Drawing summary
Stands out
One number broke away from the group
The largest space between winning numbers was 48.
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Powerball results for
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
Winning numbers
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- Multiplier
- Power Play 3x
- Drawing date
- Wed, Mar 18, 2026
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#69 returned after a long gap
Stands out#69 had been missing for 38 drawings—longer than nearly all of its previous absences and 5 drawings short of its longest absence.
Explore #69#21 moved down the recent list
Stands out#21 shifted 50 places when recent drawings were compared with longer history.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 1,324 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 141 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 55 A fairly typical spread
- Odd / even
- 3 / 2 This split appeared in about 32% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 4 / 1 This balance appeared in about 13% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 48 Larger than nearly all comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 1 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 28.2 Near the middle of comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
This drawing included one consecutive pair: 18 and 19.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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