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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 24 May 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 18
  5. 19
  6. 23
  7. 25
  8. 17

JackpotA$30,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 6 of 444 under them

← 2018-05-17All recent draws2018-05-31 →

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 feed2 12 14 18 19 23 25 + 1729 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd32th
  • low62th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

20times
120times
142times
180times
19

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-24

  • Paid outA$14.3Mto 813k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$30.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$2.1M
  • 823%A$3.3M
  • 940%A$5.8M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$3.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$30,000,000
  2. 2

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2times
230times
252times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

170times

Every number was expected about that many times after 5 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 (14, 19) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 April 2018 — its closest relative in 5 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2018): 25 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 3 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6
A$66,161
  • 359A$4,112
  • 41,012A$436
  • 52,151A$154
  • 630,420A$70.30
  • 740,057A$41.85
  • 8190,060A$17.40
  • 9549,170A$10.55
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$30,000,000
    26A$66,161
    359A$4,112
    41,012A$436
    52,151A$154
    630,420A$70.30
    740,057A$41.85
    8190,060A$17.40
    9549,170A$10.55