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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 1 January 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 24
  3. 25
  4. 27
  5. 32
  6. 34
  7. 6

JackpotA$20,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 96 of 267 under them

← 2014-12-25All recent draws2015-01-08 →

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 feed18 24 25 27 32 34 + 629 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 95 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 1 January 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

1812times
2417times
2512times
2714times
32

Prize breakdown · 2015-01-01

  • Paid outA$27.6Mto 326k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$20M

Where the money went

  • 173%A$20M
  • 65.8%A$1.6M
  • 812%A$3.3M
  • 5 other tiers10%A$2.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$20,000,000

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20times
3418times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

64times

Every number was expected about that many times after 95 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 (18, 25, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 October 2014 — its closest relative in 95 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 December 2014): 32 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 11 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
3
A$136,429
  • 360A$7,136
  • 41,122A$213
  • 52,664A$68.55
  • 639,024A$40.80
  • 750,036A$28.55
  • 8232,976A$14.05
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$20,000,000
    23A$136,429
    360A$7,136
    41,122A$213
    52,664A$68.55
    639,024A$40.80
    750,036A$28.55
    8232,976A$14.05