Number 57

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

66times drawn · chance expected 58 +1.05σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

12.1average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

62longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

57 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 66 times in 804 draws against 58.3 expected, +1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 57, draw by draw

Drawn 66 times in 804 draws · average wait 12.1 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 4 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 57 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 smallest1 · chance 1.0
3rd smallest8 · chance 8.2
4th smallest29 · chance 27.0
5th smallest28 · chance 29.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 14 34 53 7 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 57 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 57 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	7	5th	10 16 27 42 57
2026-09-14	10	3rd	19 20 57 61 67
2026-08-22	5	4th	13 31 54 57 65
2026-08-10	22	5th	4 23

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

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