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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 23 August 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 13
  5. 22
  6. 8

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 191 of 218 under them

← 2012-08-16All recent draws2012-08-30 →

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 feed8 9 10 13 22 + 829 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 190 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 23 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

17oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 17 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd32th
  • low99th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

820times
912times
1018times
1327times
22

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-23

  • Paid outA$2.2Mto 38k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$736.2K
  • 316%A$336.7K
  • 631%A$667.7K
  • 2 other tiers19%A$410.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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23times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

84times

Every number was expected about that many times after 190 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 2 of 5 numbers (9, 13) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 February 2012 — its closest relative in 190 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 9–10. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 23 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 2.4× 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 →
16
A$46,012
  • 391A$3,700
  • 42,915A$90.05
  • 53,116A$47.60
  • 632,026A$20.85
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    216A$46,012
    391A$3,700
    42,915A$90.05
    53,116A$47.60
    632,026A$20.85