Powerball statistics & number patterns

Before you read these numbers

That said, frequency analysis is fun and reveals some interesting quirks. Just don't bet the mortgage based on what's "due to hit."

Most drawn white balls (top 10)

Based on all Powerball drawings from October 2015 (when the current 5/69 + 1/26 matrix was introduced) through June 2026 — approximately 1,650 drawings.

Expected frequency at perfect randomness: ~7.2% (each number appears once every ~14 drawings on average). High-frequency numbers are within normal variance.

Least drawn white balls (bottom 10)

Number 13 has lived up to its unlucky reputation in this dataset, appearing fewer times than any other white ball.

Most drawn Powerballs (red ball)

The Powerball is drawn from a separate pool of 26 numbers. Each Powerball is expected to appear in ~3.8% of drawings.

Hot & cold — last 50 drawings

Looking at only the most recent 50 drawings (roughly the past 4 months), these patterns emerge. This is the "recent form" most number-trackers care about.

Hot white balls (drawn 5+ times recently)

Cold white balls (not drawn in last 50)

Reminder: cold doesn't mean "due." The probability of any number coming up next is still 1/69 regardless of recent activity.

Power Play multiplier frequency

Power Play multipliers are weighted — lower multipliers come up more often than higher ones. The 10× multiplier is only available when the jackpot is $150 million or less, making it especially rare.

Number patterns

Even vs Odd

Across all five white balls, the long-term split is almost exactly 50/50 even-to-odd. In any given drawing, however, the distribution is rarely balanced. About 60% of drawings produce 3 of one parity and 2 of the other (the most likely outcome by probability). All-odd or all-even drawings happen roughly 1 in 60 times.

Low vs High

Numbers 1–34 vs 35–69. Again, the long-term distribution is balanced, but each drawing skews one direction more often than not. The mathematically most likely split is 2-3 or 3-2 (low-to-high), which together account for over 60% of drawings.

Consecutive numbers

Two consecutive numbers (e.g. 23 and 24) appear in approximately 30% of drawings — more often than most casual players guess. Three or more consecutive numbers appear in about 5% of drawings.

Sum of white balls

The five white balls sum to between 5 and 335. The actual distribution is normal-ish, centered around 175. About 70% of drawings have a sum between 100 and 250.

The Gambler's Fallacy

Many number-pickers fall into thinking "number 13 hasn't come up in a while — it's overdue." This is the gambler's fallacy. Powerball balls have no memory. Each drawing's outcome is fully independent of every previous drawing.

The same logic applies in reverse: "number 61 has been coming up a lot — it's hot." The next time the ball machine spins, 61 has exactly the same 1/69 chance as every other number.