Number 32

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

88times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.17σ

28draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

45longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

32 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 32, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 28 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 32 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 1.3
2nd smallest17 · chance 10.5
3rd smallest22 · chance 29.5
4th smallest38 · chance 33.6
5th smallest10 · chance 13.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 33 13 15 16 46

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 32 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 50. 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 32 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-03	3	4th	9 14 27 32 34
2026-06-23	12	3rd	16 25 32 33 50
2026-05-12	1	3rd	25 30 32 33 46
2026-05-08	5	2nd	1 32 40 43

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: 32 is drawn with probability 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-17	3	4th	12 21 28 32 40
2024-12-06	2	4th	5 15 19 32 35
2024-11-29	13	4th	5 16 27 32 40
2024-10-15	21	2nd	14 32 35 39 44
2024-08-02	1	5th	2 5 10 31 32
2024-07-30	8	4th	7 15 20 32 46
2024-07-02	2	4th	6 15 20 32 42
2024-06-25	11	2nd	3 32 40 42 49
2024-05-17	6	5th	18 22 23 31 32
2024-04-26	3	5th	5 12 13 17 32
2024-04-16	16	4th	6 14 26 32 41
2024-02-20	2	5th	4 13 16 21 32
2024-02-13	19	4th	13 15 30 32 46
2023-12-08	4	4th	2 22 24 32 33
2023-11-24	38	2nd	21 32 40 41 47
2023-07-14	45	4th	1 22 31 32 41
2023-02-07	1	4th	3 4 23 32 49
2023-02-03	3	2nd	17 32 35 42 43
2023-01-24	25	3rd	3 10 32 40 48
2022-10-28	9	4th	15 25 30 32 40
2022-09-27	15	2nd	4 32 39 40 46
2022-08-05	2	4th	16 18 21 32 44
2022-07-29	12	4th	7 14 28 32 36
2022-06-17	7	3rd	4 22 32 46 48
2022-05-24	2	5th	7 16 21 22 32
2022-05-17	15	3rd	15 24 32 35 46
2022-03-25	9	3rd	15 28 32 43 50
2022-02-22	2	4th	18 29 31 32 49
2022-02-15	6	5th	2 9 26 27 32
2022-01-25	22	4th	3 11 29 32 36
2021-11-09	8	3rd	13 15 32 43 44
2021-10-12	24	3rd	23 30 32 36 39
2021-07-20	26	2nd	7 32 33 40 42
2021-04-20	9	4th	3 5 12 32 49
2021-03-19	1	4th	5 16 27 32 46
2021-03-16	4	4th	11 20 21 32 36
2021-03-02	2	4th	1 11 21 32 42
2021-02-23	4	4th	8 13 25 32 42
2021-02-09	9	5th	4 7 15 30 32
2021-01-08	22	4th	11 16 28 32 41
2020-10-20	10	4th	15 20 29 32 45
2020-09-15	6	3rd	3 18 32 40 46
2020-08-25	1	3rd	7 20 32 34 48
2020-08-21	9	2nd	13 32 33 40 41
2020-07-21	24	4th	17 20 22 32 41
2020-04-28	6	3rd	6 12 32 36 45
2020-04-07	1	3rd	4 13 32 34 42
2020-04-03	21	4th	9 10 29 32 45
2020-01-21	2	3rd	14 18 32 42 49
2020-01-14	14	4th	9 10 11 32 43
2019-11-26	16	5th	2 8 11 13 32
2019-10-01	18	4th	3 9 29 32 50
2019-07-30	10	4th	1 14 29 32 38
2019-06-25	20	2nd	3 32 33 38 40
2019-04-16	8	3rd	5 6 32 44 48
2019-03-19	23	3rd	3 16 32 33 36
2018-12-28	3	4th	18 21 30 32 50
2018-12-18	8	5th	3 5 14 20 32
2018-11-20	1	2nd	14 32 33 37 47
2018-11-16	8	3rd	20 24 32 33 35
2018-10-19	4	2nd	1 32 39 41 43
2018-10-05	4	1st	32 36 42 46 49
2018-09-21	11	2nd	28 32 39 43 46
2018-08-14	—	3rd	13 29 32 38 45