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White ball 49 history and statistics
How number 49 has appeared across 1,380 Powerball drawings since the October 2015 format change.
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What the numbers mean
Across 1,380 drawings, White ball 49 appeared 81 times. A perfectly fair draw would produce about 100 appearances, so this number is running 19% fewer than expected. Gaps of this size still occur regularly by chance alone and do not indicate any bias in the drawing equipment. On average that is 7.5 appearances per year.
Each drawing is independent. Nothing on this page changes the odds of White ball 49 being drawn next time—those odds are 5 in 69 every single draw, regardless of history.
Recent performance
Number 49 by drawing range
Appearance history
Most recent appearances
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Winning numbers after each drawing, or a weekly summary of how the statistics moved. No picks, no predictions, no hype.
Historical patterns are not predictions.
Every valid Powerball combination has the same mathematical probability in the next independent drawing.