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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 31 May 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 18
  4. 27
  5. 29
  6. 30
  7. 32
  8. 6

JackpotA$40,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 7 of 444 under them

← 2018-05-24All recent draws2018-06-07 →

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 feed8 9 18 27 29 30 32 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

80times
93times
181time
270times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-31

  • Paid outA$18.2Mto 1.0M winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$40.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$2.7M
  • 823%A$4.2M
  • 940%A$7.4M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$3.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$40,000,000
  2. 2

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0times
300times
322times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

60times

Every number was expected about that many times after 6 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 (9, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 April 2018 — its closest relative in 6 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 May 2018): 18 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 29–30. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
3
A$167,658
  • 371A$4,329
  • 41,279A$437
  • 52,758A$152
  • 638,843A$69.80
  • 752,978A$40.10
  • 8242,947A$17.25
  • 9701,041A$10.50
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$40,000,000
    23A$167,658
    371A$4,329
    41,279A$437
    52,758A$152
    638,843A$69.80
    752,978A$40.10
    8242,947A$17.25
    9701,041A$10.50