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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 19 April 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 14
  4. 18
  5. 42
  6. 23

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 173 of 218 under them

← 2012-04-12All recent draws2012-04-26 →

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 feed5 7 14 18 42 + 2329 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 172 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 19 April 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 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd32th
  • low89th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread77th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

524times
718times
1422times
1817times
42

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-19

  • Paid outA$2.3Mto 34k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$6M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$795.1K
  • 316%A$363.6K
  • 631%A$720.5K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$443.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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20times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

235times

Every number was expected about that many times after 172 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 (5, 14, 42) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 April 2011 — its closest relative in 172 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 April 2012): 18 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 15th 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

7 had not appeared for 13 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 1.3× 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 →
10
A$79,507
  • 361A$5,961
  • 42,286A$124
  • 52,432A$65.90
  • 629,111A$24.75
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$6,000,000
    210A$79,507
    361A$5,961
    42,286A$124
    52,432A$65.90
    629,111A$24.75