Number 45

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

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

59longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 79 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 79 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 13 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 45 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 0.2
3rd smallest2 · chance 3.5
4th smallest28 · chance 24.7
5th smallest48 · chance 50.6

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.

3 23 6 13 15 46

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, 45 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 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-25	7	5th	5 34 39 43 45
2026-07-31	10	4th	10 11 37 45 46
2026-06-26	4	5th	17 26 37 40 45
2026-06-12	16	5th	7 23 27 30

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

2023-11-21	14	4th	3 13 24 45 49
2023-10-03	6	5th	3 8 15 24 45
2023-09-12	16	5th	3 15 18 36 45
2023-07-18	6	4th	5 21 33 45 50
2023-06-27	12	4th	7 21 33 45 46
2023-05-16	15	5th	1 5 14 36 45
2023-03-24	25	4th	6 27 33 45 46
2022-12-27	5	5th	3 19 24 28 45
2022-12-09	18	4th	2 9 17 45 48
2022-10-07	5	5th	3 12 16 33 45
2022-09-20	7	4th	13 16 23 45 47
2022-08-26	7	5th	3 11 17 23 45
2022-08-02	45	5th	13 14 20 43 45
2022-02-25	11	5th	6 12 26 40 45
2022-01-18	2	4th	9 36 44 45 46
2022-01-11	2	5th	20 23 27 38 45
2022-01-04	19	4th	3 19 38 45 46
2021-10-29	4	3rd	29 42 45 47 49
2021-10-15	14	4th	15 30 44 45 48
2021-08-27	10	4th	6 10 11 45 47
2021-07-23	2	2nd	21 45 47 48 49
2021-07-16	5	5th	20 22 25 41 45
2021-06-29	11	5th	6 35 41 43 45
2021-05-21	1	4th	19 21 24 45 50
2021-05-18	5	5th	4 11 30 35 45
2021-04-30	6	5th	6 12 22 38 45
2021-04-09	1	4th	18 31 39 45 46
2021-04-06	14	5th	3 13 21 42 45
2021-02-16	8	5th	5 18 31 36 45
2021-01-19	1	5th	13 16 28 42 45
2021-01-15	22	4th	24 31 40 45 48
2020-10-27	2	4th	19 25 41 45 46
2020-10-20	15	5th	15 20 29 32 45
2020-08-28	6	5th	8 10 17 44 45
2020-08-07	9	4th	11 30 42 45 48
2020-07-07	11	5th	2 7 13 20 45
2020-05-29	2	5th	4 27 30 34 45
2020-05-22	3	5th	9 10 24 41 45
2020-05-12	1	5th	6 22 34 44 45
2020-05-08	3	5th	12 21 30 35 45
2020-04-28	7	5th	6 12 32 36 45
2020-04-03	2	5th	9 10 29 32 45
2020-03-27	1	5th	3 8 18 38 45
2020-03-24	14	4th	4 12 41 45 46
2020-02-04	18	5th	3 15 23 37 45
2019-12-03	7	5th	5 6 15 23 45
2019-11-08	28	5th	5 18 27 37 45
2019-08-02	3	3rd	5 31 45 46 47
2019-07-23	13	4th	4 6 35 45 48
2019-06-07	9	5th	4 11 21 22 45
2019-05-07	15	4th	15 22 30 45 48
2019-03-15	59	4th	19 36 40 45 49
2018-08-21	2	5th	19 21 23 34 45
2018-08-14	9	5th	13 29 32 38 45
2018-07-13	—	5th	13 14 34 38 45