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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 27 February 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 22
  6. 24
  7. 31
  8. 2

JackpotA$12,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 98 of 444 under them

← 2020-02-20All recent draws2020-03-05 →

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 feed1 9 16 17 22 24 31 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 94% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd62th
  • low62th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread70th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

114times
925times
1616times
1726times
22

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-27

  • Paid outA$11.6Mto 608k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$12.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.7M
  • 823%A$2.7M
  • 940%A$4.7M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$2.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$12,000,000
  2. 2

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23times
2419times
3115times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

26times

Every number was expected about that many times after 97 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 (1, 9, 22, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 July 2019 — its closest relative in 97 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2020): 1, 31 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 7 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 →
1
A$320,536
  • 323A$8,517
  • 4643A$554
  • 51,533A$174
  • 621,987A$78.55
  • 729,593A$45.75
  • 8140,878A$18.95
  • 9413,765A$11.30
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$12,000,000
    21A$320,536
    323A$8,517
    4643A$554
    51,533A$174
    621,987A$78.55
    729,593A$45.75
    8140,878A$18.95
    9413,765A$11.30