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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 19 May 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 15
  5. 27
  6. 28
  7. 34
  8. 3

JackpotA$80,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 214 of 444 under them

← 2022-05-12All recent draws2022-05-26 →

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 feed5 8 11 15 27 28 34 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd62th
  • low62th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

538times
839times
1148times
1534times
27

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-19

  • Paid outA$128.0Mto 2.7M winning lines
  • 12 winnersA$40.0M

Where the money went

  • 163%A$80.0M
  • 88.7%A$11.1M
  • 915%A$19.4M
  • 6 other tiers14%A$17.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 12

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47times
2846times
3435times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

316times

Every number was expected about that many times after 213 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 (5, 15, 27, 28, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 January 2022 — its closest relative in 213 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 May 2022): 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

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 26 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 23% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$40,000,000
  • 28A$166,105
  • 3190A$4,274
  • 43,473A$425
  • 57,482A$148
  • 6103,131A$69.45
  • 7143,303A$39.15
  • 8632,819A$17.50
  • 91,806,211A$10.75
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    12A$40,000,000
    28A$166,105
    3190A$4,274
    43,473A$425
    57,482A$148
    6103,131A$69.45
    7143,303A$39.15
    8632,819A$17.50
    91,806,211A$10.75