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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 8 April 2026

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 42
  5. 52
  6. 3

Jackpot$20,000,000

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 1,339 of 1,432 under them

← 2026-04-06All recent draws2026-04-11 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Secondary 4official3 16 17 42 52 + 323 Aug 2026, 15:39 UTC
  • Secondary 5official3 16 17 42 52 + 323 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed3 16 17 42 52 + 38 Oct 2026, 07:07 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 April 2026 — 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.

  • sum15th
  • odd33th
  • low65th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread53th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 97 of each

3104times
16102times
1792times
4291times
52104times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

351times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,338 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (3, 16, 52) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 June 2025 — its closest relative in 1,338 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 April 2026): 42 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 22 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 32% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2026-04-08

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.3Mto 229k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20%$250.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%$259.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45%$578.4K
  • 4 other tiers15%$186.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance$20,000,000
  2. Match 50≈ 0.47 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5≈ 6.1 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4148≈ 152 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball397≈ 382 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,789≈ 7.9k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 310,064≈ 9.6k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball64,967≈ 60k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball144,590≈ 145k by chance$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 8,789 winners, 11% more than the 7.9k 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 Ball144,590$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball64,967$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,789$7.00
Match 310,064$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball397$100
Match 4148$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5$50,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$20,000,000