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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 5 March 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 16
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 27
  6. 28
  7. 33
  8. 12

JackpotA$20,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 99 of 444 under them

← 2020-02-27All recent draws2020-03-12 →

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 feed10 16 23 24 27 28 33 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd32th
  • low11th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

1017times
1617times
2321times
2420times
27

Prize breakdown · 2020-03-05

  • Paid outA$14.9Mto 824k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$20.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$2.2M
  • 823%A$3.4M
  • 940%A$6.0M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$3.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$20,000,000
  2. 2

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23times
2818times
3316times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 98 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 (10, 23, 27, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 January 2020 — its closest relative in 98 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 February 2020): 16, 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

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24, 27–28. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 17 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7
A$59,063
  • 355A$4,594
  • 41,043A$440
  • 52,018A$171
  • 630,176A$73.85
  • 738,433A$45.40
  • 8192,067A$17.95
  • 9560,051A$10.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$20,000,000
    27A$59,063
    355A$4,594
    41,043A$440
    52,018A$171
    630,176A$73.85
    738,433A$45.40
    8192,067A$17.95
    9560,051A$10.80