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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 3 May 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 6
  4. 16
  5. 19
  6. 20
  7. 24
  8. 13

JackpotA$8,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 3 of 444 under them

← 2018-04-26All recent draws2018-05-10 →

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 3 6 16 19 20 24 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd32th
  • low62th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

10times
30times
60times
160times
19

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-03

  • Paid outA$6.2Mto 374k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$8.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$931.8K
  • 823%A$1.4M
  • 940%A$2.5M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$8,000,000
  2. 2

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1time
200times
241time
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

130times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 7 numbers (19, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 April 2018 — its closest relative in 2 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 April 2018): 19, 24 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

89

The numbers add up to 89 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 1 draws. A number waits about 5 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 2.0× 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 →
3
A$57,618
  • 322A$4,802
  • 4350A$549
  • 5955A$151
  • 613,514A$68.95
  • 717,022A$42.90
  • 887,017A$16.55
  • 9254,619A$9.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$8,000,000
    23A$57,618
    322A$4,802
    4350A$549
    5955A$151
    613,514A$68.95
    717,022A$42.90
    887,017A$16.55
    9254,619A$9.90