Number 68

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

99times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.39σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

14.4average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

68longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

68 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 68, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 14.4 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 10 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 68 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest7 · chance 5.8
5th smallest92 · chance 93.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

63 3 17 19 38 47

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, 68 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 68 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	11	5th	18 30 41 45 68
2026-08-24	23	5th	3 16 33 38 68
2026-07-01	24	5th	2 6 26 39 68
2026-05-06	26	5th	18 27 51 65

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

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