Number 62

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

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

12.5average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

63longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

62 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 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 62, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 12.5 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 19 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 62 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
3rd smallest6 · chance 5.3
4th smallest32 · chance 35.0
5th smallest75 · chance 72.4

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 21 36 33 59 61

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, 62 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 62 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-29	32	3rd	18 56 62 65 67
2026-06-15	21	5th	25 55 57 60 62
2026-04-27	24	5th	18 31 33 36 62
2026-03-02	28	5th	2 17 18 38

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

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