Number 44

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

79times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.85σ

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

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

61longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 79 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 79 times in 865 draws · average wait 11.0 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 44 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 smallest1 · chance 0.3
3rd smallest5 · chance 5.1
4th smallest21 · chance 27.6
5th smallest52 · chance 46.0

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.

9 24 34 48 8 15

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, 44 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-29	13	5th	17 19 24 43 44
2026-08-14	13	5th	14 15 19 39 44
2026-06-30	3	5th	21 26 40 42 44
2026-06-19	15	5th	9 10 27 37

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

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