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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 16 January 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 21
  6. 25
  7. 28
  8. 11

JackpotA$12,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 92 of 444 under them

← 2020-01-09All recent draws2020-01-23 →

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 feed7 14 16 20 21 25 28 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread11th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

723times
1417times
1615times
2022times
21

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-16

  • Paid outA$10.4Mto 605k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$12.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.6M
  • 823%A$2.4M
  • 940%A$4.2M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$2.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$12,000,000
  2. 2

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16times
2522times
2816times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 91 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 (14, 16, 21, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 April 2019 — its closest relative in 91 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 January 2020): 7 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 6 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4
A$72,207
  • 350A$3,530
  • 4787A$408
  • 51,675A$144
  • 622,720A$68.50
  • 729,495A$41.35
  • 8141,335A$17.05
  • 9409,406A$10.30
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$12,000,000
    24A$72,207
    350A$3,530
    4787A$408
    51,675A$144
    622,720A$68.50
    729,495A$41.35
    8141,335A$17.05
    9409,406A$10.30