Number 50

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

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

13.8average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

43longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

50 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 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 50, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 13.8 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 19 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 50 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 smallest2 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest2 · chance 5.9
3rd smallest28 · chance 25.2
4th smallest49 · chance 43.8
5th smallest21 · chance 26.5

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.

44 40 37 52 61 7

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, 50 is picked about 0.93× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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.

Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.00

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 50 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-26	11	4th	12 32 45 50 58
2026-08-01	4	5th	6 17 27 48 50
2026-07-22	2	4th	4 5 22 50 58
2026-07-18	6	4th	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: 50 is drawn with probability 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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