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Powerball · draw

Monday, 17 August 2026

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 25
  4. 49
  5. 65
  6. 22

Jackpot$34,200,000

The crowdHeld 93% 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 1,395 of 1,429 under them

← 2026-08-15All recent draws2026-08-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Secondary 4official8 15 25 49 65 + 221 Oct 2026, 05:18 UTC
  • Secondary 5official8 15 25 49 65 + 221 Oct 2026, 05:18 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed8 15 25 49 65 + 228 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 17 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd89th
  • low65th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 101 of each

895times
1593times
2588times
4981times
6589times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

2246times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,394 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 (8, 15, 49) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,394 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2026): 8 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 38th 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

15 had not appeared for 43 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 · 2026-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 7.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.8Mto 315k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 526%$1.0M
  • Match 1 + Powerball16%$586.3K
  • Match 0 + Powerball37%$1.4M
  • 8 other tiers21%$791.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0≈ 0.03 by chance$34,200,000
  2. Match 51≈ 0.64 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 + Powerball2 rows folded in5≈ 8.2 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4144≈ 204 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 + Powerball2 rows folded in528≈ 515 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 + Powerball2 rows folded in10,725≈ 11k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 310,003≈ 13k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 + Powerball2 rows folded in81,712≈ 81k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 + Powerball2 rows folded in194,830≈ 195k by chance$4.00
  10. Match 213,188≈ 266k by chance$8.00
  11. Match 50$2,000,000
  12. Match 457$400
  13. Match 33,633$28.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈7.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 13,188 winners, 95% fewer than the 266k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 5 + Powerball0$34,200,000
Match 51$1,000,000
Match 4 + Powerball5$50,000
Match 4144$100
Match 3 + Powerball402$100
Match 310,003$7.00
Match 2 + Powerball7,810$7.00
Match 1 + Powerball60,087$4.00
Match 0 + Powerball143,113$4.00
Match 213,188$8.00
Match 5 (with Power Play)0$2,000,000
Match 4 + Powerball (with Power Play)0$200,000
Match 4 (with Power Play)57$400
Match 3 + Powerball (with Power Play)126$400
Match 3 (with Power Play)3,633$28.00
Match 2 + Powerball (with Power Play)2,915$28.00
Match 1 + Powerball (with Power Play)21,625$16.00
Match 0 + Powerball (with Power Play)51,717$16.00
Totals314,826—