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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 22 March 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 30
  5. 35
  6. 40
  7. 7

JackpotA$40,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 264 of 267 under them

← 2018-03-15All recent draws2018-03-29 →

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 feed10 17 22 30 35 40 + 729 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 263 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 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

1038times
1742times
2239times
3033times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-22

  • Paid outA$54.5Mto 675k winning lines
  • 12 winnersA$20.0M

Where the money went

  • 173%A$40.0M
  • 65.6%A$3.1M
  • 812%A$6.3M
  • 5 other tiers9.5%A$5.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 12A$20,000,000

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40times
4031times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

713times

Every number was expected about that many times after 263 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 4 of 6 numbers (10, 17, 35, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 June 2016 — its closest relative in 263 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 March 2018): 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

154

The numbers add up to 154 — the 87th 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

40 had not appeared for 8 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
27
A$29,082
  • 3142A$5,785
  • 42,648A$173
  • 55,899A$59.40
  • 680,801A$37.80
  • 7111,065A$24.70
  • 8474,028A$13.25
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    12A$20,000,000
    227A$29,082
    3142A$5,785
    42,648A$173
    55,899A$59.40
    680,801A$37.80
    7111,065A$24.70
    8474,028A$13.25