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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 26 July 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 28
  3. 31
  4. 32
  5. 33
  6. 44

JackpotA$30,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 187 of 218 under them

← 2012-07-19All recent draws2012-08-02 →

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 feed7 28 31 32 33 + 4429 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 186 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 26 July 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.

  • sum71th
  • odd65th
  • low9th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread27th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

719times
2818times
3122times
3223times
33

Prize breakdown · 2012-07-26

  • Paid outA$7.8Mto 100k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$30M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$2.7M
  • 316%A$1.2M
  • 631%A$2.4M
  • 2 other tiers19%A$1.5M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$30,000,000
  2. 2

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22times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

443times

Every number was expected about that many times after 186 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 4 of 5 numbers (28, 31, 32, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 June 2010 — its closest relative in 186 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 3.0% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 July 2012): 31 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32, 32–33. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 14 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 0.8× 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 →
26
A$102,612
  • 3170A$7,178
  • 46,420A$148
  • 57,698A$69.85
  • 685,858A$28.20
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$30,000,000
    226A$102,612
    3170A$7,178
    46,420A$148
    57,698A$69.85
    685,858A$28.20