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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 1 March 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 37
  2. 38
  3. 39
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 27

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 166 of 218 under them

← 2012-02-23All recent draws2012-03-08 →

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 feed37 38 39 42 43 + 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 165 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 1 March 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

12oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 12 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd65th
  • low1th
  • widest gap0th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread0th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

3723times
3814times
3918times
4219times
43

Prize breakdown · 2012-03-01

  • Paid outA$8.6Mto 33k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$6M

Where the money went

  • 170%A$6M
  • 210%A$895.7K
  • 69.4%A$811.8K
  • 3 other tiers11%A$909.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 11A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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17times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

277times

Every number was expected about that many times after 165 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (37, 38, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 February 2010 — its closest relative in 165 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 27 repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

199

The numbers add up to 199 — the 100th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38, 38–39, 42–43. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 11 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 0.2× 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 →
36
A$24,880
  • 363A$6,502
  • 42,171A$147
  • 53,054A$59.10
  • 628,042A$28.95
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$6,000,000
    236A$24,880
    363A$6,502
    42,171A$147
    53,054A$59.10
    628,042A$28.95