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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 2 October 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 25
  6. 27
  7. 1

JackpotA$25,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 83 of 267 under them

← 2014-09-25All recent draws2014-10-09 →

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 feed13 17 18 23 25 27 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 82 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 2 October 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

1313times
178times
1810times
2314times
25

Prize breakdown · 2014-10-02

  • Paid outA$11.4Mto 509k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$25M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$2.4M
  • 719%A$2.2M
  • 843%A$4.9M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$1.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$25,000,000
  2. 2

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9times
2712times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

13times

Every number was expected about that many times after 82 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 6 numbers (17, 18, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 September 2014 — its closest relative in 82 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 September 2014): 27 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 1 repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7
A$88,069
  • 3101A$6,386
  • 42,124A$170
  • 54,503A$61.10
  • 661,664A$38.90
  • 789,643A$24.00
  • 8351,388A$14.05
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$25,000,000
    27A$88,069
    3101A$6,386
    42,124A$170
    54,503A$61.10
    661,664A$38.90
    789,643A$24.00
    8351,388A$14.05