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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 8 May 1996

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 16
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 41
  6. 8

Jackpot$19,325,372

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997draw 423 of 578 under them

← 1996-05-04All recent draws1996-05-11 →

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 feed10 16 24 28 41 + 829 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 422 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 8 May 1996 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd9th
  • low32th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

1050times
1646times
2453times
2851times
41

Prize breakdown · 1996-05-08

  • Paid out$19.3Mto 1 winning lines
  • Match 5 + Powerball1 winner$19.3M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball1$19,325,372
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 5 + Powerball1$19,325,372
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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49times

Every number was expected about that many times after 422 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 3 of 5 numbers (10, 16, 28) with the draw of 24 September 1994 — its closest relative in 422 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 1996): 24 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 51 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% 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—