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Number 2 In Powerball Double Play under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Aug 2021 rules — 804 draws, 5 from 1–69.
Main numbers Stars 52 times drawn · chance expected 58 −0.85σ
10 draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number
15.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8
89 longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 52 times in 804 draws against 58.3 expected, −0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
2 Number 2, draw by draw Drawn 52 times in 804 draws · average wait 15.3 draws · longest completed wait 89 · waiting 10 draws now
9 draws: 2021-09-27 to 2021-10-18 19 draws: 2021-10-18 to 2021-12-01 3 draws: 2021-12-01 to 2021-12-08 19 draws: 2021-12-08 to 2022-01-22 18 draws: 2022-01-22 to 2022-03-05 21 draws: 2022-03-05 to 2022-04-23 8 draws: 2022-04-23 to 2022-05-11 24 draws: 2022-05-11 to 2022-07-06 4 draws: 2022-07-06 to 2022-07-16 5 draws: 2022-07-16 to 2022-07-27 89 draws: 2022-07-27 to 2023-02-20 1 draws: 2023-02-20 to 2023-02-22 11 draws: 2023-02-22 to 2023-03-20 63 draws: 2023-03-20 to 2023-08-14 7 draws: 2023-08-14 to 2023-08-30 13 draws: 2023-08-30 to 2023-09-30 7 draws: 2023-09-30 to 2023-10-16 27 draws: 2023-10-16 to 2023-12-18 3 draws: 2023-12-18 to 2023-12-25 7 draws: 2023-12-25 to 2024-01-10 27 draws: 2024-01-10 to 2024-03-13 5 draws: 2024-03-13 to 2024-03-25 57 draws: 2024-03-25 to 2024-08-05 7 draws: 2024-08-05 to 2024-08-21 26 draws: 2024-08-21 to 2024-10-21 12 draws: 2024-10-21 to 2024-11-18 3 draws: 2024-11-18 to 2024-11-25 9 draws: 2024-11-25 to 2024-12-16 17 draws: 2024-12-16 to 2025-01-25 7 draws: 2025-01-25 to 2025-02-10 17 draws: 2025-02-10 to 2025-03-22 1 draws: 2025-03-22 to 2025-03-24 3 draws: 2025-03-24 to 2025-03-31 3 draws: 2025-03-31 to 2025-04-07 1 draws: 2025-04-07 to 2025-04-09 4 draws: 2025-04-09 to 2025-04-19 11 draws: 2025-04-19 to 2025-05-14 29 draws: 2025-05-14 to 2025-07-21 22 draws: 2025-07-21 to 2025-09-10 4 draws: 2025-09-10 to 2025-09-20 4 draws: 2025-09-20 to 2025-09-29 8 draws: 2025-09-29 to 2025-10-18 40 draws: 2025-10-18 to 2026-01-19 9 draws: 2026-01-19 to 2026-02-09 18 draws: 2026-02-09 to 2026-03-23 11 draws: 2026-03-23 to 2026-04-18 16 draws: 2026-04-18 to 2026-05-25 3 draws: 2026-05-25 to 2026-06-01 11 draws: 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-27 1 draws: 2026-06-27 to 2026-06-29 34 draws: 2026-06-29 to 2026-09-16 Still waiting — at least 10 draws since 2026-09-16 2021-09-27 2021-10-18 2021-12-01 2021-12-08 2022-01-22 2022-03-05 2022-04-23 2022-05-11 2022-07-06 2022-07-16 2022-07-27 2023-02-20 2023-02-22 2023-03-20 2023-08-14 2023-08-30 2023-09-30 2023-10-16 2023-12-18 2023-12-25 2024-01-10 2024-03-13 2024-03-25 2024-08-05 2024-08-21 2024-10-21 2024-11-18 2024-11-25 2024-12-16 2025-01-25 2025-02-10 2025-03-22 2025-03-24 2025-03-31 2025-04-07 2025-04-09 2025-04-19 2025-05-14 2025-07-21 2025-09-10 2025-09-20 2025-09-29 2025-10-18 2026-01-19 2026-02-09 2026-03-23 2026-04-18 2026-05-25 2026-06-01 2026-06-27 2026-06-29 2026-09-16 2021-08-23 2026-10-10
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1st smallest 50 · chance 48.9 2nd smallest 2 · chance 3.1 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
Never drawn alongside 5 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 3 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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.
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 2 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 1 Every number number 3 → 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: 2 is drawn with probability 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.