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Star 5 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 60 times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.74σ
32 draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number
23.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
109 longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long
5 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 60 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, +0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 32 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
5 Number 5, draw by draw Drawn 60 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 23.3 draws · longest completed wait 109 · waiting 32 draws now
25 draws: 2015-11-14 to 2016-02-10 4 draws: 2016-02-10 to 2016-02-24 42 draws: 2016-02-24 to 2016-07-20 3 draws: 2016-07-20 to 2016-07-30 27 draws: 2016-07-30 to 2016-11-02 28 draws: 2016-11-02 to 2017-02-08 11 draws: 2017-02-08 to 2017-03-18 12 draws: 2017-03-18 to 2017-04-29 88 draws: 2017-04-29 to 2018-03-03 74 draws: 2018-03-03 to 2018-11-17 36 draws: 2018-11-17 to 2019-03-23 109 draws: 2019-03-23 to 2020-04-08 19 draws: 2020-04-08 to 2020-06-13 2 draws: 2020-06-13 to 2020-06-20 5 draws: 2020-06-20 to 2020-07-08 28 draws: 2020-07-08 to 2020-10-14 10 draws: 2020-10-14 to 2020-11-18 13 draws: 2020-11-18 to 2021-01-02 9 draws: 2021-01-02 to 2021-02-03 17 draws: 2021-02-03 to 2021-04-03 33 draws: 2021-04-03 to 2021-07-28 21 draws: 2021-07-28 to 2021-09-22 7 draws: 2021-09-22 to 2021-10-09 5 draws: 2021-10-09 to 2021-10-20 86 draws: 2021-10-20 to 2022-05-09 14 draws: 2022-05-09 to 2022-06-11 16 draws: 2022-06-11 to 2022-07-18 3 draws: 2022-07-18 to 2022-07-25 9 draws: 2022-07-25 to 2022-08-15 23 draws: 2022-08-15 to 2022-10-08 41 draws: 2022-10-08 to 2023-01-11 8 draws: 2023-01-11 to 2023-01-30 22 draws: 2023-01-30 to 2023-03-22 57 draws: 2023-03-22 to 2023-08-02 10 draws: 2023-08-02 to 2023-08-26 7 draws: 2023-08-26 to 2023-09-11 2 draws: 2023-09-11 to 2023-09-16 7 draws: 2023-09-16 to 2023-10-02 12 draws: 2023-10-02 to 2023-10-30 25 draws: 2023-10-30 to 2023-12-27 32 draws: 2023-12-27 to 2024-03-11 2 draws: 2024-03-11 to 2024-03-16 23 draws: 2024-03-16 to 2024-05-08 5 draws: 2024-05-08 to 2024-05-20 48 draws: 2024-05-20 to 2024-09-09 34 draws: 2024-09-09 to 2024-11-27 24 draws: 2024-11-27 to 2025-01-22 22 draws: 2025-01-22 to 2025-03-15 30 draws: 2025-03-15 to 2025-05-24 20 draws: 2025-05-24 to 2025-07-09 18 draws: 2025-07-09 to 2025-08-20 5 draws: 2025-08-20 to 2025-09-01 4 draws: 2025-09-01 to 2025-09-10 58 draws: 2025-09-10 to 2026-01-24 8 draws: 2026-01-24 to 2026-02-11 23 draws: 2026-02-11 to 2026-04-06 13 draws: 2026-04-06 to 2026-05-06 28 draws: 2026-05-06 to 2026-07-11 9 draws: 2026-07-11 to 2026-08-01 Still waiting — at least 32 draws since 2026-08-01 2015-11-14 2016-02-10 2016-02-24 2016-07-20 2016-07-30 2016-11-02 2017-02-08 2017-03-18 2017-04-29 2018-03-03 2018-11-17 2019-03-23 2020-04-08 2020-06-13 2020-06-20 2020-07-08 2020-10-14 2020-11-18 2021-01-02 2021-02-03 2021-04-03 2021-07-28 2021-09-22 2021-10-09 2021-10-20 2022-05-09 2022-06-11 2022-07-18 2022-07-25 2022-08-15 2022-10-08 2023-01-11 2023-01-30 2023-03-22 2023-08-02 2023-08-26 2023-09-11 2023-09-16 2023-10-02 2023-10-30 2023-12-27 2024-03-11 2024-03-16 2024-05-08 2024-05-20 2024-09-09 2024-11-27 2025-01-22 2025-03-15 2025-05-24 2025-07-09 2025-08-20 2025-09-01 2025-09-10 2026-01-24 2026-02-11 2026-04-06 2026-05-06 2026-07-11 2026-08-01 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 60 · chance 60.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 5 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 26. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 5 →
Every draw it appeared in ← star 4 Every number star 6 → 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: 5 is drawn with probability 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.