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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 16 August 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 15
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 35

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 190 of 218 under them

← 2012-08-09All recent draws2012-08-23 →

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 15 23 28 30 + 3529 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 189 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 16 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread17th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

722times
1519times
2323times
2821times
30

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-16

  • Paid outA$14.7Mto 39k winning lines
  • 12 winnersA$6M

Where the money went

  • 181%A$12M
  • 26.3%A$934K
  • 65.8%A$847.5K
  • 3 other tiers6.4%A$948.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 12A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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19times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

351time

Every number was expected about that many times after 189 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, 23, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 October 2011 — its closest relative in 189 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 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

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 33th 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

30 had not appeared for 30 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
15
A$62,267
  • 391A$4,694
  • 42,846A$117
  • 53,508A$53.65
  • 632,912A$25.75
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    12A$6,000,000
    215A$62,267
    391A$4,694
    42,846A$117
    53,508A$53.65
    632,912A$25.75