LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇦🇺 1800 858 858all helplines →

Powerball · draw

Thursday, 31 March 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 31
  5. 32
  6. 34
  7. 11

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 161 of 267 under them

← 2016-03-24All recent draws2016-04-07 →

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 feed19 20 23 31 32 34 + 1129 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 160 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 31 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1929times
2030times
2328times
3122times
32

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-31

  • Paid outA$4.1Mto 186k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$862.8K
  • 719%A$774K
  • 843%A$1.8M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$681.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

35times
3428times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

119times

Every number was expected about that many times after 160 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 (19, 20, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 March 2016 — its closest relative in 160 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 March 2016): 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

159

The numbers add up to 159 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20, 31–32. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 10 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 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3
A$73,850
  • 336A$6,438
  • 4761A$170
  • 51,511A$65.40
  • 622,615A$38.15
  • 729,152A$26.55
  • 8132,161A$13.40
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    23A$73,850
    336A$6,438
    4761A$170
    51,511A$65.40
    622,615A$38.15
    729,152A$26.55
    8132,161A$13.40