Number 43

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

95times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.96σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

61longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

43 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 43, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 3 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 43 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 smallest0 · chance 0.7
3rd smallest4 · chance 8.1
4th smallest47 · chance 36.0
5th smallest44 · chance 50.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 15 17 19 13 12

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, 43 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 43 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-29	3	4th	17 19 24 43 44
2026-09-18	2	5th	2 4 6 8 43
2026-09-11	5	5th	9 11 13 38 43
2026-08-25	20	4th	5 34 39 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: 43 is drawn with probability 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-05	11	5th	10 14 20 36 43
2024-09-27	3	4th	12 22 29 43 47
2024-09-17	1	3rd	23 26 43 44 49
2024-09-13	4	5th	2 10 25 37 43
2024-08-30	23	4th	8 27 33 43 48
2024-06-11	3	4th	12 22 25 43 50
2024-05-31	6	5th	17 20 22 35 43
2024-05-10	8	4th	9 21 33 43 44
2024-04-12	6	4th	22 26 42 43 45
2024-03-22	7	4th	9 10 36 43 44
2024-02-27	7	5th	12 13 33 39 43
2024-02-02	7	4th	21 35 37 43 46
2024-01-09	1	5th	12 20 24 33 43
2024-01-05	31	4th	2 18 31 43 50
2023-09-19	11	4th	15 18 36 43 46
2023-08-11	2	4th	30 35 42 43 44
2023-08-04	12	5th	19 27 28 37 43
2023-06-23	14	4th	19 37 41 43 47
2023-05-05	1	5th	2 20 24 29 43
2023-05-02	6	5th	13 16 17 41 43
2023-04-11	7	4th	4 30 38 43 49
2023-03-17	6	5th	21 22 27 41 43
2023-02-24	6	5th	7 23 31 38 43
2023-02-03	14	5th	17 32 35 42 43
2022-12-16	1	4th	26 28 36 43 48
2022-12-13	33	4th	16 23 36 43 46
2022-08-19	3	5th	23 36 39 40 43
2022-08-09	2	5th	6 26 39 42 43
2022-08-02	28	4th	13 14 20 43 45
2022-04-26	2	4th	2 20 38 43 46
2022-04-19	7	5th	12 25 26 28 43
2022-03-25	1	4th	15 28 32 43 50
2022-03-22	4	4th	20 30 35 43 48
2022-03-08	10	5th	8 14 21 40 43
2022-02-01	7	5th	31 33 37 40 43
2022-01-07	7	5th	10 12 37 42 43
2021-12-14	10	5th	5 19 30 37 43
2021-11-09	13	4th	13 15 32 43 44
2021-09-24	4	5th	14 17 24 31 43
2021-09-10	2	5th	8 12 17 28 43
2021-09-03	18	5th	2 9 18 42 43
2021-07-02	1	5th	20 30 34 38 43
2021-06-29	61	4th	6 35 41 43 45
2020-11-24	9	4th	13 15 30 43 47
2020-10-23	14	5th	3 6 36 41 43
2020-09-04	24	5th	2 3 11 12 43
2020-06-12	1	4th	9 27 38 43 48
2020-06-09	11	3rd	5 37 43 49 50
2020-05-01	9	3rd	12 20 43 48 49
2020-03-31	14	4th	14 20 28 43 49
2020-02-11	8	4th	9 22 40 43 46
2020-01-14	3	5th	9 10 11 32 43
2020-01-03	13	4th	8 9 18 43 50
2019-11-19	5	4th	3 4 16 43 44
2019-11-01	6	4th	13 25 29 43 47
2019-10-11	22	5th	15 16 17 26 43
2019-07-26	7	4th	4 17 19 43 48
2019-07-02	10	3rd	16 29 43 44 47
2019-05-28	2	5th	15 21 25 33 43
2019-05-21	3	5th	3 11 15 33 43
2019-05-10	4	5th	14 22 23 39 43
2019-04-26	2	4th	13 16 19 43 49
2019-04-19	2	4th	17 19 25 43 47
2019-04-12	16	4th	28 35 41 43 50
2019-02-15	28	5th	19 20 37 42 43
2018-11-09	6	5th	6 7 10 19 43
2018-10-19	8	5th	1 32 39 41 43
2018-09-21	6	4th	28 32 39 43 46
2018-08-31	6	4th	7 38 42 43 47
2018-08-10	13	4th	3 10 14 43 50
2018-06-26	—	4th	15 25 39 43 50