Number 51

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

91times drawn · chance expected 103 −1.20σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

15.4average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

58longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

51 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −1.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 51, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 15.4 draws · longest completed wait 58 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 51 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 0.3
2nd smallest5 · chance 4.6
3rd smallest18 · chance 20.9
4th smallest40 · chance 39.4
5th smallest27 · chance 25.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

61 28 3 31 36 69

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 51 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 51 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	58	5th	1 4 19 33 51
2026-05-27	9	5th	5 14 21 31 51
2026-05-06	3	3rd	18 27 51 65 68
2026-04-29	35	4th	3 19 35 51

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

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