Number 61

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

126times drawn · chance expected 103 +2.38σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

41longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

61 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +2.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 61, draw by draw

Drawn 126 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 11 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 61 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 0.5
3rd smallest13 · chance 7.7
4th smallest48 · chance 42.4
5th smallest64 · chance 75.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

69 51 2 3 63 64

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 61 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 61 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-14	11	4th	19 20 57 61 67
2026-08-19	6	4th	10 21 58 61 64
2026-08-05	21	5th	14 20 59 60 61
2026-06-17	13	5th	3 26 49 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: 61 is drawn with probability 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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