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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 4 May 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 31
  6. 34
  7. 35
  8. 9

JackpotA$20,053,292

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 264 of 444 under them

← 2023-04-27All recent draws2023-05-11 →

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 13 18 20 31 34 35 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread93th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

259times
1350times
1849times
2051times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-04

  • Paid outA$37.2Mto 921k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$20.1M

Where the money went

  • 154%A$20.1M
  • 811%A$4.0M
  • 919%A$7.0M
  • 6 other tiers17%A$6.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$20,053,292

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41times
3445times
3552times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

913times

Every number was expected about that many times after 263 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 (13, 18, 31, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 October 2022 — its closest relative in 263 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 April 2023): 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

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 13 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
25
A$19,035
  • 378A$3,728
  • 41,295A$408
  • 52,287A$173
  • 633,102A$77.45
  • 743,954A$45.70
  • 8210,557A$18.85
  • 9629,606A$11.05
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$20,053,292
    225A$19,035
    378A$3,728
    41,295A$408
    52,287A$173
    633,102A$77.45
    743,954A$45.70
    8210,557A$18.85
    9629,606A$11.05