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Star 4 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 66 times drawn · chance expected 55 +1.57σ
31 draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number
20.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
83 longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long
4 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 66 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, +1.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 31 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
4 Number 4, draw by draw Drawn 66 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 20.2 draws · longest completed wait 83 · waiting 31 draws now
51 draws: 2016-07-02 to 2016-12-28 2 draws: 2016-12-28 to 2017-01-04 18 draws: 2017-01-04 to 2017-03-08 38 draws: 2017-03-08 to 2017-07-19 8 draws: 2017-07-19 to 2017-08-16 2 draws: 2017-08-16 to 2017-08-23 17 draws: 2017-08-23 to 2017-10-21 10 draws: 2017-10-21 to 2017-11-25 13 draws: 2017-11-25 to 2018-01-10 83 draws: 2018-01-10 to 2018-10-27 44 draws: 2018-10-27 to 2019-03-30 7 draws: 2019-03-30 to 2019-04-24 6 draws: 2019-04-24 to 2019-05-15 39 draws: 2019-05-15 to 2019-09-28 2 draws: 2019-09-28 to 2019-10-05 6 draws: 2019-10-05 to 2019-10-26 46 draws: 2019-10-26 to 2020-04-04 28 draws: 2020-04-04 to 2020-07-11 1 draws: 2020-07-11 to 2020-07-15 17 draws: 2020-07-15 to 2020-09-12 23 draws: 2020-09-12 to 2020-12-02 2 draws: 2020-12-02 to 2020-12-09 15 draws: 2020-12-09 to 2021-01-30 6 draws: 2021-01-30 to 2021-02-20 8 draws: 2021-02-20 to 2021-03-20 17 draws: 2021-03-20 to 2021-05-19 21 draws: 2021-05-19 to 2021-07-31 6 draws: 2021-07-31 to 2021-08-21 49 draws: 2021-08-21 to 2021-12-13 51 draws: 2021-12-13 to 2022-04-11 7 draws: 2022-04-11 to 2022-04-27 17 draws: 2022-04-27 to 2022-06-06 8 draws: 2022-06-06 to 2022-06-25 4 draws: 2022-06-25 to 2022-07-04 29 draws: 2022-07-04 to 2022-09-10 74 draws: 2022-09-10 to 2023-03-01 2 draws: 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-06 1 draws: 2023-03-06 to 2023-03-08 2 draws: 2023-03-08 to 2023-03-13 13 draws: 2023-03-13 to 2023-04-12 19 draws: 2023-04-12 to 2023-05-27 6 draws: 2023-05-27 to 2023-06-10 2 draws: 2023-06-10 to 2023-06-14 6 draws: 2023-06-14 to 2023-06-28 27 draws: 2023-06-28 to 2023-08-30 11 draws: 2023-08-30 to 2023-09-25 28 draws: 2023-09-25 to 2023-11-29 11 draws: 2023-11-29 to 2023-12-25 9 draws: 2023-12-25 to 2024-01-15 6 draws: 2024-01-15 to 2024-01-29 19 draws: 2024-01-29 to 2024-03-13 22 draws: 2024-03-13 to 2024-05-04 8 draws: 2024-05-04 to 2024-05-22 25 draws: 2024-05-22 to 2024-07-20 47 draws: 2024-07-20 to 2024-11-06 28 draws: 2024-11-06 to 2025-01-11 37 draws: 2025-01-11 to 2025-04-07 16 draws: 2025-04-07 to 2025-05-14 39 draws: 2025-05-14 to 2025-08-13 16 draws: 2025-08-13 to 2025-09-20 3 draws: 2025-09-20 to 2025-09-27 46 draws: 2025-09-27 to 2026-01-12 9 draws: 2026-01-12 to 2026-02-02 66 draws: 2026-02-02 to 2026-07-06 12 draws: 2026-07-06 to 2026-08-03 Still waiting — at least 31 draws since 2026-08-03 2016-07-02 2016-12-28 2017-01-04 2017-03-08 2017-07-19 2017-08-16 2017-08-23 2017-10-21 2017-11-25 2018-01-10 2018-10-27 2019-03-30 2019-04-24 2019-05-15 2019-09-28 2019-10-05 2019-10-26 2020-04-04 2020-07-11 2020-07-15 2020-09-12 2020-12-02 2020-12-09 2021-01-30 2021-02-20 2021-03-20 2021-05-19 2021-07-31 2021-08-21 2021-12-13 2022-04-11 2022-04-27 2022-06-06 2022-06-25 2022-07-04 2022-09-10 2023-03-01 2023-03-06 2023-03-08 2023-03-13 2023-04-12 2023-05-27 2023-06-10 2023-06-14 2023-06-28 2023-08-30 2023-09-25 2023-11-29 2023-12-25 2024-01-15 2024-01-29 2024-03-13 2024-05-04 2024-05-22 2024-07-20 2024-11-06 2025-01-11 2025-04-07 2025-05-14 2025-08-13 2025-09-20 2025-09-27 2026-01-12 2026-02-02 2026-07-06 2026-08-03 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 66 · chance 66.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 26. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 4 →
Every draw it appeared in The other 42 appearances ← star 3 Every number star 5 → 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: 4 is drawn with probability 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.