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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 11 May 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 15
  6. 18
  7. 28
  8. 14

JackpotA$4,273,177

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 265 of 443 under them

← 2023-05-04All recent draws2023-05-18 →

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 feed3 8 9 12 15 18 28 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 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 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd32th
  • low97th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread30th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

357times
847times
960times
1249times
15

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-11

  • Paid outA$12.2Mto 462k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$4.3M

Where the money went

  • 135%A$4.3M
  • 815%A$1.8M
  • 926%A$3.2M
  • 6 other tiers24%A$2.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 11A$4,273,178
  2. 2

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45times
1850times
2857times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 264 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 (3, 12, 15, 18, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 June 2022 — its closest relative in 264 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2023): 18 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 18 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
24
A$9,171
  • 335A$3,843
  • 4840A$291
  • 51,355A$135
  • 618,211A$65.15
  • 726,534A$35.00
  • 8109,181A$16.80
  • 9305,477A$10.55
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$4,273,178
    224A$9,171
    335A$3,843
    4840A$291
    51,355A$135
    618,211A$65.15
    726,534A$35.00
    8109,181A$16.80
    9305,477A$10.55