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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 20 May 2021

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 11
  6. 14
  7. 18
  8. 19

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 162 of 444 under them

← 2021-05-13All recent draws2021-05-27 →

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 5 7 8 11 14 18 + 1929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd32th
  • low100th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 32 of each

237times
527times
740times
830times
11

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-20

  • Paid outA$7.6Mto 467k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.1M
  • 823%A$1.8M
  • 940%A$3.1M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$1.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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38times
1436times
1829times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

1915times

Every number was expected about that many times after 161 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 (2, 5, 7, 11, 14) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 February 2019 — its closest relative in 161 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 18% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2021): 5, 7, 8, 11 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

65

The numbers add up to 65 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 15 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3
A$70,531
  • 347A$2,751
  • 4828A$284
  • 51,435A$123
  • 620,048A$56.90
  • 726,155A$34.15
  • 8114,444A$15.40
  • 9304,015A$10.15
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    23A$70,531
    347A$2,751
    4828A$284
    51,435A$123
    620,048A$56.90
    726,155A$34.15
    8114,444A$15.40
    9304,015A$10.15