Number 43

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

99times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.39σ

41draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

14.0average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

55longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 41 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 14.0 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 41 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 43 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest1 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest15 · chance 13.3
3rd smallest33 · chance 34.0
4th smallest36 · chance 36.3
5th smallest14 · chance 13.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

60 29 31 36 39 61

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-08	13	4th	12 29 37 43 55
2026-06-08	23	4th	3 24 34 43 49
2026-04-15	1	4th	13 21 27 43 45
2026-04-13	7	2nd	38 43 59 63

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

2024-11-13	6	4th	9 20 26 43 58
2024-10-30	9	4th	13 22 29 43 58
2024-10-09	3	3rd	25 32 43 53 66
2024-10-02	1	5th	1 2 21 37 43
2024-09-30	16	4th	9 11 30 43 69
2024-08-24	3	5th	5 15 21 24 43
2024-08-17	43	3rd	12 31 43 45 46
2024-05-08	11	3rd	7 41 43 44 51
2024-04-13	26	4th	7 33 40 43 69
2024-02-12	5	3rd	17 36 43 53 67
2024-01-31	1	5th	15 18 19 41 43
2024-01-29	3	3rd	39 41 43 49 64
2024-01-22	2	3rd	24 25 43 52 63
2024-01-17	3	3rd	18 22 43 61 65
2024-01-10	43	3rd	25 40 43 48 50
2023-10-02	34	4th	12 26 27 43 47
2023-07-15	3	3rd	2 9 43 55 57
2023-07-08	5	5th	7 23 24 32 43
2023-06-26	21	4th	6 28 39 43 54
2023-05-08	18	5th	15 20 33 36 43
2023-03-27	7	4th	19 26 36 43 58
2023-03-11	1	4th	11 20 33 43 58
2023-03-08	15	3rd	26 27 43 61 69
2023-02-01	10	2nd	31 43 58 59 66
2023-01-09	40	2nd	18 43 48 60 69
2022-10-08	17	2nd	13 43 53 60 68
2022-08-29	7	3rd	13 36 43 61 69
2022-08-13	28	4th	19 24 35 43 62
2022-06-08	40	3rd	22 39 43 62 64
2022-03-07	20	2nd	10 43 55 59 67
2022-01-19	26	3rd	11 15 43 55 61
2021-11-20	4	2nd	40 43 48 59 69
2021-11-10	5	3rd	19 25 43 46 48
2021-10-30	4	4th	5 23 28 43 56
2021-10-20	42	5th	7 29 36 41 43
2021-06-26	35	4th	8 31 39 43 60
2021-02-24	16	3rd	4 33 43 53 65
2020-12-30	3	2nd	3 43 45 61 65
2020-12-19	9	4th	27 32 34 43 52
2020-11-18	13	4th	4 5 17 43 52
2020-10-03	10	4th	18 31 36 43 47
2020-08-29	8	5th	5 21 22 29 43
2020-08-01	34	4th	6 25 36 43 48
2020-04-04	9	5th	8 31 39 40 43
2020-03-04	16	2nd	18 43 58 60 68
2020-01-08	26	4th	2 4 7 43 56
2019-10-09	2	4th	5 18 33 43 65
2019-10-02	2	4th	4 8 10 43 53
2019-09-25	20	2nd	37 43 44 45 53
2019-07-17	4	2nd	19 43 47 60 68
2019-07-03	11	2nd	40 43 45 50 61
2019-05-25	14	4th	1 2 39 43 66
2019-04-06	18	3rd	15 33 43 59 60
2019-02-02	13	4th	10 17 18 43 65
2018-12-19	1	5th	15 29 31 37 43
2018-12-15	18	3rd	8 38 43 52 55
2018-10-13	18	4th	11 14 32 43 65
2018-08-11	1	2nd	5 43 56 62 68
2018-08-08	9	4th	10 21 30 43 63
2018-07-07	4	3rd	1 10 43 45 64
2018-06-23	30	3rd	16 29 43 45 56
2018-03-10	55	1st	43 44 54 61 69
2017-08-30	3	3rd	19 28 43 67 69
2017-08-19	1	4th	17 19 39 43 68
2017-08-16	18	3rd	9 15 43 60 64
2017-06-14	38	3rd	5 22 43 57 63
2017-02-01	6	2nd	9 43 57 60 64
2017-01-11	15	5th	1 3 13 16 43
2016-11-19	9	4th	16 24 28 43 61
2016-10-19	34	4th	10 16 38 43 63
2016-06-22	5	4th	14 40 42 43 52
2016-06-04	22	4th	16 20 22 43 64
2016-03-19	14	3rd	11 23 43 54 60
2016-01-30	32	5th	5 12 16 31 43
2015-10-10	—	4th	12 27 29 43 68