Current-matrix leaders
Across all 1,395 current-matrix draws through Aug 17, 2026, the leading white balls are 61, 21, 64, 28, 27.
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These are historical leaders, not better future bets.
See which Powerball numbers have appeared most often, least often and gone longest without appearing — then change the time window and watch the answer change.
We compare like with like from October 7, 2015, when the current 5/69 + 1/26 Powerball matrix began.
Change the sample, switch between white balls and the red Powerball, then rank numbers by frequency, coldness, how far above expectation they sit, or how long they have been absent.
Click any number for its full history inside this sample.
Across all 1,395 current-matrix draws through Aug 17, 2026, the leading white balls are 61, 21, 64, 28, 27.
These are historical leaders, not better future bets.
Raw totals are more useful when you compare them with the average count a number would be expected to produce across the same number of draws.
These totals use all 1,395 draws from October 7, 2015 through August 17, 2026. They are included in the HTML as well as recalculated from the MLL history database, so the page answers the core search immediately.
61 currently leads with 124 appearances, followed by 21 and 64. The expected average across this sample is 101.1 appearances per white ball.
| Rank | Number | Drawn | Expected | Vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 | 124 | 101.1 | +22.9 |
| 2 | 21 | 123 | 101.1 | +21.9 |
| 3 | 64 | 122 | 101.1 | +20.9 |
| 4 | 28 | 119 | 101.1 | +17.9 |
| 5 | 27 | 118 | 101.1 | +16.9 |
| 6 | 36 | 117 | 101.1 | +15.9 |
| 7 | 63 | 117 | 101.1 | +15.9 |
| 8 | 23 | 116 | 101.1 | +14.9 |
| 9 | 32 | 116 | 101.1 | +14.9 |
| 10 | 33 | 115 | 101.1 | +13.9 |
4 currently leads the red Powerball pool with 66 appearances. The expected average across this sample is 53.7 appearances per red ball.
| Rank | Powerball | Drawn | Expected | Vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 66 | 53.7 | +12.3 |
| 2 | 14 | 65 | 53.7 | +11.3 |
| 3 | 21 | 63 | 53.7 | +9.3 |
| 4 | 24 | 62 | 53.7 | +8.3 |
| 5 | 18 | 61 | 53.7 | +7.3 |
| 6 | 5 | 60 | 53.7 | +6.3 |
| 7 | 20 | 60 | 53.7 | +6.3 |
| 8 | 25 | 60 | 53.7 | +6.3 |
| 9 | 1 | 59 | 53.7 | +5.3 |
| 10 | 3 | 57 | 53.7 | +3.3 |
Cold means lower historical frequency in this comparable sample — not a number that is less likely next time.
The red pool is analyzed separately because only one Powerball is drawn from 26 on each draw.
“Hot” is a label for past frequency. If number 61 appears 12 times in a 100-draw sample while another number appears 4 times, 61 is hotter in that sample. Change the sample to 20 draws, however, and a completely different number can lead.
That is why this page does not publish one permanent list of “best Powerball numbers.” The tool lets you see short-term frequency and long-term frequency side by side, while the expected-count calculation shows whether a total is simply above or below the sample average.
A number can be historically hot and still have exactly the same chance of appearing in the next draw as a historically cold number. Frequency is descriptive, not predictive.
“Overdue” only measures how many completed draws have passed since a number last appeared. It does not mean the lottery is required to catch up.
No. A long gap can feel meaningful because people naturally expect random events to balance themselves quickly. But the balls do not remember how long a number has been absent. An overdue number remains one valid number among the same current pool on the next draw.
The same selected time window also changes these pattern statistics, letting you inspect draw structure without pretending it predicts the next result.
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No. A pair appearing together several times is an observation about previous draws. The pair table is useful for exploring history, not for converting past coincidence into a future advantage.
They often look unusual on a ticket, but combinations containing consecutive values are perfectly valid. The tool measures the share of recent draws containing at least one consecutive white-ball pair so you can compare perception with actual results.
Choose how you want the line themed. Every generated line still has the same jackpot odds as any other valid line.
This does not improve your odds. It is simply a transparent way to turn the historical filters above into a playable-looking line.
Powerball has changed its number matrix several times. The current game uses five white balls from 1–69 and one red Powerball from 1–26, a format introduced on October 7, 2015. Comparing raw counts across older matrices creates an uneven contest because some current numbers were not available for the same amount of time.
For example, a number in the 60s can look artificially “cold” in an all-era table if the comparison starts when the white-ball pool ended below 60. MLL therefore uses the current matrix as the default statistical era. That makes frequency comparisons between numbers 1–69 materially fairer.
A number can lead the last 20 draws and sit near the middle over 250 draws. That is not a contradiction; it is exactly what changing the sample should reveal. Use shorter periods to inspect recent clusters and longer periods to see whether those clusters persist.
Five white balls are selected from 69 on every draw, but only one red Powerball is selected from 26. For that reason, the expected number of appearances is different. The tool always calculates each pool independently and never ranks a white-ball count against a red-ball count.
Yes. A ball appearing in the previous drawing remains eligible in the next one. The “repeat from previous draw” statistic above shows how often at least one white ball carried over from one selected draw to the next.
“Hot” and “lucky” are not the same thing. Hot describes measured historical frequency. Lucky is personal. Neither changes the probability assigned to a valid number in the next random draw. Human number choice can matter in a different way: popular birthdays, patterns and familiar combinations may increase the chance of splitting a prize if that combination wins, even though they do not change the chance of the combination being drawn.
Only draws from the current 5/69 + 1/26 matrix are included by default, beginning October 7, 2015.
The page now reads Powerball history from MLL Data Manager v0.5.0 inside WordPress. The database is seeded from verified public draw records, deduplicated by draw key and extended only after a confirmed result is stored.
Frequency, recency, pair counts and expected values are historical statistics only. They are not assigned predictive power.
Your browser requests the read-only history from /wp-json/mll-ldm/v1/history/us_powerball on My Lottery Life itself. It does not contact Powerball or another lottery operator when a visitor loads this page. If that local endpoint is unavailable, the page keeps working from its verified embedded snapshot.
A hot Powerball number is simply one that has appeared more often than others over the period you choose. The answer changes when you switch between the last 10, 20, 50, 100 or 250 draws and the full current-format era.
No. Historical frequency describes past draws. Each valid white ball has the same chance to appear in the next draw, and each valid red Powerball has the same chance as every other red Powerball.
Cold numbers are numbers that have appeared less often than others in the selected sample. A cold number is not due and is not less likely to appear next.
On this page, overdue means the number has gone the greatest number of completed draws since its most recent appearance. It is a measure of recency, not a prediction.
The current Powerball matrix of five white balls from 1–69 plus one red Powerball from 1–26 began on October 7, 2015. Starting there lets every current number be compared under the same game rules.
Powerball has changed its number pools several times. Raw lifetime counts can unfairly make numbers introduced in later matrices appear less frequent simply because they were unavailable in earlier draws.
The tool uses all current-matrix draws available to MLL from October 7, 2015 through the latest confirmed draw shown at the top of the page. Its verified embedded safety snapshot contains 1,395 draws through August 17, 2026, while the live MLL history database can extend beyond that automatically.
Yes. White balls use a 1–69 pool with five numbers drawn each time. The red Powerball uses a separate 1–26 pool with one number drawn. Their expected frequencies are therefore different.
It is the average count a number would be expected to produce over many draws if every draw is random: selected draws × 5/69 for a white ball, or selected draws × 1/26 for the red Powerball.
Yes. Previous results do not remove numbers from future drawings. One or more numbers can repeat from the immediately previous draw.
Consecutive numbers such as 27 and 28 can occur naturally. The tool measures how often at least one consecutive white-ball pair appears in the selected sample.
The pairs table counts how often two white balls appeared together in the same draw for the selected period. It does not imply that the pair is more likely to appear together next time.
None has better draw odds. If you enjoy using historical patterns, the history-based line builder can create a line from hot, overdue or balanced pools, while the random option behaves like a simple Quick Pick-style generator.
No. Every valid number has the same draw probability. Numbers above 31 may be selected less often by people who base choices on birthdays, which can matter to the chance of sharing a prize if a popular combination wins.
UK participants use the same shared Powerball drawing. This page analyzes the shared winning draw numbers rather than a separate UK-only set.
The page reads the local MLL Data Manager history database on each page load. When a newly confirmed Powerball result has been appended by the server-side collector, the frequency, overdue, pair and pattern statistics recalculate automatically. A verified embedded snapshot remains available if the local history endpoint cannot be reached.