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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 20 December 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 13
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 24
  7. 32
  8. 15

JackpotA$25,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 36 of 444 under them

← 2018-12-13All recent draws2018-12-27 →

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 feed5 9 13 19 20 24 32 + 1529 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd62th
  • low32th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread45th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

56times
98times
137times
196times
20

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-20

  • Paid outA$13.0Mto 724k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$25.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.9M
  • 823%A$3.0M
  • 940%A$5.2M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$2.8M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$25,000,000
  2. 2

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7times
249times
3212times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

152times

Every number was expected about that many times after 35 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 7 numbers (13, 19, 20, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 August 2018 — its closest relative in 35 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2018): 24 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 12 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 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 31% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6
A$59,793
  • 349A$4,474
  • 4934A$427
  • 51,870A$160
  • 627,243A$70.95
  • 736,073A$42.00
  • 8169,622A$17.65
  • 9488,282A$10.75
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$25,000,000
    26A$59,793
    349A$4,474
    4934A$427
    51,870A$160
    627,243A$70.95
    736,073A$42.00
    8169,622A$17.65
    9488,282A$10.75