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
#523
2020-10-07 		02 03 05 06 07 11 17 27 36 47 16 1 of 5 — 0
#522
2020-10-03 		02 03 06 07 09 11 14 17 21 27 16 0 of 5 — 0
#521
2020-09-30 		02 03 06 07 09 11 17 21 27 47 16 0 of 5 — 0
#520
2020-09-26 		02 03 06 07 08 09 11 17 47 52 16 1 of 5 — 0
#519
2020-09-23 		02 03 06 07 09 11 17 23 47 53 16 1 of 5 — 0
#518
2020-09-19 		02 03 06 07 09 17 20 27 47 53 16 1 of 5 — 0
#517
2020-09-16 		03 07 09 10 14 20 21 27 47 55 16 1 of 5 — 0
#516
2020-09-12 		07 09 10 16 17 21 22 27 47 55 16 2 of 5 — 0
#515
2020-09-09 		05 09 10 12 16 21 22 24 25 47 16 0 of 5 — 0
#514
2020-09-05 		05 09 10 12 15 16 19 24 36 43 16 1 of 5 — 0
#513
2020-09-02 		01 04 05 09 10 11 12 29 36 43 16 3 of 5 6th 1
#512
2020-08-29 		01 04 09 10 11 12 19 36 47 58 16 0 of 5 — 0
#511
2020-08-26 		01 02 04 05 08 09 10 36 45 55 16 1 of 5 — 0
#510
2020-08-22 		01 04 05 08 09 10 13 36 55 58 16 1 of 5 — 0
#509
2020-08-19 		01 02 04 05 06 08 09 10 36 45 16 0 of 5 — 0
#508
2020-08-15 		01 02 04 08 09 10 14 36 61 62 16 0 of 5 — 0
#507
2020-08-12 		01 03 04 08 09 11 14 36 61 62 16 1 of 5 — 0
#506
2020-08-08 		01 02 04 07 08 09 16 36 61 62 16 1 of 5 — 0
#505
2020-08-05 		01 02 04 08 09 16 25 36 61 62 16 0 of 5 — 0
#504
2020-08-01 		01 02 04 06 08 16 21 36 61 62 16 2 of 5 — 0
#503
2020-07-29 		01 02 04 06 07 16 27 36 61 62 16 1 of 5 — 0
#502
2020-07-25 		01 02 04 05 06 16 27 36 61 62 16 4 of 5 6th 4
#501
2020-07-22 		01 02 04 05 06 10 27 61 62 63 16 0 of 5 — 0
#500
2020-07-18 		01 04 05 06 08 10 27 61 62 63 16 0 of 5 — 0
#499
2020-07-15 		01 04 05 06 08 10 61 62 63 64 16 2 of 5 — 0
#498
2020-07-11 		04 05 06 08 10 11 27 36 62 63 16 1 of 5 — 0
#497
2020-07-08 		04 05 06 08 10 11 15 27 41 63 16 1 of 5 — 0
#496
2020-07-04 		04 05 06 08 10 11 15 41 52 63 16 0 of 5 — 0
#495
2020-07-01 		04 05 06 08 10 11 33 41 64 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#494
2020-06-27 		04 05 06 09 10 11 33 41 64 68 16 1 of 5 — 0
#493
2020-06-24 		04 05 06 09 10 11 41 63 64 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#492
2020-06-20 		02 04 05 06 09 10 11 41 64 68 16 2 of 5 — 0
#491
2020-06-17 		02 04 05 06 07 09 12 32 41 50 16 1 of 5 — 0
#490
2020-06-13 		01 04 05 06 07 09 18 41 42 54 16 0 of 5 — 0
#489
2020-06-10 		01 04 05 06 08 09 10 18 38 42 16 1 of 5 — 0
#488
2020-06-06 		04 05 06 08 09 10 18 26 42 58 16 0 of 5 — 0
#487
2020-06-03 		01 03 04 05 06 08 13 18 42 58 16 2 of 5 — 0
#486
2020-05-30 		04 05 06 08 09 10 18 42 58 68 16 1 of 5 — 0
#485
2020-05-27 		02 04 05 06 08 09 10 18 21 42 16 0 of 5 — 0
#484
2020-05-23 		05 06 08 09 10 11 18 40 42 50 16 2 of 5 — 0
#483
2020-05-20 		05 06 08 09 11 12 14 33 39 42 16 1 of 5 — 0
#482
2020-05-16 		05 06 09 11 12 14 33 42 56 57 16 2 of 5 — 0
#481
2020-05-13 		05 06 09 11 12 14 33 42 48 65 16 0 of 5 — 0
#480
2020-05-09 		01 02 05 06 08 09 11 14 33 35 16 0 of 5 — 0
#479
2020-05-06 		01 02 05 06 07 09 11 33 35 47 16 2 of 5 — 0
#478
2020-05-02 		01 02 05 06 09 11 13 33 40 48 16 2 of 5 — 0
#477
2020-04-29 		01 06 11 13 14 15 33 39 40 48 16 0 of 5 — 0
#476
2020-04-25 		03 06 11 13 14 33 35 39 40 48 16 1 of 5 — 0
#475
2020-04-22 		01 03 06 11 13 39 40 44 48 63 16 2 of 5 — 0
#474
2020-04-18 		01 03 04 06 11 30 33 39 40 48 16 1 of 5 — 0
19 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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