Number 34

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

84times drawn · chance expected 103 −1.93σ

54draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

16.1average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

112longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −1.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 54 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 16.1 draws · longest completed wait 112 · waiting 54 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 34 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 smallest2 · chance 5.4
2nd smallest18 · chance 22.3
3rd smallest42 · chance 32.4
4th smallest16 · chance 19.7
5th smallest6 · chance 4.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 28 37 16 32 51

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 34 is picked about 0.93× as often as an indifferent choice — 35th 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.

No documented preference lifts or lowers it — the model treats it as an even pick.

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-06-08	9	3rd	3 24 34 43 49
2026-05-18	51	3rd	4 13 34 61 65
2026-01-19	9	3rd	5 28 34 37 55
2025-12-29	1	3rd	11 19 34 48

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

2024-01-20	6	3rd	16 31 34 47 65
2024-01-06	3	3rd	4 31 34 38 61
2023-12-30	5	5th	10 11 26 27 34
2023-12-18	13	4th	5 8 19 34 39
2023-11-18	6	1st	34 50 51 61 67
2023-11-04	2	4th	1 28 30 34 52
2023-10-30	9	3rd	19 22 34 66 69
2023-10-09	24	2nd	16 34 46 55 67
2023-08-14	7	2nd	32 34 37 39 47
2023-07-29	8	4th	10 25 27 34 38
2023-07-10	5	3rd	2 24 34 53 58
2023-06-28	18	3rd	19 25 34 57 68
2023-05-17	14	2nd	18 34 37 45 51
2023-04-15	49	3rd	1 33 34 56 59
2022-12-21	15	4th	12 15 24 34 59
2022-11-16	24	2nd	28 34 51 53 56
2022-09-21	4	3rd	6 33 34 45 54
2022-09-12	9	4th	6 14 16 34 66
2022-08-22	15	3rd	12 27 34 55 67
2022-07-18	3	2nd	14 34 36 50 58
2022-07-11	39	3rd	4 26 34 37 52
2022-04-11	11	5th	5 7 24 31 34
2022-03-16	3	3rd	3 28 34 35 58
2022-03-09	34	3rd	13 22 34 51 67
2021-12-20	15	4th	2 13 23 34 66
2021-11-15	6	3rd	5 31 34 51 53
2021-11-01	37	3rd	9 25 34 44 45
2021-07-31	13	4th	1 21 22 34 47
2021-06-16	1	3rd	19 29 34 44 50
2021-06-12	5	3rd	8 25 34 38 41
2021-05-26	20	4th	2 8 21 34 62
2021-03-17	25	1st	34 38 42 61 62
2020-12-19	36	3rd	27 32 34 43 52
2020-08-15	11	3rd	5 12 34 45 56
2020-07-08	14	3rd	3 10 34 36 62
2020-05-20	63	2nd	18 34 40 42 50
2019-10-12	4	3rd	12 29 34 53 65
2019-09-28	33	3rd	15 23 34 51 55
2019-06-05	1	4th	17 23 28 34 38
2019-06-01	1	3rd	6 15 34 45 52
2019-05-29	21	3rd	3 32 34 42 61
2019-03-16	28	2nd	30 34 39 53 67
2018-12-08	8	3rd	14 32 34 46 61
2018-11-10	1	3rd	5 29 34 53 57
2018-11-07	11	3rd	26 28 34 42 50
2018-09-29	4	3rd	9 17 34 59 64
2018-09-15	8	5th	2 18 19 24 34
2018-08-18	51	2nd	24 34 52 61 67
2018-02-21	4	4th	7 15 31 34 36
2018-02-07	26	2nd	23 34 35 40 47
2017-11-08	112	5th	12 14 20 21 34
2016-10-12	29	3rd	16 30 34 37 44
2016-07-02	10	2nd	10 34 39 59 63
2016-05-28	8	3rd	6 33 34 58 59
2016-04-30	15	5th	3 12 16 32 34
2016-03-09	1	4th	14 23 32 34 68
2016-03-05	12	3rd	3 27 34 59 69
2016-01-23	3	3rd	22 32 34 40 69
2016-01-13	1	5th	4 8 19 27 34
2016-01-09	—	4th	16 19 32 34 57