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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 31 March 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 24
  3. 52
  4. 55
  5. 61
  6. 21

Jackpot$50,000,000

The crowdHeld 5% less 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 260 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-03-28All recent draws2018-04-04 →

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 24 52 55 61 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

815times
2417times
5222times
5514times
61

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-31

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.0Mto 489k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 540%$2.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16%$800.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%$1.3M
  • 5 other tiers18%$890.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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25times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

2113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 259 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, 52) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 March 2018 — its closest relative in 259 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 March 2018): 8, 52 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 21 repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

200

The numbers add up to 200 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. No two numbers side by side. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

55 had not appeared for 32 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$50,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.0 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 13 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4300≈ 336 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball771≈ 846 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,047≈ 17k by chance$7.00
  • Match 319,991≈ 21k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball130,983≈ 133k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball319,964≈ 320k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈12M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 771 winners, 9% fewer than the 846 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball319,964$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball130,983$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,047$7.00
    Match 319,991$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball771$100
    Match 4300$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16$50,000
    Match 52$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$50,000,000