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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 14 May 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 27
  4. 29
  5. 31
  6. 38
  7. 1

JackpotA$15,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 115 of 267 under them

← 2015-05-07All recent draws2015-05-21 →

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 13 27 29 31 38 + 129 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 114 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 14 May 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd95th
  • low21th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread69th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

518times
1319times
2718times
2922times
31

Prize breakdown · 2015-05-14

  • Paid outA$7Mto 303k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$15M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$1.5M
  • 719%A$1.3M
  • 843%A$3M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$1.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$15,000,000
  2. 2

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15times
3816times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

15times

Every number was expected about that many times after 114 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, 13, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 January 2015 — its closest relative in 114 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 May 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 77th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 16 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3
A$126,212
  • 365A$6,094
  • 41,557A$142
  • 52,641A$63.95
  • 635,419A$41.60
  • 756,073A$23.60
  • 8207,323A$14.60
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$15,000,000
    23A$126,212
    365A$6,094
    41,557A$142
    52,641A$63.95
    635,419A$41.60
    756,073A$23.60
    8207,323A$14.60