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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 7 May 2009

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 9

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 19 of 218 under them

← 2009-04-30All recent draws2009-05-14 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed16 18 37 38 39 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 18 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 May 2009 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread17th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

162times
182times
373times
380times
39

Prize breakdown · 2009-05-07

  • Paid outA$2Mto 33k winning lines
  • 29 winnersA$77.7K

Where the money went

  • 234%A$699.3K
  • 316%A$319.8K
  • 631%A$634.6K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$390.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 29A$77,704
  2. 3

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3times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

90times

Every number was expected about that many times after 18 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (37, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 February 2009 — its closest relative in 18 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2009): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38, 38–39. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
52
A$6,151
  • 42,077A$120
  • 52,204A$63.95
  • 628,523A$22.25
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10—
    29A$77,704
    352A$6,151
    42,077A$120
    52,204A$63.95
    628,523A$22.25