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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 20 August 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 21
  6. 23
  7. 35
  8. 1

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 123 of 444 under them

← 2020-08-13All recent draws2020-08-27 →

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 feed8 12 17 18 21 23 35 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2020 — 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.

  • sum63th
  • odd62th
  • low62th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread45th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

823times
1219times
1734times
1823times
21

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-20

  • Paid outA$7.8Mto 410k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.2M
  • 823%A$1.8M
  • 940%A$3.1M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$1.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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22times
2327times
3525times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

14times

Every number was expected about that many times after 122 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 (8, 12, 18, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 June 2020 — its closest relative in 122 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 8 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$215,831
  • 317A$7,759
  • 4449A$534
  • 51,072A$168
  • 615,422A$75.40
  • 722,134A$41.15
  • 895,488A$18.85
  • 9274,962A$11.45
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    21A$215,831
    317A$7,759
    4449A$534
    51,072A$168
    615,422A$75.40
    722,134A$41.15
    895,488A$18.85
    9274,962A$11.45