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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 26 February 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 22
  6. 36
  7. 9

JackpotA$15,260,074

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 104 of 267 under them

← 2015-02-19All recent draws2015-03-05 →

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 8 18 19 22 36 + 929 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 103 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 26 February 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

516times
816times
1814times
1917times
22

Prize breakdown · 2015-02-26

  • Paid outA$23.6Mto 392k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$15.3M

Where the money went

  • 165%A$15.3M
  • 67.5%A$1.8M
  • 815%A$3.6M
  • 5 other tiers13%A$3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$15,260,075

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14times
3616times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

93times

Every number was expected about that many times after 103 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, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 December 2014 — its closest relative in 103 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 February 2015): 36 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 12 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 1.1× 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 →
2
4
A$113,045
  • 389A$5,315
  • 41,651A$160
  • 53,621A$55.70
  • 648,666A$36.15
  • 767,242A$23.50
  • 8270,977A$13.35
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$15,260,075
    24A$113,045
    389A$5,315
    41,651A$160
    53,621A$55.70
    648,666A$36.15
    767,242A$23.50
    8270,977A$13.35