Number 43

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

54times drawn · chance expected 58 −0.58σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

15.0average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

94longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 54 times in 804 draws against 58.3 expected, −0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 54 times in 804 draws · average wait 15.0 draws · longest completed wait 94 · waiting 5 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 43 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 smallest1 · chance 1.0
2nd smallest4 · chance 7.2
3rd smallest20 · chance 18.6
4th smallest18 · chance 19.8
5th smallest11 · chance 7.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 29 18 26 39 24

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

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	33	4th	11 20 26 43 46
2026-07-13	7	5th	1 17 31 39 43
2026-06-27	2	4th	2 26 34 43 45
2026-06-22	11	3rd	18 41

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

2024-08-31	12	3rd	19 32 43 55 58
2024-08-03	37	4th	13 18 29 43 56
2024-05-08	17	3rd	10 22 43 55 57
2024-03-30	3	3rd	20 29 43 57 63
2024-03-23	1	3rd	18 24 43 46 47
2024-03-20	5	5th	7 9 10 26 43
2024-03-09	3	2nd	41 43 49 55 67
2024-03-02	30	4th	18 31 36 43 61
2023-12-23	35	5th	20 37 39 40 43
2023-10-02	7	5th	11 26 35 40 43
2023-09-16	22	4th	10 27 30 43 47
2023-07-26	3	2nd	31 43 51 60 69
2023-07-19	94	4th	13 15 28 43 57
2022-12-12	4	3rd	28 39 43 63 67
2022-12-03	27	4th	4 10 23 43 64
2022-10-01	15	3rd	1 24 43 53 63
2022-08-27	6	3rd	16 18 43 49 51
2022-08-13	8	4th	10 29 37 43 65
2022-07-25	3	3rd	34 41 43 66 68
2022-07-18	12	4th	9 29 39 43 56
2022-06-20	24	4th	4 26 27 43 56
2022-04-25	20	5th	14 23 29 38 43
2022-03-09	1	3rd	8 9 43 45 63
2022-03-07	6	5th	17 24 26 41 43
2022-02-21	11	5th	22 23 29 39 43
2022-01-26	12	4th	10 27 40 43 45
2021-12-29	25	1st	43 51 53 63 68
2021-11-01	24	3rd	15 37 43 44 50
2021-09-06	3	5th	5 10 31 38 43
2021-08-30	—	4th	18 27 42 43 47