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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 3 May 1997

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 21
  3. 22
  4. 29
  5. 38
  6. 29

Jackpot$31,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997draw 526 of 578 under them

← 1997-04-30All recent draws1997-05-07 →

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 feed8 21 22 29 38 + 2929 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 525 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 3 May 1997 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

857times
2155times
2263times
2953times
38

Prize breakdown · 1997-05-03

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winners$31.3M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0$31,300,000
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 5 + Powerball0$31,300,000
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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60times

Every number was expected about that many times after 525 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 (8, 21, 38) with the draw of 19 February 1997 — its closest relative in 525 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 1997): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 53th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 20 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 →
Match 5 (with Power Play)
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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—