Number 46

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

83times drawn · chance expected 103 −2.02σ

32draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

16.7average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

91longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −2.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 32 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 16.7 draws · longest completed wait 91 · waiting 32 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 46 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 0.9
2nd smallest5 · chance 8.1
3rd smallest21 · chance 25.5
4th smallest41 · chance 33.3
5th smallest16 · chance 15.2

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.

4 19 15 8 14 21

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, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-27	10	3rd	6 26 46 58 65
2026-07-04	19	3rd	17 38 46 50 69
2026-05-20	5	4th	10 28 30 46 57
2026-05-09	9	3rd	15 41 46 47

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

2023-09-27	5	3rd	1 7 46 47 63
2023-09-16	5	5th	8 11 19 24 46
2023-09-04	37	4th	1 26 32 46 51
2023-06-10	2	4th	21 32 42 46 50
2023-06-05	10	4th	2 31 45 46 49
2023-05-13	14	5th	3 15 20 23 46
2023-04-10	5	4th	9 10 36 46 52
2023-03-29	7	4th	4 9 24 46 66
2023-03-13	22	4th	3 10 24 46 63
2023-01-21	4	4th	5 14 19 46 64
2023-01-11	8	3rd	4 8 46 47 48
2022-12-24	24	3rd	17 37 46 54 67
2022-10-29	1	4th	19 31 40 46 57
2022-10-26	4	4th	19 36 37 46 56
2022-10-17	12	4th	19 30 36 46 60
2022-09-19	19	4th	7 15 36 46 67
2022-08-06	12	3rd	8 15 46 56 68
2022-07-09	14	4th	14 22 42 46 52
2022-06-06	27	5th	2 10 35 44 46
2022-04-04	33	4th	2 32 39 46 69
2022-01-17	5	4th	9 24 35 46 65
2022-01-05	24	5th	6 14 25 33 46
2021-11-10	1	4th	19 25 43 46 48
2021-11-08	23	2nd	21 46 47 57 62
2021-09-15	8	4th	1 4 18 46 62
2021-08-28	14	4th	12 22 26 46 59
2021-07-14	10	2nd	33 46 52 59 62
2021-06-09	3	3rd	19 28 46 50 54
2021-05-29	29	5th	11 13 22 27 46
2021-02-17	11	5th	1 15 21 32 46
2021-01-09	11	5th	14 26 38 45 46
2020-12-02	46	5th	28 31 40 41 46
2020-06-24	19	5th	15 22 27 33 46
2020-04-18	14	3rd	4 44 46 56 63
2020-02-29	4	3rd	24 44 46 50 51
2020-02-15	15	5th	16 32 35 36 46
2019-12-25	14	5th	2 4 16 30 46
2019-11-06	35	3rd	15 28 46 62 64
2019-07-06	23	4th	4 8 23 46 65
2019-04-17	12	4th	1 15 17 46 66
2019-03-06	18	5th	6 10 21 35 46
2019-01-02	7	4th	8 12 42 46 56
2018-12-08	38	4th	14 32 34 46 61
2018-07-28	5	3rd	22 27 46 56 65
2018-07-11	12	4th	19 21 27 46 47
2018-05-30	30	4th	17 23 26 46 68
2018-02-14	4	4th	37 39 44 46 69
2018-01-31	20	4th	4 7 14 46 59
2017-11-22	42	3rd	35 37 46 51 61
2017-06-28	2	3rd	29 37 46 53 68
2017-06-21	6	2nd	14 46 61 65 68
2017-05-31	6	4th	4 33 39 46 60
2017-05-10	10	3rd	29 31 46 56 62
2017-04-05	8	3rd	8 20 46 53 54
2017-03-08	91	4th	23 33 42 46 59
2016-04-23	11	3rd	19 35 46 59 62
2016-03-16	28	4th	10 12 13 46 50
2015-12-09	6	4th	7 10 16 46 56
2015-11-18	—	4th	17 40 41 46 69