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Times each number has been drawn

Main numbers across 1,587 draws (all draws), 23 May 1996 – 15 Oct 2026.

Most drawn: 22 251 times
Least drawn: 28 210 times
Expected by chance: 226.2 times each

1 211

2 229

3 220

4 226

5 247

6 228

7 245

8 227

9 230

10 211

11 234

12 221

13 227

14 228

15 221

16 222

17 238

18 232

19 243

20 220

21 214

22 251

23 243

24 238

25 226

26 220

27 212

28 210

29 221

30 230

31 211

32 234

33 213

34 232

35 212

36 143

37 137

38 141

39 137

40 129

41 99

42 100

43 83

44 96

45 98

Compared with chance

Bars show how many times each number came out. The dashed line is what pure chance would give.

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1	211	226.2	-15.2	13.3%	24 Sep 2026
2	229	226.2	+2.8	14.4%	01 Oct 2026
3	220	226.2	-6.2	13.9%	15 Oct 2026
4	226	226.2	-0.2	14.2%	16 Jul 2026
5	247	226.2	+20.8	15.6%	16 Jul 2026
6	228	226.2	+1.8	14.4%	01 Oct 2026
7	245	226.2	+18.8	15.4%	08 Oct 2026
8	227	226.2	+0.8	14.3%	08 Oct 2026
9	230	226.2	+3.8	14.5%	20 Aug 2026
10	211	226.2	-15.2	13.3%	08 Oct 2026
11	234	226.2	+7.8	14.7%	01 Oct 2026
12	221	226.2	-5.2	13.9%	08 Oct 2026
13	227	226.2	+0.8	14.3%	27 Aug 2026
14	228	226.2	+1.8	14.4%	15 Oct 2026
15	221	226.2	-5.2	13.9%	15 Oct 2026
16	222	226.2	-4.2	14.0%	01 Oct 2026
17	238	226.2	+11.8	15.0%	17 Sep 2026
18	232	226.2	+5.8	14.6%	24 Sep 2026
19	243	226.2	+16.8	15.3%	08 Oct 2026
20	220	226.2	-6.2	13.9%	08 Oct 2026
21	214	226.2	-12.2	13.5%	27 Aug 2026
22	251	226.2	+24.8	15.8%	24 Sep 2026
23	243	226.2	+16.8	15.3%	27 Aug 2026
24	238	226.2	+11.8	15.0%	15 Oct 2026
25	226	226.2	-0.2	14.2%	25 Jun 2026
26	220	226.2	-6.2	13.9%	13 Aug 2026
27	212	226.2	-14.2	13.4%	15 Oct 2026
28	210	226.2	-16.2	13.2%	10 Sep 2026
29	221	226.2	-5.2	13.9%	10 Sep 2026
30	230	226.2	+3.8	14.5%	15 Oct 2026
31	211	226.2	-15.2	13.3%	30 Jul 2026
32	234	226.2	+7.8	14.7%	15 Oct 2026
33	213	226.2	-13.2	13.4%	04 Jun 2026
34	232	226.2	+5.8	14.6%	17 Sep 2026
35	212	226.2	-14.2	13.4%	13 Aug 2026
36	143	137.4	+5.6	12.5%	15 Feb 2018
37	137	137.4	-0.4	12.0%	08 Mar 2018
38	141	137.4	+3.6	12.3%	22 Feb 2018
39	137	137.4	-0.4	12.0%	01 Mar 2018
40	129	137.4	-8.4	11.3%	22 Mar 2018
41	99	97.3	+1.7	11.3%	04 Oct 2012
42	100	97.3	+2.7	11.4%	25 Oct 2012
43	83	97.3	-14.3	9.5%	13 Sep 2012
44	96	97.3	-1.3	11.0%	28 Feb 2013
45	98	97.3	+0.7	11.2%	21 Feb 2013

Numbers that come up together

Main numbers that came out in the same draw, across 1,587 draws. There are 990 possible pairs, so a few will sit well above chance by pure luck. That doesn't make them a pattern.

Most frequent pairs

Pair	Together	Expected	vs chance
7 25	46	29.7	1.55×
18 29	44	29.7	1.48×
5 7	43	29.7	1.45×
17 20	43	29.7	1.45×
7 32	42	29.7	1.42×
9 22	42	29.7	1.42×
16 29	42	29.7	1.42×
2 25	41	29.7	1.38×
3 14	41	29.7	1.38×
8 19	41	29.7	1.38×
9 23	41	29.7	1.38×
9 29	41	29.7	1.38×
9 32	41	29.7	1.38×
15 29	41	29.7	1.38×
22 34	41	29.7	1.38×

Drawn with a number

Numbers drawn alongside 8, most often first.

With	Together	Expected	vs chance
19	41	29.7	1.38×
5	36	29.7	1.21×
11	36	29.7	1.21×
24	36	29.7	1.21×
17	35	29.7	1.18×
4	34	29.7	1.15×
18	34	29.7	1.15×
7	33	29.7	1.11×

Least often: 44 8 times, 41 8 times, 37 9 times

Odd and even

How the main numbers in each draw split odd/even.

Most common: 3 odd · 4 even in 30.9% of draws (chance: 28.9%).

The chart shows the 444 draws with 7-number tickets. Draws with other ticket sizes are in the table.

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Odd and even	Draws	% of draws	Chance
0 odd · 5 even	15	0.9%	1.2%
1 odd · 4 even	132	8.3%	7.6%
2 odd · 3 even	273	17.2%	17.6%
3 odd · 2 even	287	18.1%	18.5%
4 odd · 1 even	141	8.9%	8.8%
5 odd · 0 even	28	1.8%	1.5%
0 odd · 6 even	3	0.2%	0.2%
1 odd · 5 even	18	1.1%	1.4%
2 odd · 4 even	70	4.4%	4.0%
3 odd · 3 even	95	6.0%	5.7%
4 odd · 2 even	61	3.8%	4.0%
5 odd · 1 even	20	1.3%	1.4%
6 odd · 0 even	0	0.0%	0.2%
0 odd · 7 even	4	0.3%	0.1%
1 odd · 6 even	11	0.7%	0.9%
2 odd · 5 even	58	3.7%	3.9%
3 odd · 4 even	137	8.6%	8.1%
4 odd · 3 even	135	8.5%	8.7%
5 odd · 2 even	81	5.1%	4.8%
6 odd · 1 even	17	1.1%	1.3%
7 odd · 0 even	1	0.1%	0.1%

Low and high

Low numbers are the bottom half of the pool (1–22 when the pool is 1–45).

Most common: 4 low · 3 high in 30.0% of draws (chance: 28.9%).

The chart shows the 444 draws with 7-number tickets. Draws with other ticket sizes are in the table.

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Low and high	Draws	% of draws	Chance
0 low · 5 high	29	1.8%	1.5%
1 low · 4 high	136	8.6%	8.8%
2 low · 3 high	260	16.4%	18.5%
3 low · 2 high	310	19.5%	17.6%
4 low · 1 high	126	7.9%	7.6%
5 low · 0 high	15	0.9%	1.2%
0 low · 6 high	4	0.3%	0.2%
1 low · 5 high	31	2.0%	1.4%
2 low · 4 high	51	3.2%	4.0%
3 low · 3 high	95	6.0%	5.7%
4 low · 2 high	66	4.2%	4.0%
5 low · 1 high	15	0.9%	1.4%
6 low · 0 high	5	0.3%	0.2%
0 low · 7 high	3	0.2%	0.1%
1 low · 6 high	16	1.0%	1.3%
2 low · 5 high	76	4.8%	4.8%
3 low · 4 high	125	7.9%	8.7%
4 low · 3 high	133	8.4%	8.1%
5 low · 2 high	79	5.0%	3.9%
6 low · 1 high	10	0.6%	0.9%
7 low · 0 high	2	0.1%	0.1%

Consecutive numbers

The longest run of consecutive numbers in each draw, e.g. 17-18 is 2 in a row.

52.6% of draws had at least two consecutive numbers (chance: 52.5%).

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Consecutive numbers	Draws	% of draws	Chance
None	753	47.4%	47.5%
2 in a row	717	45.2%	45.5%
3 in a row	106	6.7%	6.4%
4 in a row	10	0.6%	0.7%
5+ in a row	1	0.1%	0.1%

Repeats from the previous draw

How many of each draw's numbers were also drawn in the draw before.

59.0% of draws repeated at least one number from the previous draw (chance: 59.4%).

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Repeats from the previous draw	Draws	% of draws	Chance
0	649	41.0%	40.6%
1	572	36.1%	38.9%
2	293	18.5%	16.1%
3	57	3.6%	3.9%
4	12	0.8%	0.5%
5	1	0.1%	0.0%

Do some numbers pay more when they win?

Whatever you pick, your chance of winning is exactly the same. Prizes get shared, though. When lots of people chose the winning numbers, each winner gets a smaller slice.

When 5 of the winning numbers were 1–31, prizes were 6% lower than usual. With 2, they were 8% higher.

People avoid consecutive numbers: each pair like 22-23 among the winning numbers meant prizes 2.1% higher.
People avoid numbers from the previous draw: each one drawn again meant prizes 0.9% higher.

Prizes by how many winning numbers were 1–31

Numbers 1–31 can be birthdays, so more people pick them. The bars show how prizes compared with a normal draw.

How prizes change when each number is drawn

1 +1%

2 -1%

3 -3%

4 -0%

5 -4%

6 +0%

7 -5%

8 -4%

9 -2%

10 -1%

11 -5%

12 -2%

13 -4%

14 +1%

15 +0%

16 +2%

17 -1%

18 -1%

19 -4%

20 +0%

21 -1%

22 -2%

23 -2%

24 -0%

25 +1%

26 -0%

27 -3%

28 -2%

29 -1%

30 +1%

31 +2%

32 +4%

33 +3%

34 +4%

35 +3%

36 +0%

37 +0%

38 +2%

39 +2%

40 +3%

41 +4%

42 +3%

43 +4%

44 +3%

45 +4%

Most over-picked: 11, 7, 19, 8, 13. Least picked: 32, 45, 34, 41, 43. Faded numbers aren't clearly different from normal.

How this is worked out, and the table

Each prize is compared with the typical prize for the same division in the 25 draws around it. We use divisions with hundreds of winners (here 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), where one extra winner barely moves the prize. Promotional draws with boosted prizes are left out. Ticket sales cancel out, because more sales mean a bigger pool and more winners. What's left mostly comes down to how many people picked the winning numbers. Each number's effect comes from a regression across 1,587 draws and is shown against the median number.


1	+1.1%	0.5	211
2	-0.5%	0.5	229
3	-3.0%	0.5	220
4	-0.4%	0.5	226
5	-3.6%	0.4	247
6	+0.0%	0.5	228
7	-5.0%	0.5	245
8	-3.8%	0.5	227
9	-1.7%	0.5	230
10	-1.3%	0.5	211
11	-5.0%	0.5	234
12	-1.9%	0.5	221
13	-3.8%	0.5	227
14	+0.8%	0.5	228
15	+0.5%	0.5	221
16	+2.0%	0.5	222
17	-0.8%	0.5	238
18	-1.3%	0.5	232
19	-4.4%	0.5	243
20	+0.3%	0.5	220
21	-1.2%	0.5	214
22	-1.5%	0.4	251
23	-1.6%	0.5	243
24	-0.1%	0.5	238
25	+0.9%	0.5	226
26	-0.5%	0.5	220
27	-2.7%	0.5	212
28	-1.7%	0.5	210
29	-1.2%	0.5	221
30	+1.5%	0.5	230
31	+1.9%	0.5	211
32	+4.5%	0.5	234
33	+2.7%	0.5	213
34	+3.7%	0.5	232
35	+2.9%	0.5	212
36	+0.4%	0.6	143
37	+0.5%	0.6	137
38	+2.2%	0.6	141
39	+1.7%	0.6	137
40	+2.9%	0.6	129
41	+3.7%	0.7	99
42	+3.2%	0.7	100
43	+3.5%	0.7	83
44	+3.2%	0.7	96
45	+4.1%	0.7	98

Jackpot runs and ticket sales

When nobody wins division 1, the prize pool rolls over to the next draw and the jackpot grows. Ticket sales are estimated from how many people won the lowest division.

Division 1 won: 30% of 1,587 draws
Longest run without a winner: 9 draws Jun 2018
Current run: Won last draw
Biggest division 1 pool: $200M Feb 2024

How many draws it takes to win division 1

1 means it was won in the very next draw after the last win.

Ticket sales as the jackpot rolls over

Median estimated games per draw, by how many draws since the last win.

Estimated ticket sales over time

Median estimated games per draw, by month. Peaks are big jackpots.

Biggest division 1 pools

Draw	Date	Pool	Winners	Each
1446	01 Feb 2024	$200M	2	$100M
1380	27 Oct 2022	$160M	3	$53.33M
1462	23 May 2024	$150M	1	$150M
1218	19 Sep 2019	$150M	3	$50M
1345	24 Feb 2022	$126.6M	2	$63.31M
1209	18 Jul 2019	$110M	3	$36.67M
1183	17 Jan 2019	$107.6M	1	$107.6M
1389	29 Dec 2022	$100M	3	$33.33M
1414	22 Jun 2023	$100M	1	$100M
1475	22 Aug 2024	$100M	1	$100M

Are the draws fair?

Test	What it checks	Draws	p-value	Verdict
Number balanceEvery main number comes up about equally often	Every main number comes up about equally often	1,587	0.99	Consistent with chance
Powerball balanceEvery powerball number comes up about equally often	Every powerball number comes up about equally often	1,587	0.42	Consistent with chance
Odd and evenOdd/even splits happen as often as chance predicts	Odd/even splits happen as often as chance predicts	1,587	0.65	Consistent with chance
Low and highLow/high splits happen as often as chance predicts	Low/high splits happen as often as chance predicts	1,587	0.065	Consistent with chance
Consecutive numbersRuns like 17-18 happen as often as chance predicts	Runs like 17-18 happen as often as chance predicts	1,587	0.96	Consistent with chance
Independent drawsNumbers carry over from the previous draw only as often as chance predicts	Numbers carry over from the previous draw only as often as chance predicts	1,584	0.024	Consistent with chance
First ball drawnNo number tends to come out of the machine first	No number tends to come out of the machine first	1,587	0.94	Consistent with chance

Each test checks what happened against the exact chances (a chi-square test). The p-value says how often pure chance would give a result at least this far off. 0.26 means 26% of the time, which is nothing special. Under 0.01 counts as slightly unusual, and under 0.001 as unusual. Run enough tests and one slightly unusual result turns up by luck fairly often, so the overall verdict allows for that.

Number trends over time

Hot numbers don't stay hot. Over 30 years, each year's 10 most-drawn numbers came up 99% as often as chance predicts the next year. 100% would mean no carry-over at all.

Each number, year by year

Red means a number came up less than chance predicts that year, blue means more. Hover over a square for the counts. Each number only comes up so many times a year, so colour swings like these are what luck alone produces.

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Longest droughts

Number	Draws without it	When
20	85	Dec 2004 – Jul 2006
9	82	Oct 2009 – May 2011
35	76	Aug 2006 – Jan 2008
34	61	Aug 2009 – Oct 2010
23	60	Dec 1997 – Feb 1999
21	59	Mar 1999 – Apr 2000
36	56	Sep 1997 – Sep 1998
39	56	Feb 2001 – Mar 2002
41	56	May 2003 – Jun 2004
31	55	Sep 1996 – Sep 1997

Longest current gaps

Number	Draws since drawn	Last drawn
33	19	04 Jun 2026
25	16	25 Jun 2026
4	13	16 Jul 2026
5	13	16 Jul 2026
31	11	30 Jul 2026
26	9	13 Aug 2026
35	9	13 Aug 2026
9	8	20 Aug 2026
13	7	27 Aug 2026
21	7	27 Aug 2026

On average a number goes about 4 draws between appearances. Being "overdue" doesn't make it any more likely to come up next. The balls don't remember.

Sum and spread of each draw

Half of all draws have main numbers adding up to between 101 and 138. The average sum is 118.8, against 119.4 expected by chance.

Middle sums only turn up a lot because more combinations add up to them. Every single ticket has exactly the same chance, whether it's 1-2-3-4-5-6 or a set that looks "typical". So picking for a middle sum won't help you win. Odd-looking tickets can even pay more when they do win, because fewer people pick them.

Sum of the main numbers

Spread: highest minus lowest number

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Sum	Draws	% of draws	Chance
20–29	1	0.1%	0.0%
30–39	2	0.1%	0.1%
40–49	1	0.1%	0.3%
50–59	16	1.0%	0.9%
60–69	27	1.7%	2.0%
70–79	72	4.5%	3.9%
80–89	114	7.2%	6.5%
90–99	172	10.8%	9.5%
100–109	203	12.8%	12.3%
110–119	214	13.5%	14.1%
120–129	208	13.1%	14.2%
130–139	190	12.0%	12.7%
140–149	142	8.9%	9.9%
150–159	104	6.6%	6.7%
160–169	59	3.7%	3.9%
170–179	41	2.6%	1.9%
180–189	16	1.0%	0.8%
190–199	4	0.3%	0.2%
200–209	1	0.1%	0.0%

Spread	Draws	% of draws	Chance
6–8	4	0.3%	0.1%
9–11	6	0.4%	0.5%
12–14	27	1.7%	1.4%
15–17	55	3.5%	3.0%
18–20	93	5.9%	5.5%
21–23	149	9.4%	8.9%
24–26	200	12.6%	12.9%
27–29	254	16.0%	16.5%
30–32	293	18.5%	17.9%
33–35	207	13.0%	14.0%
36–38	161	10.1%	10.0%
39–41	98	6.2%	6.5%
42–44	40	2.5%	3.0%

Prize trends by division

What one winner got in each division, in dollars at the time (not adjusted for inflation). Promotional draws with boosted prizes are left out.

Div	Needs	Typical now	Lowest – highest	Change
1	7 winning numbers + Powerball	$20,000,000	Range $3M – $150M	+33% since 2018
2	7 winning numbers	$151,320	Range $7.81K – $655K	+59% since 2018
3	6 winning numbers + Powerball	$12,838	Range $1.37K – $31.3K	+180% since 2018
4	6 winning numbers	$558.23	Range $170 – $840	+30% since 2018
5	5 winning numbers + Powerball	$211.20	Range $104 – $252	+37% since 2018
6	4 winning numbers + Powerball	$89.22	Range $56.85 – $101	+27% since 2018
7	5 winning numbers	$52.70	Range $32.45 – $61.05	+25% since 2018
8	3 winning numbers + Powerball	$23.77	Range $15.35 – $26.00	+38% since 2018
9	2 winning numbers + Powerball	$14.30	Range $9.80 – $15.10	+36% since 2018

Earlier rules (15 divisions)

1	5 winning numbers + Powerball	$10,000,000	Range $541K – $58.7M	+9% since 1996
1	6 winning numbers + Powerball	$8,022,314	Range $1.5M – $70M	-82% since 2013
2	5 winning numbers	$69,848	Range $8K – $290K	+39% since 1996
2	6 winning numbers	$73,781	Range $9.7K – $401K	-6% since 2013
3	4 winning numbers + Powerball	$6,217	Range $1.05K – $13.1K	+23% since 1996
3	5 winning numbers + Powerball	$6,385	Range $3.17K – $19.6K	+3% since 2013
4	3 winning numbers + Powerball	$127.95	Range $55.30 – $169	+25% since 1996
4	5 winning numbers	$186.20	Range $102 – $262	-2% since 2013
5	4 winning numbers	$66.03	Range $21.25 – $89.45	+24% since 1996
5	4 winning numbers + Powerball	$62.60	Range $40.60 – $80.65	+0% since 2013
6	2 winning numbers + Powerball	$26.20	Range $15.30 – $30.60	+33% since 1996
6	3 winning numbers + Powerball	$38.60	Range $30.85 – $45.95	+3% since 2013
7	3 winning numbers	$14.28	Range $7.45 – $17.50	+38% since 1996
7	4 winning numbers	$26.12	Range $18.80 – $31.30	+0% since 2013
8	2 winning numbers + Powerball	$13.65	Range $11.85 – $15.70	+1% since 2013

3: 6 winning numbers + Powerball

Median prize each year, with the middle half of draws shaded. Press "Chart" in the table to switch division.

More stats #1144–now: 7 from 35 + 1 powerball (current format)

Draws since each number last came up

Main numbers. 0 means it came up in the latest draw.

Hot last 50 draws

Number	Drawn	Expected
15	19	10.0
22	15	10.0
27	15	10.0
34	14	10.0
11	14	10.0
17	13	10.0
9	12	10.0
25	12	10.0

Cold last 50 draws

Number	Drawn	Expected
31	3	10.0
33	4	10.0
21	5	10.0
8	5	10.0
10	6	10.0
5	8	10.0
23	8	10.0
35	8	10.0

Division 1 prize per winner

Draws with at least one division 1 winner (121 of 444). Log scale.

Data completeness all eras

Draws on record: 1,587 (#1–1587)
Missing draw numbers: 0
Without prize data: 0
Without the drawn order: 0

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