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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 9 October 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 24
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 35
  7. 8

JackpotA$40,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 84 of 267 under them

← 2014-10-02All recent draws2014-10-16 →

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 feed2 24 25 26 29 35 + 829 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 83 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 October 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread69th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

28times
2413times
2510times
2619times
29

Prize breakdown · 2014-10-09

  • Paid outA$16.4Mto 744k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$40M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$3.5M
  • 719%A$3.1M
  • 843%A$7.1M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$2.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$40,000,000
  2. 2

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18times
3510times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

84times

Every number was expected about that many times after 83 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 4 of 6 numbers (2, 24, 25, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 September 2014 — its closest relative in 83 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 17% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 October 2014): 25 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25, 25–26. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 17 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6
A$148,462
  • 3129A$7,224
  • 42,505A$208
  • 56,173A$64.40
  • 690,536A$38.30
  • 7112,893A$27.55
  • 8531,381A$13.40
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$40,000,000
    26A$148,462
    3129A$7,224
    42,505A$208
    56,173A$64.40
    690,536A$38.30
    7112,893A$27.55
    8531,381A$13.40