Number 10

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,419 draws, 5 from 1–69.

95times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.80σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number

14.7average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

58longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

10 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 10, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 14.7 draws · longest completed wait 58 · 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 10 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 smallest55 · chance 53.1
2nd smallest38 · chance 34.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 7.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

59 21 33 53 63 61

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 0.3 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 10 is picked about 1.12× as often as an indifferent choice — 5th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.06
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.00

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 10 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-02	6	2nd	3 10 29 58 64
2026-08-19	17	1st	10 21 58 61 64
2026-07-11	5	2nd	8 10 14 45 59
2026-06-29	17	1st	10 14 41 53

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: 10 is drawn with probability 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-29	4	1st	10 25 27 34 38
2023-07-19	43	2nd	7 10 11 13 24
2023-04-10	12	2nd	9 10 36 46 52
2023-03-13	4	2nd	3 10 24 46 63
2023-03-04	9	1st	10 16 18 40 66
2023-02-11	41	1st	10 23 30 54 65
2022-11-07	17	1st	10 33 41 47 56
2022-09-28	6	2nd	6 10 24 33 67
2022-09-14	24	2nd	9 10 20 22 52
2022-07-20	8	1st	10 20 23 49 65
2022-07-02	4	2nd	9 10 37 59 62
2022-06-22	2	2nd	6 10 31 48 56
2022-06-18	5	1st	10 19 40 45 58
2022-06-06	19	2nd	2 10 35 44 46
2022-04-23	12	1st	10 39 47 49 56
2022-03-26	8	2nd	2 10 50 59 61
2022-03-07	7	1st	10 43 55 59 67
2022-02-19	3	2nd	3 10 15 33 42
2022-02-12	5	2nd	8 10 21 41 62
2022-01-31	21	1st	10 15 51 61 69
2021-12-13	4	1st	10 30 37 53 59
2021-12-04	4	1st	10 40 45 56 67
2021-11-24	13	1st	10 16 32 63 65
2021-10-25	1	1st	10 27 29 44 58
2021-10-23	22	1st	10 30 51 57 63
2021-09-01	33	1st	10 20 29 48 51
2021-05-15	8	2nd	4 10 37 39 69
2021-04-17	5	1st	10 21 26 41 49
2021-03-31	27	2nd	3 10 44 55 68
2020-12-26	20	1st	10 24 27 35 53
2020-10-17	9	2nd	6 10 31 37 44
2020-09-16	20	1st	10 17 31 51 53
2020-07-08	5	2nd	3 10 34 36 62
2020-06-20	1	1st	10 31 41 63 67
2020-06-17	2	2nd	7 10 63 64 68
2020-06-10	16	1st	10 33 41 52 54
2020-04-15	16	1st	10 12 33 36 41
2020-02-19	40	1st	10 12 15 19 56
2019-10-02	14	3rd	4 8 10 43 53
2019-08-14	24	1st	10 13 30 51 69
2019-05-22	1	2nd	7 10 20 44 57
2019-05-18	17	2nd	2 10 25 66 67
2019-03-20	4	1st	10 14 50 53 63
2019-03-06	9	2nd	6 10 21 35 46
2019-02-02	18	1st	10 17 18 43 65
2018-12-01	33	1st	10 11 47 55 58
2018-08-08	6	1st	10 21 30 43 63
2018-07-18	3	2nd	1 10 27 28 36
2018-07-07	8	2nd	1 10 43 45 64
2018-06-09	15	2nd	6 10 15 25 36
2018-04-18	7	2nd	9 10 12 17 23
2018-03-24	48	1st	10 33 45 53 56
2017-10-07	3	1st	10 49 61 63 65
2017-09-27	23	2nd	8 10 21 23 25
2017-07-08	4	2nd	8 10 29 40 59
2017-06-24	2	1st	10 22 32 36 58
2017-06-17	6	1st	10 13 32 53 62
2017-05-27	25	2nd	5 10 28 55 67
2017-03-01	2	1st	10 16 40 52 55
2017-02-22	23	1st	10 13 28 52 61
2016-12-03	13	2nd	8 10 26 27 33
2016-10-19	10	1st	10 16 38 43 63
2016-09-14	4	1st	10 11 23 28 31
2016-08-31	10	2nd	5 10 24 56 61
2016-07-27	5	1st	10 47 50 65 68
2016-07-09	2	1st	10 28 32 61 64
2016-07-02	31	1st	10 34 39 59 63
2016-03-16	5	1st	10 12 13 46 50
2016-02-27	21	1st	10 11 21 22 53
2015-12-16	2	2nd	9 10 32 42 55
2015-12-09	—	2nd	7 10 16 46 56