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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 28 May 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 25
  2. 26
  3. 29
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 39
  7. 2

JackpotA$50,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 117 of 267 under them

← 2015-05-21All recent draws2015-06-04 →

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 feed25 26 29 31 37 39 + 229 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 116 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 28 May 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

16oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 16 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd95th
  • low1th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

2517times
2623times
2923times
3117times
37

Prize breakdown · 2015-05-28

  • Paid outA$69.9Mto 850k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$50M

Where the money went

  • 172%A$50M
  • 66.0%A$4.2M
  • 812%A$8.6M
  • 5 other tiers10%A$7.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$50,000,000

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19times
3916times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

29times

Every number was expected about that many times after 116 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 (26, 31, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 January 2015 — its closest relative in 116 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2015): 31 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 19 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
9
A$119,603
  • 3168A$6,703
  • 43,689A$171
  • 56,992A$68.70
  • 6101,930A$41.10
  • 7141,566A$26.55
  • 8595,964A$14.45
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$50,000,000
    29A$119,603
    3168A$6,703
    43,689A$171
    56,992A$68.70
    6101,930A$41.10
    7141,566A$26.55
    8595,964A$14.45