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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 21 February 2013

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 28
  3. 31
  4. 38
  5. 45
  6. 19

JackpotA$15,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2009 – Mar 2013draw 217 of 218 under them

← 2013-02-14All recent draws2013-02-28 →

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 feed9 28 31 38 45 + 1929 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 216 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 21 February 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd65th
  • low9th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

914times
2825times
3126times
3819times
45

Prize breakdown · 2013-02-21

  • Paid outA$4.2Mto 55k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$15M

Where the money went

  • 234%A$1.4M
  • 316%A$663K
  • 631%A$1.3M
  • 2 other tiers19%A$809K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$15,000,000
  2. 2

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21times
Stars · a separate 1-of-45 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

193times

Every number was expected about that many times after 216 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 2 of 5 numbers (9, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 January 2013 — its closest relative in 216 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 February 2013): 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

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 90th 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

45 had not appeared for 20 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 →
5
A$289,904
  • 388A$7,534
  • 43,546A$146
  • 53,600A$81.15
  • 647,749A$27.55
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$15,000,000
    25A$289,904
    388A$7,534
    43,546A$146
    53,600A$81.15
    647,749A$27.55