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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 5 May 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 11
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 38
  7. 5

JackpotA$40,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 166 of 267 under them

← 2016-04-28All recent draws2016-05-12 →

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 feed1 2 11 20 25 38 + 529 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 165 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 5 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

117times
222times
1117times
2034times
25

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-05

  • Paid outA$53Mto 584k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$40M

Where the money went

  • 175%A$40M
  • 65.2%A$2.7M
  • 811%A$5.6M
  • 5 other tiers8.7%A$4.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$40,000,000

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26times
3823times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

510times

Every number was expected about that many times after 165 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 (2, 11, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 December 2015 — its closest relative in 165 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 April 2016): 2, 20 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 22 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
30
A$23,430
  • 3116A$6,339
  • 42,328A$177
  • 55,042A$62.20
  • 670,612A$38.75
  • 793,729A$26.20
  • 8412,599A$13.65
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$40,000,000
    230A$23,430
    3116A$6,339
    42,328A$177
    55,042A$62.20
    670,612A$38.75
    793,729A$26.20
    8412,599A$13.65