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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 9 August 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 28
  3. 32
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 42

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 189 of 218 under them

← 2012-08-02All recent draws2012-08-16 →

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 32 35 38 + 4229 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 188 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 9 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

721times
2820times
3224times
3522times
38

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-09

  • Paid outA$2Mto 27k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$696.6K
  • 316%A$318.6K
  • 631%A$632K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$388.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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16times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

422times

Every number was expected about that many times after 188 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 (7, 28, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 July 2012 — its closest relative in 188 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 August 2012): 7, 28 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 81th 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

38 had not appeared for 15 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3
A$232,202
  • 339A$8,169
  • 42,791A$89.00
  • 51,869A$75.10
  • 621,870A$28.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    23A$232,202
    339A$8,169
    42,791A$89.00
    51,869A$75.10
    621,870A$28.90