Number 57

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

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

14.2average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

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

57 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 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 57, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 14.2 draws · longest completed wait 75 · waiting 6 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 57 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 1.5
3rd smallest19 · chance 12.5
4th smallest33 · chance 40.8
5th smallest45 · chance 45.1

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.

1 47 30 54 7 58

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, 57 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 57 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	5	5th	14 40 52 55 57
2026-09-14	10	3rd	19 20 57 61 67
2026-08-22	10	4th	13 31 54 57 65
2026-07-29	19	5th	30 36 40 42

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

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