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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 14 May 2009

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 13
  3. 17
  4. 34
  5. 41
  6. 24

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 20 of 218 under them

← 2009-05-07All recent draws2009-05-21 →

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 feed6 13 17 34 41 + 2429 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 19 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 14 May 2009 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

62times
134times
170times
340times
41

Prize breakdown · 2009-05-14

  • Paid outA$8.2Mto 35k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$6M

Where the money went

  • 173%A$6M
  • 29.3%A$768.5K
  • 68.5%A$697.6K
  • 3 other tiers9.5%A$780.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 11A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

241time

Every number was expected about that many times after 19 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (6, 41) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 January 2009 — its closest relative in 19 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 May 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

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 11 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 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
56
A$13,724
  • 366A$5,326
  • 42,325A$118
  • 53,164A$48.95
  • 629,190A$23.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$6,000,000
    256A$13,724
    366A$5,326
    42,325A$118
    53,164A$48.95
    629,190A$23.90