 33 35
2023-11-16	4	2nd	1 7 8 11 29 31 32
2023-10-19	11	5th	1 3 4 6 7 24 26
2023-08-03	2	2nd	1 7 13 18 23 25 33
2023-07-20	2	2nd	4 7 9 14 27 29 32
2023-07-06	7	1st	7 10 12 16 17 20 28
2023-05-18	7	3rd	3 6 7 11 19 20 33
2023-03-30	1	3rd	5 6 7 11 12 13 35
2023-03-23	2	3rd	4 5 7 18 19 25 26
2023-03-09	5	1st	7 10 17 20 27 30 33
2023-02-02	4	2nd	2 7 15 21 24 31 35
2023-01-05	2	2nd	5 7 9 13 21 27 35
2022-12-22	1	2nd	5 7 18 21 23 28 31
2022-12-15	2	2nd	1 7 19 21 22 26 34
2022-12-01	2	4th	2 4 5 7 8 29 34
2022-11-17	3	4th	1 5 6 7 14 19 33
2022-10-27	14	3rd	2 4 7 10 12 18 34
2022-07-21	4	2nd	2 7 8 9 24 25 26
2022-06-23	6	2nd	2 7 9 10 22 31 35
2022-05-12	2	2nd	4 7 9 14 16 18 22
2022-04-28	3	2nd	1 7 12 16 19 24 25
2022-04-07	3	3rd	3 5 7 10 15 30 34
2022-03-17	4	2nd	2 7 13 17 19 23 25
2022-02-17	17	2nd	6 7 13 22 24 30 34
2021-10-21	3	2nd	2 7 11 17 27 28 30
2021-09-30	6	2nd	2 7 14 18 24 25 27
2021-08-19	2	2nd	2 7 8 9 10 26 30
2021-08-05	1	1st	7 10 11 12 16 21 25
2021-07-29	3	2nd	4 7 22 23 26 33 35
2021-07-08	7	1st	7 8 9 15 17 19 32
2021-05-20	1	3rd	2 5 7 8 11 14 18
2021-05-13	6	2nd	5 7 8 11 12 19 25
2021-04-01	4	2nd	1 7 13 23 25 26 27
2021-03-04	3	3rd	1 6 7 18 22 28 33
2021-02-11	5	2nd	1 7 16 20 26 29 32
2021-01-07	1	3rd	2 3 7 17 20 22 23
2020-12-31	5	3rd	1 2 7 8 11 16 28
2020-11-26	1	2nd	3 7 20 21 25 30 31
2020-11-19	5	2nd	1 7 12 13 26 30 34
2020-10-15	4	2nd	2 7 9 15 27 31 32
2020-09-17	6	4th	3 4 5 7 11 19 28
2020-08-06	2	2nd	5 7 14 18 23 27 33
2020-07-23	5	2nd	3 7 9 16 17 28 32
2020-06-18	4	1st	7 14 17 22 24 28 32
2020-05-21	4	1st	7 8 9 18 23 30 32
2020-04-23	10	3rd	3 6 7 14 18 32 35
2020-02-13	4	3rd	2 5 7 14 25 29 32
2020-01-16	1	1st	7 14 16 20 21 25 28
2020-01-09	2	3rd	3 4 7 9 24 29 31
2019-12-26	7	1st	7 9 12 17 23 26 27
2019-11-07	2	2nd	3 7 10 12 13 21 33
2019-10-24	1	2nd	1 7 11 12 19 24 30
2019-10-17	8	3rd	2 6 7 9 21 22 25
2019-08-22	1	2nd	3 7 10 11 17 26 35
2019-08-15	5	1st	7 14 21 24 27 30 35
2019-07-11	2	2nd	6 7 8 21 27 28 34
2019-06-27	3	2nd	2 7 17 21 27 32 35
2019-06-06	2	2nd	2 7 8 11 31 33 35
2019-05-23	12	2nd	6 7 10 16 17 20 30
2019-02-28	7	4th	2 4 5 7 11 13 14
2019-01-10	1	2nd	3 7 10 24 28 31 34
2019-01-03	1	1st	7 8 11 12 19 25 33
2018-12-27	2	2nd	5 7 8 9 17 18 29
2018-12-13	4	1st	7 8 15 24 26 28 35
2018-11-15	4	2nd	2 7 16 18 23 25 29
2018-10-18	6	1st	7 10 17 25 29 33 35
2018-09-06	6	1st	7 14 18 21 23 25 27
2018-07-26	3	2nd	1 7 8 22 28 31 32
2018-07-05	1	1st	7 20 23 29 32 33 34
2018-06-28	2	3rd	2 4 7 17 25 28 34
2018-06-14	—	3rd	2 6 7 14 16 29 31