Number 39

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

89times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.28σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

64longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 2 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 39 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 0.1
2nd smallest0 · chance 2.6
3rd smallest23 · chance 16.2
4th smallest34 · chance 39.0
5th smallest32 · chance 31.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 22 40 42 35 1

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, 39 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-02	11	5th	15 26 27 28 39
2026-08-25	2	3rd	5 34 39 43 45
2026-08-18	1	5th	3 7 20 31 39
2026-08-14	2	4th	14 15 19 39

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

2024-12-13	1	3rd	3 28 39 40 49
2024-12-10	8	4th	1 6 29 39 44
2024-11-12	5	4th	4 5 18 39 42
2024-10-25	3	3rd	10 38 39 42 49
2024-10-15	4	4th	14 32 35 39 44
2024-10-01	10	5th	3 10 14 25 39
2024-08-27	1	3rd	13 35 39 42 49
2024-08-23	8	4th	20 22 37 39 40
2024-07-26	17	5th	6 9 12 38 39
2024-05-28	4	4th	2 3 23 39 45
2024-05-14	2	3rd	4 9 39 41 44
2024-05-07	10	4th	2 4 10 39 40
2024-04-02	10	4th	13 20 28 39 47
2024-02-27	8	4th	12 13 33 39 43
2024-01-30	2	4th	1 8 30 39 44
2024-01-23	14	5th	9 16 21 26 39
2023-12-05	15	5th	19 20 21 30 39
2023-10-13	19	3rd	9 11 39 41 44
2023-08-08	57	4th	17 18 26 39 46
2023-01-20	1	4th	5 12 15 39 47
2023-01-17	4	5th	1 9 37 38 39
2023-01-03	15	4th	2 21 33 39 42
2022-11-11	5	5th	1 28 34 35 39
2022-10-25	8	4th	20 23 27 39 46
2022-09-27	11	3rd	4 32 39 40 46
2022-08-19	2	3rd	23 36 39 40 43
2022-08-12	1	4th	24 30 38 39 44
2022-08-09	23	3rd	6 26 39 42 43
2022-05-20	5	5th	2 14 19 24 39
2022-05-03	5	4th	24 26 35 39 44
2022-04-15	13	5th	4 10 12 35 39
2022-03-01	6	5th	4 15 26 38 39
2022-02-08	23	4th	1 4 14 39 49
2021-11-19	11	3rd	4 16 39 40 50
2021-10-12	7	5th	23 30 32 36 39
2021-09-17	21	5th	8 10 17 26 39
2021-07-06	9	5th	1 16 18 26 39
2021-06-04	9	4th	17 34 37 39 44
2021-05-04	7	5th	3 9 17 25 39
2021-04-09	8	3rd	18 31 39 45 46
2021-03-12	2	5th	7 15 29 34 39
2021-03-05	6	3rd	6 15 39 40 48
2021-02-12	28	4th	3 15 35 39 41
2020-11-03	18	5th	1 2 25 36 39
2020-09-01	4	5th	16 21 22 36 39
2020-08-18	2	4th	6 22 30 39 49
2020-08-11	12	3rd	27 29 39 40 42
2020-06-30	10	5th	2 11 27 36 39
2020-05-26	64	4th	15 25 34 39 42
2019-10-15	5	4th	10 34 36 39 50
2019-09-27	11	5th	14 16 18 22 39
2019-08-20	13	4th	11 19 20 39 41
2019-07-05	6	3rd	28 37 39 46 47
2019-06-14	6	5th	24 26 27 35 39
2019-05-24	4	5th	3 25 29 38 39
2019-05-10	26	4th	14 22 23 39 43
2019-02-08	2	3rd	22 30 39 41 42
2019-02-01	15	4th	5 13 19 39 41
2018-12-11	4	3rd	7 29 39 42 48
2018-11-27	11	3rd	12 27 39 41 46
2018-10-19	8	3rd	1 32 39 41 43
2018-09-21	18	3rd	28 32 39 43 46
2018-07-20	4	5th	9 21 22 33 39
2018-07-06	3	5th	8 16 19 35 39
2018-06-26	—	3rd	15 25 39 43 50