Number 59

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

113times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.04σ

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

12.4average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

74longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

59 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 59, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 12.4 draws · longest completed wait 74 · 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 59 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 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 1.0
3rd smallest17 · chance 10.3
4th smallest41 · chance 42.8
5th smallest54 · chance 58.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 10 41 62 23 27

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, 59 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 59 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	12	5th	4 42 44 55 59
2026-09-05	13	5th	15 40 47 53 59
2026-08-05	7	3rd	14 20 59 60 61
2026-07-20	4	5th	2 9 44 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: 59 is drawn with probability 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-24	74	4th	10 11 34 59 68
2024-09-04	18	5th	7 10 21 33 59
2024-07-24	5	3rd	16 42 59 63 68
2024-07-13	14	3rd	9 55 59 66 69
2024-06-10	6	5th	3 10 33 58 59
2024-05-27	4	5th	9 30 39 49 59
2024-05-18	28	5th	19 36 37 42 59
2024-03-13	11	4th	21 29 54 59 62
2024-02-17	6	3rd	6 28 59 62 69
2024-02-03	8	4th	9 11 27 59 66
2024-01-15	30	5th	13 30 35 49 59
2023-11-06	4	4th	12 25 40 59 61
2023-10-28	16	4th	14 24 50 59 64
2023-09-20	68	3rd	16 27 59 62 63
2023-04-15	1	5th	1 33 34 56 59
2023-04-12	27	5th	9 36 41 44 59
2023-02-08	3	3rd	52 58 59 64 66
2023-02-01	18	4th	31 43 58 59 66
2022-12-21	3	5th	12 15 24 34 59
2022-12-14	3	3rd	36 51 59 66 68
2022-12-07	16	4th	6 28 44 59 61
2022-10-31	8	5th	13 19 36 39 59
2022-10-12	7	5th	14 30 41 42 59
2022-09-26	20	5th	13 20 31 33 59
2022-08-10	8	3rd	29 44 59 61 68
2022-07-23	9	4th	39 41 54 59 62
2022-07-02	32	4th	9 10 37 59 62
2022-04-18	7	4th	8 33 55 59 62
2022-04-02	3	5th	6 28 47 58 59
2022-03-26	8	4th	2 10 50 59 61
2022-03-07	22	4th	10 43 55 59 67
2022-01-15	13	5th	3 18 37 51 59
2021-12-15	1	5th	19 20 40 42 59
2021-12-13	3	5th	10 30 37 53 59
2021-12-06	7	5th	3 21 38 50 59
2021-11-20	16	4th	40 43 48 59 69
2021-10-13	20	4th	23 29 47 59 60
2021-08-28	1	5th	12 22 26 46 59
2021-08-25	2	5th	27 39 54 56 59
2021-08-21	7	5th	16 28 36 39 59
2021-07-28	1	4th	25 30 53 59 60
2021-07-24	3	4th	1 4 11 59 67
2021-07-14	23	4th	33 46 52 59 62
2021-04-24	61	4th	22 36 48 59 61
2020-09-23	19	5th	8 17 49 52 59
2020-07-18	15	5th	13 16 32 58 59
2020-05-27	19	3rd	38 58 59 64 68
2020-03-21	1	4th	2 23 40 59 69
2020-03-18	11	4th	15 27 44 59 63
2020-02-08	5	4th	35 49 50 59 66
2020-01-22	3	4th	11 33 44 59 67
2020-01-11	3	5th	3 21 23 31 59
2020-01-01	1	4th	49 53 57 59 62
2019-12-28	18	4th	20 23 39 59 60
2019-10-26	2	5th	3 20 48 54 59
2019-10-19	13	4th	14 27 29 59 65
2019-09-04	7	5th	4 8 30 52 59
2019-08-10	1	5th	35 41 44 58 59
2019-08-07	11	5th	8 32 47 53 59
2019-06-29	24	4th	13 17 24 59 62
2019-04-06	8	4th	15 33 43 59 60
2019-03-09	3	5th	5 6 45 55 59
2019-02-27	14	5th	21 31 42 49 59
2019-01-09	5	5th	6 19 37 49 59
2018-12-22	7	5th	21 28 30 40 59
2018-11-28	16	3rd	4 19 59 68 69
2018-10-03	1	3rd	41 53 59 63 66
2018-09-29	7	4th	9 17 34 59 64
2018-09-05	49	4th	6 15 50 59 60
2018-03-17	5	3rd	22 57 59 60 66
2018-02-28	5	3rd	12 30 59 65 69
2018-02-10	3	5th	1 13 27 41 59
2018-01-31	18	5th	4 7 14 46 59
2017-11-29	23	4th	24 26 28 59 63
2017-09-09	15	5th	6 20 29 57 59
2017-07-19	3	3rd	50 51 59 61 63
2017-07-08	18	5th	8 10 29 40 59
2017-05-06	1	5th	11 21 31 41 59
2017-05-03	16	4th	17 18 49 59 66
2017-03-08	15	5th	23 33 42 46 59
2017-01-14	38	3rd	23 55 59 64 69
2016-09-03	18	4th	7 39 50 59 67
2016-07-02	10	4th	10 34 39 59 63
2016-05-28	1	5th	6 33 34 58 59
2016-05-25	9	4th	11 24 41 59 64
2016-04-23	14	4th	19 35 46 59 62
2016-03-05	20	4th	3 27 34 59 69
2015-12-26	2	4th	27 40 44 59 65
2015-12-19	—	4th	28 30 41 59 68