Number 34

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

78times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.96σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

64longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 865 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 64 · 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 34 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 0.7
2nd smallest7 · chance 6.8
3rd smallest27 · chance 23.3
4th smallest30 · chance 32.1
5th smallest14 · chance 15.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 16 13 29 36 44

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 34 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 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-25	7	4th	5 9 22 34 38
2026-09-01	2	4th	14 16 31 34 40
2026-08-25	6	2nd	5 34 39 43 45
2026-08-04	9	4th	16 24 29 34

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

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