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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 20 August 2009

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 14
  4. 34
  5. 42
  6. 32

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 34 of 218 under them

← 2009-08-13All recent draws2009-08-27 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 6 14 34 42 + 3229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 33 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2009 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd9th
  • low65th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread93th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

15times
64times
144times
343times
42

Prize breakdown · 2009-08-20

  • Paid outA$5.2Mto 30k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$3M

Where the money went

  • 158%A$3M
  • 214%A$744.1K
  • 613%A$674.5K
  • 3 other tiers15%A$755.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 11A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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3times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

322times

Every number was expected about that many times after 33 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (6, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 July 2009 — its closest relative in 33 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2009): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8
A$93,010
  • 338A$8,956
  • 42,014A$132
  • 52,091A$71.70
  • 626,091A$25.85
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$3,000,000
    28A$93,010
    338A$8,956
    42,014A$132
    52,091A$71.70
    626,091A$25.85