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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 21 July 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 22
  5. 30
  6. 36
  7. 3

JackpotA$15,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 177 of 267 under them

← 2016-07-14All recent draws2016-07-28 →

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 feed9 12 14 22 30 36 + 329 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 176 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 21 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread33th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

928times
1218times
1424times
2222times
30

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-21

  • Paid outA$7.5Mto 328k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$15M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$1.6M
  • 719%A$1.4M
  • 843%A$3.3M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$15,000,000
  2. 2

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17times
3624times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

37times

Every number was expected about that many times after 176 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 (9, 14, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 July 2016 — its closest relative in 176 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 July 2016): 30 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 13 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3
A$135,528
  • 356A$7,596
  • 41,154A$206
  • 52,777A$65.30
  • 639,544A$40.00
  • 753,368A$26.60
  • 8230,867A$14.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$15,000,000
    23A$135,528
    356A$7,596
    41,154A$206
    52,777A$65.30
    639,544A$40.00
    753,368A$26.60
    8230,867A$14.10