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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 20 January 2011

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 22
  4. 37
  5. 42
  6. 40

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 108 of 218 under them

← 2011-01-13All recent draws2011-01-27 →

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 feed1 5 22 37 42 + 4029 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 107 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 20 January 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread93th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

115times
512times
2213times
3715times
42

Prize breakdown · 2011-01-20

  • Paid outA$3.3Mto 49k winning lines
  • 218 winnersA$63.3K

Where the money went

  • 234%A$1.1M
  • 316%A$520.7K
  • 631%A$1M
  • 2 other tiers19%A$635.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 218A$63,254
  2. 3

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13times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

401time

Every number was expected about that many times after 107 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 (1, 22, 42) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 February 2009 — its closest relative in 107 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2011): 22, 42 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 3 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 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 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
70
A$7,439
  • 42,978A$136
  • 53,400A$67.50
  • 642,818A$24.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10—
    218A$63,254
    370A$7,439
    42,978A$136
    53,400A$67.50
    642,818A$24.10