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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 23 January 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 10
  4. 13
  5. 23
  6. 27
  7. 28
  8. 4

JackpotA$20,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 93 of 444 under them

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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 feed4 5 10 13 23 27 28 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd62th
  • low62th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

420times
516times
1016times
1314times
23

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-23

  • Paid outA$13.8Mto 796k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$20.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$2.1M
  • 823%A$3.2M
  • 940%A$5.6M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$3.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$20,000,000
  2. 2

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20times
2722times
2817times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

46times

Every number was expected about that many times after 92 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 (4, 13, 23, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 March 2019 — its closest relative in 92 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2020): 28 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5, 27–28. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 18 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4
A$95,882
  • 357A$4,112
  • 4886A$481
  • 52,296A$139
  • 631,216A$66.20
  • 742,753A$37.90
  • 8189,978A$16.80
  • 9528,973A$10.60
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$20,000,000
    24A$95,882
    357A$4,112
    4886A$481
    52,296A$139
    631,216A$66.20
    742,753A$37.90
    8189,978A$16.80
    9528,973A$10.60