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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 26 May 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 21
  3. 31
  4. 45
  5. 49
  6. 21

Jackpot$50,000,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 276 of 1,432 under them

← 2018-05-23All recent draws2018-05-30 →

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 feed1 21 31 45 49 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd99th
  • low65th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

116times
2119times
3120times
4516times
49

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-26

  • Lines in play≈ 9.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.4Mto 389k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29%$700.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%$426.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball41%$1.0M
  • 4 other tiers13%$309.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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16times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

2114times

Every number was expected about that many times after 275 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 (21, 45) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 August 2017 — its closest relative in 275 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 26th 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

49 had not appeared for 36 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$50,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 0.82 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14≈ 11 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4224≈ 263 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball680≈ 662 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,016≈ 14k by chance$7.00
  • Match 317,332≈ 17k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball106,693≈ 104k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball250,209≈ 250k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 17,332 winners, 5% more than the 17k 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 Ball250,209$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball106,693$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,016$7.00
    Match 317,332$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball680$100
    Match 4224$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14$50,000
    Match 50$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$50,000,000