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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 2 May 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 7
  5. 13
  6. 23
  7. 25
  8. 16

JackpotA$40,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 316 of 444 under them

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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 4 5 7 13 23 25 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd86th
  • low86th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 63 of each

267times
462times
560times
775times
13

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-02

  • Paid outA$25.2Mto 1.3M winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$40.0M

Where the money went

  • 614%A$3.6M
  • 823%A$5.9M
  • 940%A$10.1M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$5.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$40,000,000
  2. 2

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57times
2366times
2567times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 315 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, 7, 13, 23, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 March 2022 — its closest relative in 315 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 32% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 April 2024): 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

79

The numbers add up to 79 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 8 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8
A$87,684
  • 3106A$8,227
  • 41,922A$395
  • 53,518A$162
  • 648,745A$73.10
  • 769,421A$39.85
  • 8297,705A$19.75
  • 9832,848A$12.15
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$40,000,000
    28A$87,684
    3106A$8,227
    41,922A$395
    53,518A$162
    648,745A$73.10
    769,421A$39.85
    8297,705A$19.75
    9832,848A$12.15