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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 18 August 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 18
  4. 33
  5. 37
  6. 40
  7. 8

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 181 of 267 under them

← 2016-08-11All recent draws2016-08-25 →

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 feed3 9 18 33 37 40 + 829 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 180 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 18 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

325times
929times
1827times
3323times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-18

  • Paid outA$4.5Mto 200k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$6M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$955.8K
  • 719%A$856.7K
  • 843%A$2M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$755.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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26times
4019times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

89times

Every number was expected about that many times after 180 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 (3, 18, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 January 2015 — its closest relative in 180 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$245,468
  • 346A$5,583
  • 4721A$199
  • 51,676A$65.35
  • 624,260A$39.40
  • 730,985A$27.65
  • 8141,971A$13.85
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$6,000,000
    21A$245,468
    346A$5,583
    4721A$199
    51,676A$65.35
    624,260A$39.40
    730,985A$27.65
    8141,971A$13.85