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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 12 April 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 32
  6. 24

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 172 of 218 under them

← 2012-04-05All recent draws2012-04-19 →

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 feed11 12 18 20 32 + 2429 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 171 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 12 April 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread12th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

1122times
1213times
1816times
2015times
32

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-12

  • Paid outA$2Mto 28k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$690.2K
  • 316%A$315.7K
  • 631%A$626.1K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$385.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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21times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

246times

Every number was expected about that many times after 171 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 (12, 20, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 January 2012 — its closest relative in 171 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 April 2012): 20 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 20 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 →
12
A$57,513
  • 350A$6,313
  • 41,905A$129
  • 51,800A$77.30
  • 624,267A$25.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    212A$57,513
    350A$6,313
    41,905A$129
    51,800A$77.30
    624,267A$25.80