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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 7 January 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 14
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 23
  6. 34
  7. 18

JackpotA$70,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 149 of 267 under them

← 2015-12-31All recent draws2016-01-14 →

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 feed4 14 18 20 23 34 + 1829 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 148 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 7 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

429times
1420times
1822times
2024times
23

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-07

  • Paid outA$99.2Mto 1.3M winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$70M

Where the money went

  • 171%A$70M
  • 66.2%A$6.2M
  • 813%A$12.7M
  • 5 other tiers10%A$10.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$70,000,000

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25times
3425times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

1810times

Every number was expected about that many times after 148 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 (4, 23, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 October 2015 — its closest relative in 148 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2015): 20, 34 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 6 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
14
A$113,060
  • 3302A$5,483
  • 45,337A$173
  • 511,422A$61.85
  • 6158,286A$38.90
  • 7218,142A$25.35
  • 8910,795A$13.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$70,000,000
    214A$113,060
    3302A$5,483
    45,337A$173
    511,422A$61.85
    6158,286A$38.90
    7218,142A$25.35
    8910,795A$13.90