Number 59

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

67times drawn · chance expected 58 +1.19σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

12.0average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

63longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

59 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 67 times in 804 draws against 58.3 expected, +1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 59, draw by draw

Drawn 67 times in 804 draws · average wait 12.0 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 6 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 59 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 0.6
3rd smallest6 · chance 6.1
4th smallest21 · chance 25.4
5th smallest39 · chance 34.9

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.

7 14 19 11 40 41

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 1 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 59 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 59 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	9	4th	9 23 31 59 69
2026-09-05	12	5th	15 40 47 53 59
2026-08-08	5	5th	14 29 46 55 59
2026-07-27	31	3rd	17 25

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

2024-11-13	15	5th	14 41 45 55 59
2024-10-09	26	5th	4 14 29 33 59
2024-08-10	12	4th	6 14 53 59 62
2024-07-13	2	3rd	40 57 59 64 65
2024-07-08	3	5th	10 17 19 25 59
2024-07-01	5	4th	12 18 32 59 61
2024-06-19	3	5th	16 23 35 50 59
2024-06-12	5	3rd	12 13 59 68 69
2024-06-01	11	5th	24 40 53 56 59
2024-05-06	3	4th	10 56 58 59 67
2024-04-29	10	5th	11 44 50 54 59
2024-04-06	14	4th	16 19 56 59 66
2024-03-04	39	5th	3 19 29 53 59
2023-12-04	8	4th	21 51 52 59 63
2023-11-15	12	5th	14 15 30 58 59
2023-10-18	3	2nd	26 59 62 64 65
2023-10-11	1	4th	3 40 51 59 66
2023-10-09	17	5th	1 20 33 49 59
2023-08-30	63	5th	2 10 45 46 59
2023-04-05	6	5th	12 30 46 52 59
2023-03-22	1	4th	3 32 58 59 61
2023-03-20	1	4th	2 18 31 59 60
2023-03-18	17	5th	21 30 34 57 59
2023-02-06	9	4th	14 19 58 59 68
2023-01-16	26	5th	37 40 46 54 59
2022-11-16	12	4th	5 26 41 59 66
2022-10-19	10	5th	4 24 32 55 59
2022-09-26	15	5th	7 15 39 54 59
2022-08-22	22	3rd	42 50 59 61 64
2022-07-02	19	5th	4 7 22 57 59
2022-05-18	19	4th	9 27 41 59 64
2022-04-04	3	5th	6 49 55 58 59
2022-03-28	14	5th	23 32 36 51 59
2022-02-23	15	5th	7 11 19 34 59
2022-01-19	4	4th	24 25 35 59 63
2022-01-10	8	4th	11 28 47 59 68
2021-12-22	8	4th	4 25 49 59 61
2021-12-04	1	5th	6 19 36 46 59
2021-12-01	1	5th	2 25 34 58 59
2021-11-29	29	3rd	1 31 59 67 68
2021-09-22	6	5th	6 7 36 41 59
2021-09-08	3	5th	5 33 40 50 59
2021-09-01	—	4th	23 35 45 59 63