Number 55

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

95times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.80σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

14.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

86longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

55 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 55, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 14.9 draws · longest completed wait 86 · waiting 4 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 55 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 0.1
2nd smallest3 · chance 2.3
3rd smallest17 · chance 15.2
4th smallest48 · chance 40.5
5th smallest27 · chance 36.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 37 40 67 28 47

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, 55 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 55 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	3	4th	4 42 44 55 59
2026-09-26	7	4th	14 40 52 55 57
2026-09-09	13	4th	9 40 42 55 65
2026-08-10	14	4th	6 37 54 55

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

2024-07-01	20	5th	5 9 32 39 55
2024-05-15	8	4th	19 42 45 55 69
2024-04-27	86	4th	9 30 53 55 62
2023-10-09	18	4th	16 34 46 55 67
2023-08-28	2	4th	4 6 25 55 68
2023-08-23	3	5th	25 30 32 33 55
2023-08-16	14	5th	9 11 17 19 55
2023-07-15	26	4th	2 9 43 55 57
2023-05-15	2	4th	1 26 28 55 58
2023-05-10	4	4th	21 24 33 55 69
2023-05-01	3	3rd	3 38 55 61 66
2023-04-24	24	3rd	19 21 55 66 68
2023-02-27	30	5th	16 28 49 51 55
2022-12-19	3	3rd	7 37 55 65 67
2022-12-12	3	4th	16 31 50 55 61
2022-12-05	19	5th	35 45 47 54 55
2022-10-22	8	4th	19 25 48 55 60
2022-10-03	12	4th	2 16 22 55 63
2022-09-05	6	4th	4 7 32 55 64
2022-08-22	2	4th	12 27 34 55 67
2022-08-17	9	5th	23 28 41 50 55
2022-07-27	36	4th	1 25 44 55 57
2022-05-04	6	3rd	37 39 55 63 69
2022-04-20	1	4th	20 30 45 55 56
2022-04-18	18	3rd	8 33 55 59 62
2022-03-07	3	3rd	10 43 55 59 67
2022-02-28	6	5th	7 21 39 47 55
2022-02-14	11	5th	16 25 27 49 55
2022-01-19	11	4th	11 15 43 55 61
2021-12-25	12	4th	27 29 45 55 58
2021-11-27	28	3rd	8 32 55 64 66
2021-09-22	15	4th	20 40 47 55 63
2021-08-18	13	4th	35 36 51 55 61
2021-07-03	13	4th	26 40 41 55 65
2021-05-19	14	3rd	11 13 55 56 69
2021-03-31	8	4th	3 10 44 55 68
2021-03-03	35	5th	21 40 44 50 55
2020-10-31	15	5th	2 6 40 42 55
2020-09-09	6	3rd	27 52 55 60 64
2020-08-19	8	4th	13 23 47 55 58
2020-07-22	33	5th	16 25 36 44 55
2020-03-28	13	4th	7 40 48 55 66
2020-02-12	8	4th	14 47 54 55 68
2020-01-15	14	4th	39 41 53 55 68
2019-11-27	3	5th	15 26 37 53 55
2019-11-16	14	4th	14 22 26 55 63
2019-09-28	17	5th	15 23 34 51 55
2019-07-31	41	4th	14 37 47 55 67
2019-03-09	24	4th	5 6 45 55 59
2018-12-15	4	5th	8 38 43 52 55
2018-12-01	3	4th	10 11 47 55 58
2018-11-21	23	5th	7 14 23 38 55
2018-09-01	23	3rd	11 54 55 61 66
2018-06-13	9	5th	13 20 38 45 55
2018-05-12	9	4th	22 42 45 55 56
2018-04-11	3	4th	16 18 27 55 67
2018-03-31	32	4th	8 24 52 55 61
2017-12-09	1	4th	25 36 37 55 60
2017-12-06	21	4th	19 20 50 55 62
2017-09-23	34	3rd	24 45 55 56 57
2017-05-27	25	4th	5 10 28 55 67
2017-03-01	13	5th	10 16 40 52 55
2017-01-14	24	2nd	23 55 59 64 69
2016-10-22	10	4th	1 28 33 55 56
2016-09-17	2	4th	9 19 51 55 62
2016-09-10	1	4th	3 17 49 55 68
2016-09-07	46	5th	22 23 29 33 55
2016-03-30	28	4th	24 44 53 55 63
2015-12-23	2	3rd	16 38 55 63 67
2015-12-16	10	5th	9 10 32 42 55
2015-11-11	—	4th	4 26 32 55 64