Drawing summary
Worth noticing
#42 did it again
#42 appeared in back-to-back drawings.
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Powerball results for
Mon, May 4, 2026
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- Jackpot annuity
- $20M
- Cash value
- $9M
- Multiplier
- Power Play 2x
- Drawing date
- Mon, May 4, 2026
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Inside this drawing
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These numbers rarely travel together
Worth noticing4 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together less often than expected.
Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 1,344 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 231 Higher than most comparable drawings
- Number span
- 33 Tighter than most comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 1 / 4 This split appeared in about 14% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 1 / 4 This balance appeared in about 15% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 18 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 3 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 46.2 Higher than most comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
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Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a nearly identical main-number sum.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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