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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 4 January 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 19
  4. 20
  5. 23
  6. 24
  7. 5

JackpotA$35,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 253 of 267 under them

← 2017-12-28All recent draws2018-01-11 →

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 feed8 15 19 20 23 24 + 529 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 252 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 4 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

841times
1535times
1945times
2043times
23

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-04

  • Paid outA$12.4Mto 604k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$35M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$2.6M
  • 719%A$2.3M
  • 843%A$5.4M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$35,000,000
  2. 2

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47times
2443times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

519times

Every number was expected about that many times after 252 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, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 April 2017 — its closest relative in 252 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2017): 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

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20, 23–24. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9
A$74,567
  • 3121A$5,802
  • 42,201A$178
  • 55,304A$56.45
  • 675,458A$34.60
  • 795,301A$24.60
  • 8425,776A$12.60
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$35,000,000
    29A$74,567
    3121A$5,802
    42,201A$178
    55,304A$56.45
    675,458A$34.60
    795,301A$24.60
    8425,776A$12.60