Number 52

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,419 draws, 5 from 1–69.

110times drawn · chance expected 103 +0.73σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

12.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

64longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

52 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, +0.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 52, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 12.9 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 7 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 52 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 smallest4 · chance 4.7
3rd smallest21 · chance 23.4
4th smallest48 · chance 47.8
5th smallest36 · chance 33.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

64 8 30 42 40 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 52 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 52 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	51	3rd	14 40 52 55 57
2026-05-30	7	5th	1 27 35 44 52
2026-05-13	5	3rd	22 31 52 56 67
2026-05-02	3	4th	25 37 42 52

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

2025-04-14	6	4th	3 20 30 52 62
2025-03-31	12	4th	12 41 44 52 64
2025-03-03	6	4th	18 20 50 52 56
2025-02-17	14	4th	4 44 47 52 57
2025-01-15	14	3rd	8 41 52 53 58
2024-12-14	1	4th	12 17 23 52 67
2024-12-11	10	4th	13 44 50 52 54
2024-11-18	18	4th	27 31 41 52 69
2024-10-07	1	4th	18 30 31 52 63
2024-10-05	4	4th	2 12 46 52 65
2024-09-25	47	5th	2 26 45 46 52
2024-06-08	3	3rd	8 38 52 54 64
2024-06-01	17	3rd	28 38 52 54 68
2024-04-22	7	5th	12 16 33 39 52
2024-04-06	3	4th	22 27 44 52 69
2024-03-30	9	5th	12 13 33 50 52
2024-03-09	2	4th	30 36 49 52 63
2024-03-04	18	4th	36 42 50 52 67
2024-01-22	34	4th	24 25 43 52 63
2023-11-04	10	5th	1 28 30 34 52
2023-10-11	49	4th	22 24 40 52 64
2023-06-19	12	3rd	36 39 52 57 69
2023-05-22	18	4th	9 38 48 52 68
2023-04-10	2	5th	9 10 36 46 52
2023-04-05	2	5th	3 5 9 42 52
2023-04-01	22	5th	11 19 21 29 52
2023-02-08	63	1st	52 58 59 64 66
2022-09-14	28	5th	9 10 20 22 52
2022-07-11	1	5th	4 26 34 37 52
2022-07-09	15	5th	14 22 42 46 52
2022-06-04	6	4th	14 16 36 52 60
2022-05-21	3	4th	14 15 25 52 58
2022-05-14	2	5th	6 40 41 45 52
2022-05-09	22	4th	18 30 35 52 56
2022-03-19	6	5th	8 9 18 48 52
2022-03-05	46	4th	8 23 37 52 63
2021-11-17	18	4th	3 16 48 52 60
2021-10-06	2	3rd	1 17 52 58 64
2021-10-02	12	5th	28 38 42 47 52
2021-09-04	17	4th	32 35 40 52 54
2021-07-14	11	3rd	33 46 52 59 62
2021-06-05	26	2nd	44 52 54 64 69
2021-03-06	2	4th	11 31 50 52 58
2021-02-27	8	5th	2 28 31 44 52
2021-01-30	1	4th	1 2 7 52 61
2021-01-27	11	5th	17 33 35 42 52
2020-12-19	9	5th	27 32 34 43 52
2020-11-18	10	5th	4 5 17 43 52
2020-10-14	6	3rd	21 37 52 53 58
2020-09-23	4	4th	8 17 49 52 59
2020-09-09	20	2nd	27 52 55 60 64
2020-07-01	6	3rd	15 28 52 53 63
2020-06-10	64	4th	10 33 41 52 54
2019-10-30	16	3rd	19 22 52 56 67
2019-09-04	27	4th	4 8 30 52 59
2019-06-01	18	5th	6 15 34 45 52
2019-03-30	2	2nd	21 52 54 64 68
2019-03-23	9	3rd	24 25 52 60 66
2019-02-20	16	5th	27 49 50 51 52
2018-12-26	3	4th	5 25 38 52 67
2018-12-15	8	4th	8 38 43 52 55
2018-11-17	26	4th	6 8 20 52 68
2018-08-18	40	3rd	24 34 52 61 67
2018-03-31	1	3rd	8 24 52 55 61
2018-03-28	59	4th	6 8 26 52 53
2017-09-02	39	4th	6 21 41 52 62
2017-04-19	14	5th	1 19 37 40 52
2017-03-01	2	4th	10 16 40 52 55
2017-02-22	5	4th	10 13 28 52 61
2017-02-04	4	5th	6 13 16 17 52
2017-01-21	8	4th	23 25 45 52 67
2016-12-24	12	5th	28 38 42 51 52
2016-11-12	13	5th	8 17 20 27 52
2016-09-28	12	3rd	30 38 52 53 62
2016-08-17	3	5th	33 44 49 50 52
2016-08-06	13	5th	20 33 36 47 52
2016-06-22	12	5th	14 40 42 43 52
2016-05-11	6	3rd	20 32 52 66 69
2016-04-20	7	4th	12 25 30 52 62
2016-03-26	7	4th	11 23 42 52 68
2016-03-02	7	4th	12 13 44 52 62
2016-02-06	3	5th	4 13 31 36 52
2016-01-27	3	4th	3 12 40 52 67
2016-01-16	16	3rd	3 51 52 61 64
2015-11-21	13	4th	37 47 50 52 57
2015-10-07	—	5th	18 30 40 48 52