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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 17 September 2009

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 32
  5. 41
  6. 4

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 38 of 218 under them

← 2009-09-10All recent draws2009-09-24 →

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 feed18 22 23 32 41 + 429 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 37 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 17 September 2009 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread17th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

185times
225times
233times
323times
41

Prize breakdown · 2009-09-17

  • Paid outA$2Mto 32k winning lines
  • 211 winnersA$62.3K

Where the money went

  • 234%A$685K
  • 316%A$313.3K
  • 631%A$620.9K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$382.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 211A$62,276
  2. 3

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4times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

40times

Every number was expected about that many times after 37 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 (32, 41) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 April 2009 — its closest relative in 37 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 September 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

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 18 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
58
A$5,402
  • 42,078A$118
  • 52,496A$55.30
  • 626,879A$23.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10—
    211A$62,276
    358A$5,402
    42,078A$118
    52,496A$55.30
    626,879A$23.10