Number 44

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

112times drawn · chance expected 103 +0.95σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

12.5average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

69longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +0.95σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 12.5 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 3 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 44 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 1.7
2nd smallest14 · chance 13.6
3rd smallest42 · chance 37.3
4th smallest42 · chance 42.4
5th smallest13 · chance 17.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 50 27 13 52 64

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 44 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	1	3rd	4 42 44 55 59
2026-09-30	31	5th	4 6 23 33 44
2026-07-20	1	3rd	2 9 44 53 59
2026-07-18	5	3rd	9 14 44 50

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

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