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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 26 August 2010

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 17
  3. 27
  4. 37
  5. 41
  6. 34

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 87 of 218 under them

← 2010-08-19All recent draws2010-09-02 →

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 feed7 17 27 37 41 + 3429 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 86 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 26 August 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd99th
  • low32th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

77times
1710times
275times
3712times
41

Prize breakdown · 2010-08-26

  • Paid outA$20.5Mto 41k winning lines
  • 13 winnersA$6M

Where the money went

  • 188%A$18M
  • 24.1%A$846.9K
  • 63.8%A$767.9K
  • 3 other tiers4.2%A$860.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 13A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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10times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

345times

Every number was expected about that many times after 86 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 3 of 5 numbers (17, 27, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 November 2009 — its closest relative in 86 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 43% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2010): 41 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 68th 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

7 had not appeared for 12 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
95
A$8,914
  • 3163A$2,376
  • 42,457A$123
  • 630,171A$25.45
  • 58,036A$21.25
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    13A$6,000,000
    295A$8,914
    3163A$2,376
    42,457A$123
    58,036A$21.25
    630,171A$25.45