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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 12 May 2011

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 16
  5. 26
  6. 1

JackpotA$15,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 124 of 218 under them

← 2011-05-05All recent draws2011-05-19 →

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 7 8 16 26 + 129 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 123 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 12 May 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread20th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

218times
714times
811times
169times
26

Prize breakdown · 2011-05-12

  • Paid outA$18.7Mto 61k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$15M

Where the money went

  • 180%A$15M
  • 26.7%A$1.3M
  • 66.1%A$1.1M
  • 3 other tiers6.9%A$1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$15,000,000
  2. 2

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

12times

Every number was expected about that many times after 123 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 (2, 7) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 March 2011 — its closest relative in 123 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2011): 2 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

59

The numbers add up to 59 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 34 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 3.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
54
A$23,356
  • 3142A$4,062
  • 44,355A$103
  • 55,138A$49.45
  • 651,298A$22.30
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$15,000,000
    254A$23,356
    3142A$4,062
    44,355A$103
    55,138A$49.45
    651,298A$22.30