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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 31 May 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 10
  4. 12
  5. 27
  6. 29

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 179 of 218 under them

← 2012-05-24All recent draws2012-06-07 →

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 feed1 5 10 12 27 + 2929 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 178 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 31 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd65th
  • low89th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread27th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

121times
525times
1016times
1214times
27

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-31

  • Paid outA$2.7Mto 44k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$6M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$916.5K
  • 316%A$419.2K
  • 631%A$831.2K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$511.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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15times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

294times

Every number was expected about that many times after 178 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 (5, 10) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 March 2012 — its closest relative in 178 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 May 2012): 27 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

55

The numbers add up to 55 — the 1th 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

10 had not appeared for 10 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 2.9× 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 →
27
A$33,946
  • 399A$4,234
  • 43,223A$101
  • 54,232A$43.65
  • 636,297A$22.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$6,000,000
    227A$33,946
    399A$4,234
    43,223A$101
    54,232A$43.65
    636,297A$22.90