Powerball Results — Wednesday, August 26, 2026
The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, August 26, 2026, with per-number history, draw signature breakdown, and our AI strategy verdict.
Analysis context: 1,398 earlier Powerball draws on record since October 7, 2015, when the current main numbers began.
Draw signature
197
Sum
of all 5 main numbers
1:4
Odd : Even
1 odd, 4 even
1
Max consecutive
longest adjacent run
Per-number history
For each winning number, frequency and gap use only draws before Wednesday, August 26, 2026 played with the current numbers (since October 7, 2015).
12
12 had been drawn
104 times before this draw
Last seen: 21 draws ago
Rank #23 of 69 21-draw gap 32
32 had been drawn
116 times before this draw
Last seen: 35 draws ago
Rank #9 of 69 35-draw gap 45
45 had been drawn
100 times before this draw
Last seen: 20 draws ago
Rank #34 of 69 20-draw gap 50
50 had been drawn
101 times before this draw
Last seen: 11 draws ago
Rank #32 of 69 11-draw gap 58
58 had been drawn
96 times before this draw
Last seen: 3 draws ago
Rank #47 of 69 3-draw gap Powerball history
2
2 had been drawn
55 times before this draw
Last seen: appeared in the immediately previous draw
Rank #12 of 26 1-draw gap AI Strategy verdict
Filtered out
Our AI strategy would have filtered this draw out.
- ✗ Sum within 125–185Draw sum is 197
- ✓ High/Low 3:2 (high:low, high = 35+)Draw is 3:2
- ✓ 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 2
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.