← Powerball42
Appearances of number 42 over 1984 draws: appeared in 138 of 1984 draws.
Number 42
96 appearances in Powerball history
- Appearances
- 96
- % of draws
- 6.89%
- Current gap
- 11
- Average gap
- 14.49
- Median gap
- 12
- Max gap
- 61
- First seen
- Oct 21, 2015
- Last seen
- Jul 29, 2026
Could this absence happen by chance?
How the observed value compares with real history and with fair, independent random draws.
- Current absence (draws)
- 11
- Within real history
- 53.7%
- of historical values were ≥ observed
- In simulated random history
- 100.0%
- of 40 simulated histories (seed 20260601)
A gap this long is common — it occurred in 54% of comparable cases. Nothing unusual here.
Past frequency never changes the odds of a future draw — this only describes how remarkable the observation is.
Position breakdown
How often number 42 landed in each sorted slot of the 5 drawn numbers — 1st = lowest drawn number, 5th = highest.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| 1st | 0 |
| 2nd | 16 |
| 3rd | 33 |
| 4th | 31 |
| 5th | 16 |
| Sorted position | Appearances | % of appearances |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | 16 | 16.7% |
| 3rd | 33 | 34.4% |
| 4th | 31 | 32.3% |
| 5th | 16 | 16.7% |
Appearance timeline
Every draw in the dataset, oldest to newest — a peak means number 42 was drawn.
Recent appearances
- Jul 29, 2026View →
- Jun 1, 2026View →
- May 4, 2026View →
- May 2, 2026View →
- Apr 8, 2026View →
- Apr 6, 2026View →
- Mar 28, 2026View →
- Mar 14, 2026View →
- Mar 4, 2026View →
- Feb 7, 2026View →
- Sep 22, 2025View →
- Sep 15, 2025View →
- Sep 13, 2025View →
- Jul 21, 2025View →
- Jun 23, 2025View →
Showing the most recent 15 of 96 appearances.
Most co-drawn with 42
- 12× together4252
- 10× together4219
- 9× together4230
- 9× together4240
- 9× together4220
- 9× together4228
- 9× together4233
- 8× together4229
- 8× together4214
- 8× together4248