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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 5 January 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 20
  4. 32
  5. 39
  6. 4

JackpotA$10,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 158 of 218 under them

← 2011-12-29All recent draws2012-01-12 →

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 feed4 12 20 32 39 + 429 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 157 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 5 January 2012 — 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 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd9th
  • low65th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

422times
1211times
2012times
3220times
39

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-05

  • Paid outA$3.4Mto 46k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$10.0M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$1.2M
  • 316%A$528.4K
  • 631%A$1.0M
  • 2 other tiers19%A$644.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$10,000,000
  2. 2

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16times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

41time

Every number was expected about that many times after 157 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 2 of 5 numbers (20, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 December 2011 — its closest relative in 157 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 December 2011): 4 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

32 had not appeared for 17 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 →
14
A$82,526
  • 381A$6,524
  • 43,044A$135
  • 53,264A$71.35
  • 639,509A$26.50
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$10,000,000
    214A$82,526
    381A$6,524
    43,044A$135
    53,264A$71.35
    639,509A$26.50