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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 21 May 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 18
  5. 23
  6. 30
  7. 32
  8. 4

JackpotA$8,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 110 of 444 under them

← 2020-05-14All recent draws2020-05-28 →

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 feed7 8 9 18 23 30 32 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd32th
  • low62th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread30th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

726times
821times
928times
1819times
23

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-21

  • Paid outA$10.0Mto 552k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$8.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.5M
  • 823%A$2.3M
  • 940%A$4.0M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$8,000,000
  2. 2

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24times
3019times
3223times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

47times

Every number was expected about that many times after 109 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 5 of 7 numbers (8, 9, 18, 30, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 May 2018 — its closest relative in 109 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 12% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2020): 8, 23 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 8–9. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 24 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5
A$55,214
  • 333A$5,112
  • 4661A$464
  • 51,320A$174
  • 620,116A$73.95
  • 726,661A$43.70
  • 8129,430A$17.75
  • 9373,382A$10.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$8,000,000
    25A$55,214
    333A$5,112
    4661A$464
    51,320A$174
    620,116A$73.95
    726,661A$43.70
    8129,430A$17.75
    9373,382A$10.80