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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 15 August 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 16
  6. 18
  7. 28
  8. 15

JackpotA$50,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 331 of 444 under them

← 2024-08-08All recent draws2024-08-22 →

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 feed1 8 11 12 16 18 28 + 1529 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd11th
  • low97th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread45th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

159times
862times
1169times
1266times
16

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-15

  • Paid outA$32.1Mto 1.6M winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$50.0M

Where the money went

  • 614%A$4.5M
  • 823%A$7.5M
  • 940%A$12.9M
  • 5 other tiers23%A$7.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$50,000,000

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68times
1868times
2867times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

1518times

Every number was expected about that many times after 330 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 (1, 8, 11, 16, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 December 2020 — its closest relative in 330 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 33% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 August 2024): 8 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • 26A$149,109
  • 3100A$11,123
  • 41,981A$488
  • 54,219A$172
  • 661,290A$74.15
  • 785,213A$41.45
  • 8378,123A$19.80
  • 91,072,272A$12.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$50,000,000
    26A$149,109
    3100A$11,123
    41,981A$488
    54,219A$172
    661,290A$74.15
    785,213A$41.45
    8378,123A$19.80
    91,072,272A$12.00