Number 54

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

100times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.28σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

14.2average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

75longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

54 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 100 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 54, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 14.2 draws · longest completed wait 75 · waiting 2 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 54 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 0.2
2nd smallest8 · chance 3.0
3rd smallest23 · chance 17.8
4th smallest34 · chance 43.1
5th smallest35 · chance 36.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 69 57 20 52 56

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, 54 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 54 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-05	19	5th	16 23 32 36 54
2026-08-22	5	3rd	13 31 54 57 65
2026-08-10	1	3rd	6 37 54 55 64
2026-08-08	2	4th	5 9 35 54

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

2024-06-08	3	4th	8 38 52 54 64
2024-06-01	19	4th	28 38 52 54 68
2024-04-17	4	5th	24 29 44 47 54
2024-04-08	8	5th	6 21 23 39 54
2024-03-20	3	4th	13 22 27 54 66
2024-03-13	7	3rd	21 29 54 59 62
2024-02-26	61	5th	24 29 42 51 54
2023-10-07	1	2nd	47 54 57 60 65
2023-10-04	25	3rd	9 35 54 63 64
2023-08-07	18	5th	6 13 20 35 54
2023-06-26	11	5th	6 28 39 43 54
2023-05-31	14	3rd	2 4 54 61 62
2023-04-29	11	3rd	16 53 54 57 65
2023-04-03	7	4th	16 30 31 54 68
2023-03-18	11	4th	14 20 30 54 69
2023-02-20	2	5th	3 17 26 38 54
2023-02-15	2	3rd	31 32 54 60 63
2023-02-11	21	4th	10 23 30 54 65
2022-12-24	8	4th	17 37 46 54 67
2022-12-05	9	4th	35 45 47 54 55
2022-11-14	9	4th	19 35 53 54 67
2022-10-24	14	5th	18 23 35 45 54
2022-09-21	26	5th	6 33 34 45 54
2022-07-23	75	3rd	39 41 54 59 62
2022-01-29	50	4th	2 15 38 54 65
2021-10-04	6	3rd	12 22 54 66 69
2021-09-20	6	3rd	37 51 54 58 60
2021-09-06	1	5th	11 20 22 33 54
2021-09-04	4	5th	32 35 40 52 54
2021-08-25	6	3rd	27 39 54 56 59
2021-08-07	6	4th	7 24 36 54 60
2021-07-17	2	4th	15 22 38 54 66
2021-07-10	9	4th	1 5 29 54 62
2021-06-09	1	5th	19 28 46 50 54
2021-06-05	7	3rd	44 52 54 64 69
2021-05-12	43	5th	1 19 20 38 54
2020-12-12	6	2nd	17 54 56 63 69
2020-11-21	47	2nd	51 54 57 60 69
2020-06-10	8	5th	10 33 41 52 54
2020-05-13	10	3rd	39 53 54 56 57
2020-04-08	16	5th	2 37 39 48 54
2020-02-12	3	3rd	14 47 54 55 68
2020-02-01	8	3rd	12 33 54 57 60
2020-01-04	20	5th	1 11 21 25 54
2019-10-26	6	4th	3 20 48 54 59
2019-10-05	29	5th	6 14 36 51 54
2019-06-26	25	5th	1 5 16 22 54
2019-03-30	17	3rd	21 52 54 64 68
2019-01-30	29	5th	2 12 16 29 54
2018-10-20	14	2nd	16 54 57 62 69
2018-09-01	2	2nd	11 54 55 61 66
2018-08-25	27	3rd	20 25 54 57 63
2018-05-23	9	2nd	20 54 56 61 64
2018-04-21	5	3rd	40 50 54 62 69
2018-04-04	7	4th	8 24 42 54 64
2018-03-10	12	3rd	43 44 54 61 69
2018-01-27	18	5th	17 21 26 47 54
2017-11-25	9	5th	8 13 27 53 54
2017-10-25	2	4th	18 22 29 54 57
2017-10-18	22	3rd	30 49 54 66 69
2017-08-02	8	3rd	1 16 54 63 69
2017-07-05	9	4th	4 9 16 54 68
2017-06-03	4	5th	3 9 21 41 54
2017-05-20	13	5th	5 22 45 47 54
2017-04-05	5	5th	8 20 46 53 54
2017-03-18	25	4th	13 25 44 54 67
2016-12-21	12	4th	25 33 40 54 68
2016-11-09	2	5th	1 25 28 31 54
2016-11-02	7	4th	13 18 37 54 61
2016-10-08	25	2nd	3 54 61 64 68
2016-07-13	16	4th	3 15 29 54 57
2016-05-18	17	4th	23 25 39 54 67
2016-03-19	8	4th	11 23 43 54 60
2016-02-20	15	5th	11 12 15 16 54
2015-12-30	18	4th	12 36 38 54 61
2015-10-28	—	2nd	4 54 56 62 63