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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 15 March 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 37
  6. 25

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 168 of 218 under them

← 2012-03-08All recent draws2012-03-22 →

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 feed13 20 23 24 37 + 2529 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 167 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 15 March 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread20th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

1326times
2013times
2318times
2417times
37

Prize breakdown · 2012-03-15

  • Paid outA$2.1Mto 29k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$710.2K
  • 316%A$324.8K
  • 631%A$644.2K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$396.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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24times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

255times

Every number was expected about that many times after 167 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 (13, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 February 2012 — its closest relative in 167 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 March 2012): 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

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 22 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 0.7× 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 →
9
A$78,906
  • 343A$7,554
  • 42,115A$120
  • 51,868A$76.60
  • 624,634A$26.15
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    29A$78,906
    343A$7,554
    42,115A$120
    51,868A$76.60
    624,634A$26.15