Number 66

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

102times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.08σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 15% for any number

13.7average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

59longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

66 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 66, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 13.7 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 26 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 66 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 0.0
3rd smallest2 · chance 0.8
4th smallest27 · chance 16.4
5th smallest73 · chance 84.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

67 38 69 9 16 32

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, 66 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 66 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-12	16	3rd	4 26 66 67 69
2026-07-06	11	4th	17 44 63 66 67
2026-06-10	8	5th	12 31 38 60 66
2026-05-23	40	5th	4 16 41 48

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

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