Number 45

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

102times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.08σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

13.8average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

109longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 13.8 draws · longest completed wait 109 · waiting 9 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 45 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 smallest0 · chance 1.3
2nd smallest8 · chance 11.2
3rd smallest35 · chance 32.7
4th smallest43 · chance 39.8
5th smallest16 · chance 17.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

56 35 40 53 15 18

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, 45 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 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	10	4th	18 30 41 45 68
2026-08-26	20	3rd	12 32 45 50 58
2026-07-11	8	4th	8 10 14 45 59
2026-06-22	29	4th	17 19 21 45

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

2024-08-17	14	4th	12 31 43 45 46
2024-07-15	3	5th	9 31 39 40 45
2024-07-08	14	5th	20 22 31 33 45
2024-06-05	1	3rd	8 44 45 51 69
2024-06-03	8	5th	19 29 35 36 45
2024-05-15	37	3rd	19 42 45 55 69
2024-02-19	2	3rd	4 23 45 50 53
2024-02-14	16	3rd	1 4 45 47 67
2024-01-08	15	5th	7 17 28 40 45
2023-12-04	35	5th	18 19 27 28 45
2023-09-13	27	5th	22 30 37 44 45
2023-07-12	11	3rd	23 35 45 66 67
2023-06-17	5	3rd	2 12 45 61 64
2023-06-05	1	3rd	2 31 45 46 49
2023-06-03	7	2nd	15 45 64 67 68
2023-05-17	6	4th	18 34 37 45 51
2023-05-03	50	4th	21 26 30 45 47
2023-01-07	4	4th	35 36 44 45 67
2022-12-28	10	4th	26 32 38 45 56
2022-12-05	13	2nd	35 45 47 54 55
2022-11-05	5	2nd	28 45 53 56 69
2022-10-24	14	4th	18 23 35 45 54
2022-09-21	19	4th	6 33 34 45 54
2022-08-08	22	2nd	32 45 51 57 58
2022-06-18	15	4th	10 19 40 45 58
2022-05-14	10	4th	6 40 41 45 52
2022-04-20	6	3rd	20 30 45 55 56
2022-04-06	19	3rd	6 42 45 47 64
2022-02-21	24	4th	2 36 37 45 69
2021-12-27	1	3rd	36 38 45 62 64
2021-12-25	9	3rd	27 29 45 55 58
2021-12-04	9	3rd	10 40 45 56 67
2021-11-13	5	5th	8 15 26 35 45
2021-11-01	10	5th	9 25 34 44 45
2021-10-09	9	4th	12 17 30 45 62
2021-09-18	8	4th	5 36 39 45 57
2021-08-30	41	3rd	3 15 45 51 61
2021-04-14	27	4th	13 30 33 45 61
2021-01-09	3	4th	14 26 38 45 46
2020-12-30	13	3rd	3 43 45 61 65
2020-11-14	1	5th	7 15 18 32 45
2020-11-11	2	4th	13 15 17 45 63
2020-11-04	3	4th	23 32 33 45 49
2020-10-24	20	4th	18 20 27 45 65
2020-08-15	5	4th	5 12 34 45 56
2020-07-29	34	5th	7 29 35 40 45
2020-04-01	54	3rd	33 35 45 48 60
2019-09-25	15	4th	37 43 44 45 53
2019-08-03	9	3rd	3 6 45 66 68
2019-07-03	9	3rd	40 43 45 50 61
2019-06-01	7	4th	6 15 34 45 52
2019-05-08	3	2nd	1 45 53 64 66
2019-04-27	13	4th	2 29 41 45 62
2019-03-13	1	3rd	18 36 45 47 69
2019-03-09	39	3rd	5 6 45 55 59
2018-10-24	18	3rd	3 21 45 53 56
2018-08-22	13	3rd	1 7 45 47 69
2018-07-07	4	4th	1 10 43 45 64
2018-06-23	2	4th	16 29 43 45 56
2018-06-16	1	2nd	9 45 57 58 65
2018-06-13	5	4th	13 20 38 45 55
2018-05-26	4	4th	1 21 31 45 49
2018-05-12	4	3rd	22 42 45 55 56
2018-04-28	10	4th	20 22 28 45 50
2018-03-24	44	3rd	10 33 45 53 56
2017-10-21	8	4th	14 41 42 45 69
2017-09-23	14	2nd	24 45 55 56 57
2017-08-05	2	5th	11 21 28 33 45
2017-07-29	8	4th	1 28 40 45 48
2017-07-01	12	3rd	19 42 45 48 53
2017-05-20	1	3rd	5 22 45 47 54
2017-05-17	5	4th	4 11 39 45 48
2017-04-29	4	4th	22 23 24 45 62
2017-04-15	6	4th	5 22 26 45 61
2017-03-25	18	4th	18 31 32 45 48
2017-01-21	15	3rd	23 25 45 52 67
2016-11-30	109	5th	3 14 18 25 45
2015-11-14	—	4th	14 22 37 45 66