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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 26 August 1995

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 45
  6. 19

Jackpot$30,463,831

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997draw 350 of 578 under them

← 1995-08-23All recent draws1995-08-30 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 12 30 31 45 + 1929 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 349 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 1995 — 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 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread96th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

340times
1234times
3032times
3131times
45

Prize breakdown · 1995-08-26

  • Paid out$30.5Mto 1 winning lines
  • Match 5 + Powerball1 winner$30.5M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball1$30,463,831
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 5 + Powerball1$30,463,831
Match 50—
Match 4 + Powerball0—
Match 40—
Match 3 + Powerball0—
Match 30—
Match 2 + Powerball0—
Match 1 + Powerball0—
Match 0 + Powerball0

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34times

Every number was expected about that many times after 349 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (12, 30) with the draw of 17 May 1995 — its closest relative in 349 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 August 1995): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 49 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
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Match 5 (with Power Play)0—
Match 4 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 4 (with Power Play)0—
Match 3 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 3 (with Power Play)0—
Match 2 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 1 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 0 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Totals0—