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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 14 January 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 19
  3. 23
  4. 34
  5. 36
  6. 37
  7. 20

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 150 of 267 under them

← 2016-01-07All recent draws2016-01-21 →

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 feed12 19 23 34 36 37 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 149 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 14 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

1215times
1926times
2326times
3426times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-14

  • Paid outA$4.3Mto 193k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$898.6K
  • 719%A$806.3K
  • 843%A$1.8M
  • 3 other tiers17%A$710.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 3

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18times
3724times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

204times

Every number was expected about that many times after 149 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 6 numbers (19, 34, 37) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 January 2014 — its closest relative in 149 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 January 2016): 23, 34 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 24 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
41
A$11,526
  • 4700A$193
  • 51,617A$63.70
  • 623,679A$37.95
  • 729,055A$27.75
  • 8138,331A$13.35
  • 20no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    20A$0.00
    341A$11,526
    4700A$193
    51,617A$63.70
    623,679A$37.95
    729,055A$27.75
    8138,331A$13.35