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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 12 May 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 26
  6. 36
  7. 5

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 167 of 267 under them

← 2016-05-05All recent draws2016-05-19 →

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 10 18 19 26 36 + 529 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 166 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 12 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

826times
1022times
1826times
1931times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-12

  • Paid outA$6.9Mto 183k winning lines
  • 12 winnersA$1.5M

Where the money went

  • 143%A$3M
  • 612%A$825.7K
  • 825%A$1.7M
  • 5 other tiers20%A$1.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 12A$1,500,000
  2. 2

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34times
3622times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

511times

Every number was expected about that many times after 166 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 4 of 6 numbers (8, 18, 19, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 April 2016 — its closest relative in 166 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 5 repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 14 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
21
A$10,106
  • 341A$5,415
  • 4766A$162
  • 51,554A$60.95
  • 622,561A$36.60
  • 729,821A$24.85
  • 8128,492A$13.20
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    12A$1,500,000
    221A$10,106
    341A$5,415
    4766A$162
    51,554A$60.95
    622,561A$36.60
    729,821A$24.85
    8128,492A$13.20