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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 21 August 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 19
  5. 32
  6. 40
  7. 12

JackpotA$71,809,241

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 77 of 267 under them

← 2014-08-14All recent draws2014-08-28 →

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 feed5 7 8 19 32 40 + 1229 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 76 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 21 August 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

59times
710times
814times
1912times
32

Prize breakdown · 2014-08-21

  • Paid outA$108.7Mto 1.7M winning lines
  • 12 winnersA$35.9M

Where the money went

  • 166%A$71.8M
  • 67.2%A$7.8M
  • 815%A$16M
  • 5 other tiers12%A$13.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 12

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15times
408times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 76 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 (5, 8, 19) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 June 2013 — its closest relative in 76 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2014): 8 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

19 had not appeared for 10 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 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$35,904,621
  • 227A$74,016
  • 3356A$5,873
  • 46,581A$178
  • 515,223A$58.55
  • 6211,202A$36.85
  • 7285,992A$24.40
  • 81,219,107A$13.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    12A$35,904,621
    227A$74,016
    3356A$5,873
    46,581A$178
    515,223A$58.55
    6211,202A$36.85
    7285,992A$24.40
    81,219,107A$13.10