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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 8 May 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 13
  4. 21
  5. 28
  6. 34
  7. 4

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 62 of 267 under them

← 2014-05-01All recent draws2014-05-15 →

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 8 13 21 28 34 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 61 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 8 May 2014 — 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 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread33th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

78times
810times
1310times
219times
28

Prize breakdown · 2014-05-08

  • Paid outA$10.1Mto 198k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$6M

Where the money went

  • 160%A$6M
  • 68.5%A$859.2K
  • 818%A$1.8M
  • 5 other tiers14%A$1.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 11A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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9times
3414times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

43times

Every number was expected about that many times after 61 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 6 numbers (8, 13, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 February 2014 — its closest relative in 61 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2014): 21, 28 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5
A$44,146
  • 337A$6,241
  • 41,012A$128
  • 51,697A$58.05
  • 623,800A$36.10
  • 736,407A$21.15
  • 8134,736A$13.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$6,000,000
    25A$44,146
    337A$6,241
    41,012A$128
    51,697A$58.05
    623,800A$36.10
    736,407A$21.15
    8134,736A$13.10