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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 39
  2. 53
  3. 54
  4. 56
  5. 57
  6. 20

Jackpot$78,100,000

The crowdHeld 14% 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 481 of 1,430 under them

← 2020-05-09All recent draws2020-05-16 →

Where this result came from

Sources3 independent sources agree, 2 official. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Secondary 4official39 53 54 56 57 + 2023 Aug 2026, 15:39 UTC
  • Secondary 5official39 53 54 56 57 + 2023 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed39 53 54 56 57 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 13 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

18oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 18 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd65th
  • low1th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

3934times
5340times
5436times
5639times
5738times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

2017times

Every number was expected about that many times after 480 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 (39, 54) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 April 2020 — its closest relative in 480 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2020): 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

259

The numbers add up to 259 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 53–54, 56–57. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

53 had not appeared for 34 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 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 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-13

  • Lines in play≈ 7.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.5Mto 272k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 26lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%$250.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball19%$273.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball51%$736.5K
  • 4 other tiers13%$194.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance$78,100,000
  2. Match 50≈ 0.60 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5≈ 7.7 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4187≈ 193 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball426≈ 487 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,580≈ 10k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 310,451≈ 12k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball68,354≈ 77k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball184,131≈ 184k by chance$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈7.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 8,580 winners, 15% fewer than the 10k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball184,131$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball68,354$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,580$7.00
Match 310,451$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball426$100
Match 4187$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5$50,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$78,100,000