Powerball · number 5
Powerball — number 5
Five white balls (1–69) plus one red Powerball (1–26). Outcome space: 292,201,338 combinations. Multi-state.
3,822 draws1992-04-22 → 2026-06-29current era: 5/69 + 1/26 (2015–present)
5
number 5 in Powerball
85 appearances on record · rank #64 of 69
Times drawn
85
rank #64 of 69
Last drawn
2026-05-02
25 draws ago
Current gap
25
draws since last hit
Vs. expected
-14.6%
if draws were perfectly uniform
Myth check
A 25-draw gap doesn’t make number 5 “due.” Draws are independent: its chance next time is exactly what it always is (set by the pool size), regardless of how long it’s been. The below-expected count here is ordinary sampling noise across 69 numbers.
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