#18 has been showing up more lately
Worth noticing#18 appeared 67% more often recently than over the last 500 drawings.
Investigate #18 in Number Explorer
Powerball results for
Wed, May 6, 2026
Winning numbers
Select supported winning balls to investigate them in Number Explorer.
- Jackpot annuity
- $31.2M
- Cash value
- $14M
- Multiplier
- Power Play 3x
- Drawing date
- Wed, May 6, 2026
About this drawing
A factual look at the winning numbers.
The five main numbers included 3 odd and 2 even, with a combined sum of 229.
No main numbers repeated from the previous drawing.
Understand this drawing
Follow the evidence and explanation.
These next steps reflect the verified properties of this result; they are not predictions.
- InvestigationView complete Powerball analysisCompare frequency, gaps, drawing composition, sums, consecutive values, and pairs.
- Complete game guideExplore the complete Powerball guideReturn to current results, rules, odds, analysis, and the full archive.
- Drawing archiveBrowse all Powerball resultsContinue through the verified drawing record for this game.
Historical Combination Explorer
Explore how these numbers appeared together.
Search earlier drawings for exact and partial matches involving this winning combination.
Historical context
Inside this drawing
Compare this result with earlier Powerball drawings played with the same number format.
Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 1,345 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 229 Higher than most comparable drawings
- Number span
- 50 A fairly typical spread
- Odd / even
- 3 / 2 This split appeared in about 32% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 2 / 3 This balance appeared in about 35% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
More shape measurements
- Largest gap
- 24 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 3 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 45.8 Higher than most comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
Each valid combination has the same chance in a future drawing. Review the methodology.
Similar historical drawings
Draws with a similar shape
These earlier drawings share several structural traits with this result. Similarity describes completed drawings and does not predict what comes next.
How similarity works
Matches compare main-number sum, span, odd/even and low/high balance, consecutive pairs, and adjacent gaps within the same number format. The closest score wins; equally close drawings are ordered newest first.
1921556668
3
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and the same main-number sum.
View this drawing
1629535869
21
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a nearly identical main-number sum.
View this drawingShow more similar drawings
833555962
18
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and similar smallest and largest gaps.
View this drawing
2329506467
11
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a nearly identical main-number sum.
View this drawingFollow the numbers
Continue with one number.
Sources and method
Confirmed from an authoritative public record.
Source record: New York State Open Data .
Work The Numbers is an independent historical analysis platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by a lottery operator.