Powerball Results — Monday, May 18, 2026
The winning Powerball numbers for Monday, May 18, 2026, with per-number history, draw signature breakdown, and our AI strategy verdict.
Analysis context: 1,355 earlier Powerball draws on record since October 7, 2015, when the current main numbers began.
Draw signature
177
Sum
of all 5 main numbers
3:2
Odd : Even
3 odd, 2 even
1
Max consecutive
longest adjacent run
Per-number history
For each winning number, frequency and gap use only draws before Monday, May 18, 2026 played with the current numbers (since October 7, 2015).
4
4 had been drawn
92 times before this draw
Last seen: 10 draws ago
Rank #47 of 69 10-draw gap 13
13 had been drawn
72 times before this draw
Last seen: 14 draws ago
Rank #69 of 69 14-draw gap 34
34 had been drawn
82 times before this draw
Last seen: 51 draws ago
Rank #65 of 69 51-draw gap 61
61 had been drawn
121 times before this draw
Last seen: 13 draws ago
Rank #1 of 69 13-draw gap 65
65 had been drawn
87 times before this draw
Last seen: appeared in the immediately previous draw
Rank #62 of 69 1-draw gap Powerball history
12
12 had been drawn
44 times before this draw
Last seen: 29 draws ago
Rank #24 of 26 29-draw gap AI Strategy verdict
Filtered out
Our AI strategy would have filtered this draw out.
- ✓ Sum within 125–185Draw sum is 177
- ✗ High/Low 3:2 (high:low, high = 35+)Draw is 2:3
- ✓ 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 12
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
Repeated from the previous draw: 65.
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Sum trend — oldest left, this draw highlighted.