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Star 2 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,419 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 56 times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.20σ
20 draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number
25.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
103 longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 56 times in 1,419 draws against 54.6 expected, +0.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
2 Number 2, draw by draw Drawn 56 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 25.3 draws · longest completed wait 103 · waiting 20 draws now
10 draws: 2015-10-24 to 2015-11-28 71 draws: 2015-11-28 to 2016-08-03 28 draws: 2016-08-03 to 2016-11-09 21 draws: 2016-11-09 to 2017-01-21 6 draws: 2017-01-21 to 2017-02-11 3 draws: 2017-02-11 to 2017-02-22 103 draws: 2017-02-22 to 2018-02-17 48 draws: 2018-02-17 to 2018-08-04 57 draws: 2018-08-04 to 2019-02-20 21 draws: 2019-02-20 to 2019-05-04 6 draws: 2019-05-04 to 2019-05-25 29 draws: 2019-05-25 to 2019-09-04 10 draws: 2019-09-04 to 2019-10-09 32 draws: 2019-10-09 to 2020-01-29 2 draws: 2020-01-29 to 2020-02-05 10 draws: 2020-02-05 to 2020-03-11 10 draws: 2020-03-11 to 2020-04-15 38 draws: 2020-04-15 to 2020-08-26 41 draws: 2020-08-26 to 2021-01-16 16 draws: 2021-01-16 to 2021-03-13 91 draws: 2021-03-13 to 2021-12-04 7 draws: 2021-12-04 to 2021-12-20 2 draws: 2021-12-20 to 2021-12-25 31 draws: 2021-12-25 to 2022-03-07 37 draws: 2022-03-07 to 2022-06-01 18 draws: 2022-06-01 to 2022-07-13 13 draws: 2022-07-13 to 2022-08-13 43 draws: 2022-08-13 to 2022-11-21 36 draws: 2022-11-21 to 2023-02-13 49 draws: 2023-02-13 to 2023-06-07 22 draws: 2023-06-07 to 2023-07-29 38 draws: 2023-07-29 to 2023-10-25 1 draws: 2023-10-25 to 2023-10-28 31 draws: 2023-10-28 to 2024-01-08 4 draws: 2024-01-08 to 2024-01-17 39 draws: 2024-01-17 to 2024-04-17 25 draws: 2024-04-17 to 2024-06-15 60 draws: 2024-06-15 to 2024-11-02 63 draws: 2024-11-02 to 2025-03-29 3 draws: 2025-03-29 to 2025-04-05 9 draws: 2025-04-05 to 2025-04-26 11 draws: 2025-04-26 to 2025-05-21 26 draws: 2025-05-21 to 2025-07-21 5 draws: 2025-07-21 to 2025-08-02 4 draws: 2025-08-02 to 2025-08-11 23 draws: 2025-08-11 to 2025-10-04 21 draws: 2025-10-04 to 2025-11-22 10 draws: 2025-11-22 to 2025-12-15 13 draws: 2025-12-15 to 2026-01-14 28 draws: 2026-01-14 to 2026-03-21 15 draws: 2026-03-21 to 2026-04-25 21 draws: 2026-04-25 to 2026-06-13 20 draws: 2026-06-13 to 2026-07-29 11 draws: 2026-07-29 to 2026-08-24 1 draws: 2026-08-24 to 2026-08-26 Still waiting — at least 20 draws since 2026-08-26 2015-10-24 2015-11-28 2016-08-03 2016-11-09 2017-01-21 2017-02-11 2017-02-22 2018-02-17 2018-08-04 2019-02-20 2019-05-04 2019-05-25 2019-09-04 2019-10-09 2020-01-29 2020-02-05 2020-03-11 2020-04-15 2020-08-26 2021-01-16 2021-03-13 2021-12-04 2021-12-20 2021-12-25 2022-03-07 2022-06-01 2022-07-13 2022-08-13 2022-11-21 2023-02-13 2023-06-07 2023-07-29 2023-10-25 2023-10-28 2024-01-08 2024-01-17 2024-04-17 2024-06-15 2024-11-02 2025-03-29 2025-04-05 2025-04-26 2025-05-21 2025-07-21 2025-08-02 2025-08-11 2025-10-04 2025-11-22 2025-12-15 2026-01-14 2026-03-21 2026-04-25 2026-06-13 2026-07-29 2026-08-24 2026-08-26 2015-10-07 2026-10-12
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1st smallest 56 · chance 56.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 26. 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 2 →
Every draw it appeared in ← star 1 Every number star 3 → 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: 2 is drawn with probability 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.