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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 20 September 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 10
  5. 17
  6. 20
  7. 30
  8. 8

JackpotA$30,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 23 of 443 under them

← 2018-09-13All recent draws2018-09-27 →

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 feed2 6 8 10 17 20 30 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd2th
  • low86th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours12th
  • spread53th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

27times
64times
82times
101time
17

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-20

  • Paid outA$44.4Mto 849k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$30.0M

Where the money went

  • 168%A$30.0M
  • 87.5%A$3.3M
  • 913%A$5.8M
  • 6 other tiers12%A$5.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$30,000,000

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3times
203times
302times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

80times

Every number was expected about that many times after 22 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 2 of 7 numbers (2, 17) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 September 2018 — its closest relative in 22 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 September 2018): 2, 17 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. No two numbers side by side. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 5 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
6
A$66,327
  • 353A$4,589
  • 41,243A$356
  • 52,485A$133
  • 633,345A$64.30
  • 743,677A$38.45
  • 8198,764A$16.70
  • 9569,124A$10.20
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$30,000,000
    26A$66,327
    353A$4,589
    41,243A$356
    52,485A$133
    633,345A$64.30
    743,677A$38.45
    8198,764A$16.70
    9569,124A$10.20