Number 49

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

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

17.0average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

71longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

49 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 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 17.0 draws · longest completed wait 71 · waiting 6 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 49 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 0.5
2nd smallest6 · chance 5.6
3rd smallest21 · chance 22.1
4th smallest28 · chance 35.7
5th smallest28 · chance 20.1

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.

21 4 32 59 65 8

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, 49 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	12	5th	17 21 29 42 49
2026-08-31	6	5th	11 17 25 37 49
2026-08-17	26	4th	8 15 25 49 65
2026-06-17	4	3rd	3 26 49 53

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

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