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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 15 May 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 30
  3. 32
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 36
  7. 4

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 63 of 267 under them

← 2014-05-08All recent draws2014-05-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 30 32 34 35 36 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 62 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd5th
  • low5th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

811times
308times
329times
3415times
35

Prize breakdown · 2014-05-15

  • Paid outA$3.3Mto 132k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$690.5K
  • 719%A$619.2K
  • 843%A$1.4M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$545.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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6times
367times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

44times

Every number was expected about that many times after 62 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 6 numbers (30, 32, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 December 2013 — its closest relative in 62 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 May 2014): 8, 34 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 4 repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

175

The numbers add up to 175 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35, 35–36. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$177,340
  • 331A$5,985
  • 4580A$179
  • 51,036A$76.35
  • 615,125A$45.65
  • 721,840A$28.35
  • 893,420A$15.20
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    21A$177,340
    331A$5,985
    4580A$179
    51,036A$76.35
    615,125A$45.65
    721,840A$28.35
    893,420A$15.20