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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 12 May 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 9
  4. 14
  5. 16
  6. 18
  7. 22
  8. 10

JackpotA$60,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 213 of 444 under them

← 2022-05-05All recent draws2022-05-19 →

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 feed4 7 9 14 16 18 22 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

13oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 13 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd11th
  • low97th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours12th
  • spread4th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

439times
751times
950times
1446times
16

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-12

  • Paid outA$34.5Mto 1.9M winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$60.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$5.1M
  • 823%A$8.0M
  • 940%A$13.9M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$7.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$60,000,000

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47times
1838times
2240times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

1010times

Every number was expected about that many times after 212 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 (9, 16, 18, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 October 2019 — its closest relative in 212 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2022): 16 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. No two numbers side by side. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • 210A$95,477
  • 3124A$4,705
  • 42,629A$404
  • 55,226A$152
  • 674,963A$68.65
  • 7102,676A$39.25
  • 8459,820A$17.30
  • 91,295,874A$10.75
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$60,000,000
    210A$95,477
    3124A$4,705
    42,629A$404
    55,226A$152
    674,963A$68.65
    7102,676A$39.25
    8459,820A$17.30
    91,295,874A$10.75