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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 23 August 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 14
  5. 18
  6. 28
  7. 29
  8. 11

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 19 of 443 under them

← 2018-08-16All recent draws2018-08-30 →

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 6 9 14 18 28 29 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd11th
  • low86th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread45th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

25times
63times
96times
145times
18

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-23

  • Paid outA$5.5Mto 330k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$823.9K
  • 823%A$1.3M
  • 940%A$2.2M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$1.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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4times
282times
294times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 18 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 4 of 7 numbers (2, 6, 14, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 June 2018 — its closest relative in 18 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 10 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$152,836
  • 322A$4,245
  • 4411A$413
  • 5907A$140
  • 612,617A$65.30
  • 715,584A$41.40
  • 877,574A$16.40
  • 9223,334A$10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    21A$152,836
    322A$4,245
    4411A$413
    5907A$140
    612,617A$65.30
    715,584A$41.40
    877,574A$16.40
    9223,334A$10.00