Number 53

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

114times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.15σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

12.3average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

59longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

53 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 53, draw by draw

Drawn 114 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 12.3 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 15 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 53 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest6 · chance 4.1
3rd smallest14 · chance 22.3
4th smallest57 · chance 49.5
5th smallest37 · chance 37.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 45 48 8 10 25

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, 53 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 53 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	20	4th	15 40 47 53 59
2026-07-20	9	4th	2 9 44 53 59
2026-06-29	5	4th	10 14 41 53 59
2026-06-17	2	4th	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: 53 is drawn with probability 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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