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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 23 February 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 10
  3. 14
  4. 15
  5. 34
  6. 27

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 165 of 218 under them

← 2012-02-16All recent draws2012-03-01 →

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 10 14 15 34 + 2729 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 164 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 23 February 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

226times
1014times
1421times
1516times
34

Prize breakdown · 2012-02-23

  • Paid outA$2.1Mto 31k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$728.8K
  • 316%A$333.3K
  • 631%A$660.5K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$406.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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14times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

276times

Every number was expected about that many times after 164 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 (2, 14, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 March 2011 — its closest relative in 164 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 February 2012): 2 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 39 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 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 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6
A$121,463
  • 334A$9,803
  • 42,036A$128
  • 51,972A$74.50
  • 627,236A$24.25
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    26A$121,463
    334A$9,803
    42,036A$128
    51,972A$74.50
    627,236A$24.25