Number 56

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

101times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.18σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

14.0average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

83longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

56 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 56, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 14.0 draws · longest completed wait 83 · waiting 14 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 56 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 2.0
3rd smallest14 · chance 14.4
4th smallest40 · chance 42.3
5th smallest44 · chance 42.3

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.

24 45 41 64 16 54

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 0.2 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 56 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 56 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-07	4	5th	15 19 28 39 56
2026-08-29	18	2nd	18 56 62 65 67
2026-07-18	28	5th	9 14 44 50 56
2026-05-13	1	4th	22 31 52 56

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

2024-05-29	10	3rd	17 34 56 60 61
2024-05-06	9	4th	7 23 24 56 60
2024-04-15	6	4th	7 16 41 56 61
2024-04-01	44	5th	19 24 40 42 56
2023-12-20	3	4th	27 35 41 56 60
2023-12-13	3	4th	3 8 41 56 64
2023-12-06	83	4th	2 12 37 56 65
2023-05-27	18	5th	24 38 39 48 56
2023-04-15	43	4th	1 33 34 56 59
2023-01-04	3	3rd	12 32 56 67 68
2022-12-28	5	5th	26 32 38 45 56
2022-12-17	13	2nd	33 56 64 66 68
2022-11-16	3	5th	28 34 51 53 56
2022-11-09	1	5th	7 14 24 30 56
2022-11-07	1	5th	10 33 41 47 56
2022-11-05	4	4th	28 45 53 56 69
2022-10-26	20	5th	19 36 37 46 56
2022-09-10	6	3rd	38 42 56 68 69
2022-08-27	9	3rd	2 18 56 60 65
2022-08-06	1	4th	8 15 46 56 68
2022-08-03	13	3rd	9 21 56 57 66
2022-07-04	5	5th	15 16 24 31 56
2022-06-22	9	5th	6 10 31 48 56
2022-06-01	10	3rd	11 41 56 57 63
2022-05-09	7	5th	18 30 35 52 56
2022-04-23	1	5th	10 39 47 49 56
2022-04-20	59	5th	20 30 45 55 56
2021-12-04	15	4th	10 40 45 56 67
2021-10-30	28	5th	5 23 28 43 56
2021-08-25	29	4th	27 39 54 56 59
2021-05-19	19	4th	11 13 55 56 69
2021-03-13	26	4th	5 11 51 56 61
2020-12-12	15	3rd	17 54 56 63 69
2020-10-21	4	5th	1 3 13 44 56
2020-10-07	15	5th	6 24 30 53 56
2020-08-15	14	5th	5 12 34 45 56
2020-06-27	13	4th	9 36 49 56 62
2020-05-13	7	4th	39 53 54 56 57
2020-04-18	17	4th	4 44 46 56 63
2020-02-19	9	5th	10 12 15 19 56
2020-01-18	3	4th	20 24 38 56 68
2020-01-08	20	5th	2 4 7 43 56
2019-10-30	15	4th	19 22 52 56 67
2019-09-07	2	5th	11 20 41 42 56
2019-08-31	1	4th	14 41 50 56 57
2019-08-28	10	5th	9 32 37 41 56
2019-07-24	24	5th	22 29 35 53 56
2019-05-01	30	4th	5 23 28 56 66
2019-01-16	4	4th	14 29 31 56 61
2019-01-02	11	5th	8 12 42 46 56
2018-11-24	9	4th	11 33 51 56 58
2018-10-24	21	5th	3 21 45 53 56
2018-08-11	4	3rd	5 43 56 62 68
2018-07-28	2	4th	22 27 46 56 65
2018-07-21	8	3rd	9 23 56 58 68
2018-06-23	1	5th	16 29 43 45 56
2018-06-20	4	5th	4 14 23 27 56
2018-06-06	4	5th	23 28 41 53 56
2018-05-23	1	3rd	20 54 56 61 64
2018-05-19	2	5th	3 6 9 17 56
2018-05-12	5	5th	22 42 45 55 56
2018-04-25	9	4th	17 18 39 56 64
2018-03-24	25	5th	10 33 45 53 56
2017-12-27	13	4th	3 9 16 56 60
2017-11-11	8	5th	4 6 16 30 56
2017-10-14	6	3rd	32 37 56 66 69
2017-09-23	39	4th	24 45 55 56 57
2017-05-10	56	4th	29 31 46 56 62
2016-10-26	1	5th	2 3 16 48 56
2016-10-22	15	5th	1 28 33 55 56
2016-08-31	6	4th	5 10 24 56 61
2016-08-10	13	2nd	23 56 61 64 67
2016-06-25	57	4th	3 27 36 56 69
2015-12-09	12	5th	7 10 16 46 56
2015-10-28	1	3rd	4 54 56 62 63
2015-10-24	1	3rd	20 31 56 60 64
2015-10-21	—	4th	30 32 42 56 57