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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 23 May 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 18
  5. 28
  6. 29
  7. 34
  8. 11

JackpotA$150,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 319 of 444 under them

← 2024-05-16All recent draws2024-05-30 →

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 6 8 18 28 29 34 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd2th
  • low62th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread70th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 64 of each

463times
665times
856times
1864times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-23

  • Paid outA$239.3Mto 4.4M winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$150.0M

Where the money went

  • 163%A$150.0M
  • 88.7%A$20.8M
  • 915%A$35.8M
  • 6 other tiers14%A$32.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. 11

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65times
2958times
3457times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

1117times

Every number was expected about that many times after 318 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 (6, 18, 29, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 March 2024 — its closest relative in 318 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2024): 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

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 11 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$150,000,000
  • 29A$276,037
  • 3261A$11,834
  • 45,073A$529
  • 511,435A$176
  • 6165,599A$76.25
  • 7214,617A$45.70
  • 81,037,006A$20.05
  • 92,999,211A$11.95
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$150,000,000
    29A$276,037
    3261A$11,834
    45,073A$529
    511,435A$176
    6165,599A$76.25
    7214,617A$45.70
    81,037,006A$20.05
    92,999,211A$11.95