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Powerball Double Play · draw

Monday, 16 May 2022

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 12
  3. 34
  4. 35
  5. 67
  6. 26

The crowdHeld 3% 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 Aug 2021draw 115 of 805 under them

← 2022-05-14All recent draws2022-05-18 →

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 feed7 12 34 35 67 + 2629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd65th
  • low89th
  • widest gap83th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread86th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

711times
125times
346times
359times
67

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 7.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.2Mto 318k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$1.0M
  • Match 1 plus Powerball15%$460.0K
  • Match 0 plus Powerball33%$1.0M
  • 7 other tiers21%$664.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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10times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

264times

Every number was expected about that many times after 114 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 (12, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 April 2022 — its closest relative in 114 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2022): 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

155

The numbers add up to 155 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 19 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 34% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$91,200,000
  • Match 51≈ 0.66 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in6≈ 8.5 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4147≈ 213 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in577≈ 536 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in11,724≈ 11k by chance$7.00
  • Match 39,406≈ 13k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in89,868≈ 84k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in202,790≈ 203k by chance$4.00
  • Match 50$2,000,000
  • Match 449$200
  • Match 33,282$14.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,406 winners, 30% fewer than the 13k 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 plus Powerball0$91,200,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball5$50,000
    Match 4147$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball428$100
    Match 39,406$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball8,397$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball64,741$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball146,801$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)0$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)1$100,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)49$200
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)149$200
    Match 3 (with Power Play)3,282$14.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)3,327$14.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)25,127$8.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)55,989$8.00
    Totals317,850—