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Powerball Double Play · draw

Monday, 18 May 2026

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 40
  5. 63
  6. 23

Jackpot$101,400,000

The crowdHeld 14% 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 742 of 806 under them

← 2026-05-16All recent draws2026-05-20 →

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 feed3 13 18 40 63 + 2315 Oct 2026, 05:22 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 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 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread86th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

343times
1342times
1854times
4057times
63

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 8.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.1Mto 314k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus Powerball10%$422.3K
  • Match 0 plus Powerball25%$1.0M
  • Match 548%$2.0M
  • 7 other tiers16%$675.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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66times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

2337times

Every number was expected about that many times after 741 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 3 of 5 numbers (13, 40, 63) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 September 2024 — its closest relative in 741 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2026): 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

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 19th 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

18 had not appeared for 40 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 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$101,400,000
  • Match 50≈ 0.68 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in7≈ 8.7 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4144≈ 218 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in441≈ 550 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in10,250≈ 11k by chance$7.00
  • Match 38,709≈ 14k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in83,648≈ 87k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in207,915≈ 208k by chance$4.00
  • Match 51$2,000,000
  • Match 453$200
  • Match 33,152$14.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,709 winners, 37% fewer than the 14k 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$101,400,000
    Match 50$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball6$50,000
    Match 4144$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball334$100
    Match 38,709$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball7,579$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball61,712$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball153,644$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)1$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)1$100,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)53$200
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)107$200
    Match 3 (with Power Play)3,152$14.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)2,671$14.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)21,936$8.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)54,271$8.00
    Totals314,320—