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Powerball Double Play · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 15
  3. 21
  4. 41
  5. 56
  6. 16

The crowdHeld 103% 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 Aug 2021draw 161 of 806 under them

← 2022-08-29All recent draws2022-09-03 →

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 15 21 41 56 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2022 — 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 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd89th
  • low65th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

715times
1510times
217times
4113times
56

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 7.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$12.0Mto 349k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 550%$6.0M
  • Match 4 plus Powerball16%$1.9M
  • Match 517%$2.0M
  • 8 other tiers18%$2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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12times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

165times

Every number was expected about that many times after 160 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 (15, 21) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 April 2022 — its closest relative in 160 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 August 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

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 21th 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

7 had not appeared for 26 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$134,200,000
  • Match 56≈ 0.68 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in31≈ 8.7 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4451≈ 217 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in1,012≈ 547 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in15,774≈ 11k by chance$7.00
  • Match 320,709≈ 14k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in96,615≈ 86k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in206,753≈ 207k by chance$4.00
  • Match 51$2,000,000
  • Match 4187$200
  • Match 37,944$14.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Powerball — 1,012 winners, 85% more than the 547 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more 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$134,200,000
    Match 56$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball24$50,000
    Match 4451$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball704$100
    Match 320,709$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball11,559$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball71,400$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball153,992$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)1$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)7$100,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)187$200
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)308$200
    Match 3 (with Power Play)7,944$14.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)4,215$14.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)25,215$8.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)52,761$8.00
    Totals349,483—