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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 15 May 1996

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 32
  5. 37
  6. 16

Jackpot$5,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997draw 425 of 578 under them

← 1996-05-11All recent draws1996-05-18 →

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 feed11 16 17 32 37 + 1629 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 424 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 15 May 1996 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

1158times
1647times
1748times
3244times
37

Prize breakdown · 1996-05-15

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winners$5.0M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0$5,000,000
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 5 + Powerball0$5,000,000
Match 50—
Match 4 + Powerball0—
Match 40—
Match 3 + Powerball0—
Match 30—
Match 2 + Powerball0—
Match 1 + Powerball0—
Match 0 + Powerball0—
Match 5 (with Power Play)0—

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25times

Every number was expected about that many times after 424 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 4 of 5 numbers (11, 16, 32, 37) with the draw of 19 December 1992 — its closest relative in 424 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 6.7% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 1996): 17 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 47th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 16 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
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—