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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 27 December 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 10

JackpotA$20,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 209 of 218 under them

← 2012-12-20All recent draws2013-01-03 →

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 feed5 7 8 19 20 + 1029 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 208 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 27 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd65th
  • low99th
  • widest gap22th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

528times
725times
823times
1922times
20

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-27

  • Paid outA$4Mto 64k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$20M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$1.4M
  • 316%A$618.9K
  • 631%A$1.2M
  • 2 other tiers19%A$755.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$20,000,000
  2. 2

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19times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 208 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 3 of 5 numbers (5, 7, 8) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 February 2011 — its closest relative in 208 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2012): 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

59

The numbers add up to 59 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 19–20. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 10 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 3.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
39
A$34,699
  • 3125A$4,951
  • 44,740A$102
  • 56,009A$45.40
  • 653,503A$22.95
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$20,000,000
    239A$34,699
    3125A$4,951
    44,740A$102
    56,009A$45.40
    653,503A$22.95