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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 29 January 2009

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 24

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 5 of 218 under them

← 2009-01-22All recent draws2009-02-05 →

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 feed8 18 19 24 26 + 2429 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 4 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 29 January 2009 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd9th
  • low65th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread7th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

80times
180times
190times
241time
26

Prize breakdown · 2009-01-29

  • Paid outA$1.9Mto 35k winning lines
  • 213 winnersA$50.7K

Where the money went

  • 234%A$659.2K
  • 316%A$301.5K
  • 631%A$598.2K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$368K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 213A$50,711
  2. 3

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0times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

240times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4 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 1 of 5 numbers (24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 January 2009 — its closest relative in 4 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 January 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

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 24th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 2 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
68
A$4,434
  • 42,449A$96.00
  • 52,983A$44.55
  • 629,614A$20.20
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10—
    213A$50,711
    368A$4,434
    42,449A$96.00
    52,983A$44.55
    629,614A$20.20