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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 22 September 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 23
  5. 28
  6. 33
  7. 11

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 186 of 267 under them

← 2016-09-15All recent draws2016-09-29 →

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 feed14 16 20 23 28 33 + 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 185 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 22 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

1426times
1627times
2035times
2330times
28

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-22

  • Paid outA$5.1Mto 228k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$6M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$1.1M
  • 719%A$959.6K
  • 843%A$2.2M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$845.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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18times
3324times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

1111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 185 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 (14, 20, 23) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 January 2016 — its closest relative in 185 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 September 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 65th 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

20 had not appeared for 20 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 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
A$137,322
  • 347A$6,113
  • 4717A$224
  • 51,850A$66.25
  • 627,708A$38.60
  • 734,395A$27.90
  • 8163,281A$13.45
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$6,000,000
    22A$137,322
    347A$6,113
    4717A$224
    51,850A$66.25
    627,708A$38.60
    734,395A$27.90
    8163,281A$13.45