Powerball Results — Saturday, May 16, 2026
The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, May 16, 2026, with per-number history, draw signature breakdown, and our AI strategy verdict.
Analysis context: 1,354 earlier Powerball draws on record since October 7, 2015, when the current main numbers began.
Draw signature
194
Sum
of all 5 main numbers
2:3
Odd : Even
2 odd, 3 even
1
Max consecutive
longest adjacent run
Per-number history
For each winning number, frequency and gap use only draws before Saturday, May 16, 2026 played with the current numbers (since October 7, 2015).
8
8 had been drawn
91 times before this draw
Last seen: 44 draws ago
Rank #49 of 69 44-draw gap 37
37 had been drawn
108 times before this draw
Last seen: 2 draws ago
Rank #15 of 69 2-draw gap 40
40 had been drawn
99 times before this draw
Last seen: 40 draws ago
Rank #28 of 69 40-draw gap 44
44 had been drawn
103 times before this draw
Last seen: 69 draws ago
Rank #22 of 69 69-draw gap 65
65 had been drawn
86 times before this draw
Last seen: 4 draws ago
Rank #63 of 69 4-draw gap Powerball history
18
18 had been drawn
59 times before this draw
Last seen: 47 draws ago
Rank #5 of 26 47-draw gap AI Strategy verdict
Filtered out
Our AI strategy would have filtered this draw out.
- ✗ Sum within 125–185Draw sum is 194
- ✗ High/Low 3:2 (high:low, high = 35+)Draw is 4:1
- ✓ Max 3 consecutive numbersLongest consecutive run is 1
- ✓ Max 3 per dozen groupTightest dozen has 2 of the draw's numbers
- ✓ Bonus sum within 2–25Bonus sum is 18
Stateless filters only. Hot/cold ranking and recent-draw exclusions depend on the historical window and are not shown here — run the Strategy Lab for the full backtest.
Comparison vs the previous 5 draws
No numbers from the immediately previous draw repeated here.
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Sum trend — oldest left, this draw highlighted.