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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 15 September 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 27
  5. 29
  6. 32
  7. 12

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 185 of 267 under them

← 2016-09-08All recent draws2016-09-22 →

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 feed2 12 13 27 29 32 + 1229 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 184 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 15 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

86oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 86 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

224times
1221times
1330times
2724times
29

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-15

  • Paid outA$3.9Mto 185k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$815K
  • 719%A$731K
  • 843%A$1.7M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$644.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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32times
3240times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

1211times

Every number was expected about that many times after 184 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 (13, 27, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 May 2015 — its closest relative in 184 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 September 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 28 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$209,436
  • 342A$5,217
  • 4644A$190
  • 51,713A$54.55
  • 623,387A$34.85
  • 728,280A$25.85
  • 8130,730A$12.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    21A$209,436
    342A$5,217
    4644A$190
    51,713A$54.55
    623,387A$34.85
    728,280A$25.85
    8130,730A$12.80