Number 41

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

90times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.40σ

23draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

56longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

41 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 23 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 41, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 23 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 41 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 1.4
3rd smallest12 · chance 11.9
4th smallest35 · chance 37.8
5th smallest43 · chance 38.8

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.

24 19 11 20 15 22

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, 41 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 41 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-21	25	3rd	15 40 41 47 50
2026-04-24	5	5th	16 19 24 25 41
2026-04-07	1	5th	16 17 18 22 41
2026-04-03	4	5th	1 14 25 29

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

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