Powerball hot and cold wheel, tested on every draw

Powerball has been drawn as 5 numbers from 69 plus a Powerball from 26 since October 2015. Everything on this page counts only the 1,423 draws since that change.

Every draw, take the 5 numbers drawn most often in the previous 10 draws and the 5 drawn least often — 10 numbers — and buy the 16-line wheel that guarantees 4th prize if all 5 winning numbers are among them. Played against every Powerball draw from #11 to #1423 (2026-10-21), that is 1,413 draws and 22,608 lines bought.

Best result ever
6th
prize, draw #29
Jackpots
0
in 1,413 draws
Draws that won something
27
1.9% of draws
Guarantee actually triggered
0
times all 5 winning numbers were inside the 10

The guarantee never came into play. In all 1,413 draws, the 5 winning numbers were never once all inside the 10 that this rule picked — so the 4th prize guarantee, which only applies when they are, was never owed. Everything won below was won without it.

What each draw did

Draw The 10 numbers picked Lines In the draw Best prize Winning lines
#573
2021-03-31 		03 06 07 08 10 12 38 44 61 65 16 3 of 5 6th 1
#572
2021-03-27 		03 04 07 10 12 13 17 38 44 61 16 1 of 5 — 0
#571
2021-03-24 		01 03 07 09 10 12 22 42 44 61 16 1 of 5 — 0
#570
2021-03-20 		03 06 07 09 10 11 31 44 53 61 16 2 of 5 — 0
#569
2021-03-17 		03 06 07 09 10 11 31 44 53 58 16 0 of 5 — 0
#568
2021-03-13 		03 05 06 07 09 31 44 50 53 58 16 1 of 5 — 0
#567
2021-03-10 		03 06 07 09 10 21 31 50 52 58 16 0 of 5 — 0
#566
2021-03-06 		01 02 03 06 09 10 11 21 40 44 16 1 of 5 — 0
#565
2021-03-03 		01 02 03 06 09 10 11 28 33 52 16 0 of 5 — 0
#564
2021-02-27 		01 03 04 06 08 09 10 11 33 65 16 0 of 5 — 0
#563
2021-02-24 		01 03 06 08 09 10 11 15 32 58 16 0 of 5 — 0
#562
2021-02-20 		01 03 04 06 09 10 15 20 28 33 16 1 of 5 — 0
#561
2021-02-17 		03 06 09 10 11 20 28 33 63 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#560
2021-02-13 		01 03 06 09 10 11 39 49 65 67 16 0 of 5 — 0
#559
2021-02-10 		01 03 05 06 09 10 11 40 49 65 16 0 of 5 — 0
#558
2021-02-06 		01 05 06 09 10 12 13 40 52 66 16 1 of 5 — 0
#557
2021-02-03 		01 06 09 10 12 13 17 52 60 61 16 0 of 5 — 0
#556
2021-01-30 		02 06 07 09 12 17 27 35 53 60 16 2 of 5 — 0
#555
2021-01-27 		02 07 09 12 14 15 20 27 53 60 16 0 of 5 — 0
#554
2021-01-23 		02 05 07 08 09 14 20 39 53 60 16 2 of 5 — 0
#553
2021-01-20 		02 04 05 07 08 09 14 20 39 67 16 0 of 5 — 0
#552
2021-01-16 		02 03 04 05 07 08 09 23 38 45 16 0 of 5 — 0
#551
2021-01-13 		02 03 04 05 07 08 09 14 38 45 16 1 of 5 — 0
#550
2021-01-09 		02 03 04 05 07 08 09 11 53 67 16 0 of 5 — 0
#549
2021-01-06 		01 02 03 04 05 07 08 11 41 53 16 1 of 5 — 0
#548
2021-01-02 		01 02 03 05 07 09 27 43 53 61 16 1 of 5 — 0
#547
2020-12-30 		01 04 05 06 07 09 15 27 31 53 16 0 of 5 — 0
#546
2020-12-26 		01 04 05 06 07 09 10 53 54 69 16 2 of 5 — 0
#545
2020-12-23 		01 04 07 09 10 13 17 43 52 54 16 1 of 5 — 0
#544
2020-12-19 		01 04 09 10 13 16 17 31 54 69 16 0 of 5 — 0
#543
2020-12-16 		01 09 10 16 17 19 31 54 63 69 16 0 of 5 — 0
#542
2020-12-12 		01 04 09 10 14 18 19 20 31 48 16 0 of 5 — 0
#541
2020-12-09 		01 04 09 10 11 18 19 45 48 51 16 2 of 5 — 0
#540
2020-12-05 		01 02 03 09 10 11 18 40 45 51 16 1 of 5 — 0
#539
2020-12-02 		01 02 03 09 10 18 19 45 51 57 16 0 of 5 — 0
#538
2020-11-28 		01 02 03 08 09 10 45 57 58 60 16 1 of 5 — 0
#537
2020-11-25 		08 09 10 12 15 17 18 19 32 45 16 0 of 5 — 0
#536
2020-11-21 		08 09 12 15 17 18 19 21 37 45 16 0 of 5 — 0
#535
2020-11-18 		04 05 08 09 12 15 18 32 37 45 16 2 of 5 — 0
#534
2020-11-14 		04 07 08 09 12 13 37 40 45 58 16 2 of 5 — 0
#533
2020-11-11 		04 06 07 08 09 12 37 40 53 58 16 0 of 5 — 0
#532
2020-11-07 		04 06 07 08 09 12 18 37 40 53 16 1 of 5 — 0
#531
2020-11-04 		04 06 07 08 09 12 18 37 40 53 16 0 of 5 — 0
#530
2020-10-31 		02 04 07 08 09 11 18 36 37 53 16 1 of 5 — 0
#529
2020-10-28 		02 04 07 09 12 18 27 36 44 56 16 0 of 5 — 0
#528
2020-10-24 		02 04 06 07 09 12 18 36 44 56 16 1 of 5 — 0
#527
2020-10-21 		01 02 03 04 06 07 18 31 36 53 16 2 of 5 — 0
#526
2020-10-17 		01 02 03 04 07 17 18 21 36 53 16 0 of 5 — 0
#525
2020-10-14 		01 02 03 04 07 17 18 23 36 53 16 1 of 5 — 0
#524
2020-10-10 		01 02 03 04 05 17 27 36 47 53 16 1 of 5 — 0
18 of 29

A number shown faded was not drawn that time. "In the draw" counts how many of the draw's own 5 numbers were inside the 10 picked — the guarantee only applies at 5 of 5. Prize tiers are worked out from the numbers; this page does not show prize money, because the operator's per-draw amounts are not held on this site.

The same 10 numbers for draw #1424 — the one being drawn next

Every row above is a draw that has already happened. The same rule applied to the 10 most recent draws gives 10 numbers for the draw that has not been made yet, and the 16 lines that go with them.

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