Number 37

In Powerball Double Play under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Aug 2021 rules — 804 draws, 5 from 1–69.

58times drawn · chance expected 58 −0.04σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

13.7average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

80longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

37 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 58 times in 804 draws against 58.3 expected, −0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 37, draw by draw

Drawn 58 times in 804 draws · average wait 13.7 draws · longest completed wait 80 · waiting 3 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 37 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 smallest2 · chance 2.6
2nd smallest11 · chance 12.7
3rd smallest23 · chance 22.3
4th smallest18 · chance 16.3
5th smallest4 · chance 4.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 9 40 49 56 1

Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 2 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 37 is picked about 0.86× 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.

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 37 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	14	4th	1 7 26 37 52
2026-08-31	14	4th	11 17 25 37 49
2026-07-29	30	2nd	24 37 40 51 55
2026-05-20	23	3rd	12 27

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

2024-06-26	80	4th	4 19 27 37 56
2023-12-23	6	2nd	20 37 39 40 43
2023-12-09	3	5th	8 14 23 29 37
2023-12-02	50	3rd	6 32 37 42 67
2023-08-07	1	3rd	26 29 37 49 63
2023-08-05	6	3rd	14 25 37 57 67
2023-07-22	2	2nd	31 37 39 54 65
2023-07-17	1	2nd	9 37 38 62 69
2023-07-15	2	4th	12 21 23 37 52
2023-07-10	3	3rd	21 30 37 41 56
2023-07-03	12	2nd	15 37 50 55 69
2023-06-05	8	4th	3 11 14 37 44
2023-05-17	50	3rd	21 26 37 52 53
2023-01-21	2	4th	1 8 32 37 64
2023-01-16	16	1st	37 40 46 54 59
2022-12-10	1	3rd	1 34 37 40 53
2022-12-07	15	4th	16 25 26 37 48
2022-11-02	2	3rd	20 34 37 57 67
2022-10-29	18	5th	9 13 31 35 37
2022-09-17	14	3rd	9 23 37 41 55
2022-08-15	1	2nd	16 37 53 56 63
2022-08-13	13	3rd	10 29 37 43 65
2022-07-13	31	5th	14 17 21 32 37
2022-05-02	33	4th	6 23 29 37 65
2022-02-14	24	4th	1 5 35 37 49
2021-12-20	1	4th	8 26 36 37 47
2021-12-18	12	3rd	9 16 37 57 66
2021-11-20	3	3rd	3 24 37 44 46
2021-11-13	4	4th	13 16 28 37 60
2021-11-03	1	4th	10 22 24 37 47
2021-11-01	5	2nd	15 37 43 44 50
2021-10-20	3	4th	1 4 31 37 64
2021-10-13	2	3rd	10 34 37 58 60
2021-10-09	—	3rd	1 26 37 38 62