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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 12
  2. 32
  3. 45
  4. 50
  5. 58
  6. 2

Jackpot$97,900,000

The crowdHeld 4% 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 1,399 of 1,430 under them

← 2026-08-24All recent draws2026-08-29 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Secondary 4official12 32 45 50 58 + 211 Oct 2026, 20:55 UTC
  • Secondary 5official12 32 45 50 58 + 211 Oct 2026, 20:55 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed12 32 45 50 58 + 211 Oct 2026, 20:55 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 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 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread44th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 101 of each

12104times
32116times
45100times
50101times
5896times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

255times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,398 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 (12, 50, 58) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 May 2023 — its closest relative in 1,398 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 2 repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

197

The numbers add up to 197 — the 69th 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

32 had not appeared for 35 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2026-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 9.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.6Mto 368k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball21%$550.0K
  • Match 1 + Powerball19%$488.3K
  • Match 0 + Powerball47%$1.2M
  • 6 other tiers13%$341.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0≈ 0.03 by chance$97,900,000
  2. Match 50≈ 0.79 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 + Powerball2 rows folded in8≈ 10 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4173≈ 254 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 + Powerball2 rows folded in575≈ 639 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 + Powerball2 rows folded in12,160≈ 13k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 311,401≈ 16k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 + Powerball2 rows folded in97,521≈ 101k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 + Powerball2 rows folded in241,844≈ 242k by chance$4.00
  10. Match 50$2,000,000
  11. Match 454$200
  12. Match 33,924$14.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈9.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,401 winners, 29% fewer than the 16k 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$97,900,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 4 + Powerball5$50,000
Match 4173$100
Match 3 + Powerball429$100
Match 311,401$7.00
Match 2 + Powerball9,108$7.00
Match 1 + Powerball72,978$4.00
Match 0 + Powerball180,538$4.00
Match 20—
Match 5 (with Power Play)0$2,000,000
Match 4 + Powerball (with Power Play)3$100,000
Match 4 (with Power Play)54$200
Match 3 + Powerball (with Power Play)146$200
Match 3 (with Power Play)3,924$14.00
Match 2 + Powerball (with Power Play)3,052$14.00
Match 1 + Powerball (with Power Play)24,543$8.00
Match 0 + Powerball (with Power Play)61,306$8.00
Totals367,660—