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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 5 May 2011

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 27
  3. 31
  4. 32
  5. 40
  6. 25

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 123 of 218 under them

← 2011-04-28All recent draws2011-05-12 →

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 feed2 27 31 32 40 + 2529 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 122 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 5 May 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread81th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

217times
2711times
3114times
3215times
40

Prize breakdown · 2011-05-05

  • Paid outA$3.3Mto 48k winning lines
  • 216 winnersA$70.7K

Where the money went

  • 234%A$1.1M
  • 316%A$517.1K
  • 631%A$1M
  • 2 other tiers19%A$630.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 216A$70,661
  2. 3

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

253times

Every number was expected about that many times after 122 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 (31, 32, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 July 2010 — its closest relative in 122 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 55% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 April 2011): 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

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 23 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 →
70
A$7,387
  • 43,014A$134
  • 53,350A$68.00
  • 641,214A$24.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10—
    216A$70,661
    370A$7,387
    43,014A$134
    53,350A$68.00
    641,214A$24.90