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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 12 April 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 31
  5. 32
  6. 33
  7. 17

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

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

← 2018-04-05All recent draws2018-04-19 →

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 18 31 32 33 + 1729 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 266 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 12 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

1434times
1637times
1836times
3144times
32

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-12

  • Paid outA$3.9Mto 161k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3.0M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$818.3K
  • 719%A$734.6K
  • 843%A$1.7M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$646.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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52times
3335times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

1711times

Every number was expected about that many times after 266 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (14, 16, 18, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 June 2015 — its closest relative in 266 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 April 2018): 18 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32, 32–33. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 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 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 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$210,257
  • 327A$8,147
  • 4593A$207
  • 51,163A$80.65
  • 619,031A$43.00
  • 723,891A$30.75
  • 8116,350A$14.45
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    21A$210,257
    327A$8,147
    4593A$207
    51,163A$80.65
    619,031A$43.00
    723,891A$30.75
    8116,350A$14.45