Collatz × Powerball
Take any number. If it's even, halve it. If it's odd, triple it and add one. Repeat. Every number ever tested eventually reaches 1 — but nobody has proven it must. Here are the paths all 69 Powerball numbers take on their way down.
How it works
Each of the 69 numbers starts at the center. At every step, the path turns left on an even value (halving) and right on an odd value (3n+1), walking a fixed distance. Turn angle is 0.15 radians.
The five numbers from the most recent draw (2026-04-18: 24, 25, 39, 46, 61) are rendered in bright color with labels. The other 64 are drawn faintly behind them, so you can see how the highlighted paths sit within the full family.
This visualization isn't predictive — Collatz paths are fully deterministic from the starting number, so it has nothing to say about the next draw. It's just a way of asking: does a random draw pick a visually distinctive subset of the 69? Usually, no. Occasionally, yes.