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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 26
  4. 52
  5. 53
  6. 21

Jackpot$40,000,000

The crowdHeld 11% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015draw 259 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-03-24All recent draws2018-03-31 →

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 feed6 8 26 52 53 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd10th
  • low65th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

614times
814times
2617times
5221times
53

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-28

  • Lines in play≈ 9.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.3Mto 378k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%$550.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball30%$965.6K
  • 5 other tiers23%$734.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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19times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

2112times

Every number was expected about that many times after 258 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 (8, 53) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 November 2017 — its closest relative in 258 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 March 2018): 53 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 52–53. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

52 had not appeared for 59 draws. A number waits about 14 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 30% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$40,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 0.79 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 10 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4266≈ 253 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball696≈ 638 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,014≈ 13k by chance$7.00
  • Match 317,789≈ 16k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball103,942≈ 101k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball241,399≈ 241k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 17,789 winners, 11% more than the 16k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball241,399$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball103,942$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,014$7.00
    Match 317,789$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball696$100
    Match 4266$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$40,000,000