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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 7 January 2021

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. 17
  5. 20
  6. 22
  7. 23
  8. 5

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 143 of 444 under them

← 2020-12-31All recent draws2021-01-14 →

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 feed2 3 7 17 20 22 23 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd62th
  • low62th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread11th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

234times
331times
735times
1739times
20

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-07

  • Paid outA$7.0Mto 408k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.0M
  • 823%A$1.6M
  • 940%A$2.8M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$1.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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31times
2229times
2332times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

54times

Every number was expected about that many times after 142 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 (3, 17, 20, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 November 2018 — its closest relative in 142 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2020): 2, 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

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3, 22–23. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 14 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$194,573
  • 328A$4,247
  • 4532A$406
  • 51,154A$141
  • 616,450A$63.75
  • 723,997A$34.25
  • 897,090A$16.70
  • 9269,136A$10.55
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    21A$194,573
    328A$4,247
    4532A$406
    51,154A$141
    616,450A$63.75
    723,997A$34.25
    897,090A$16.70
    9269,136A$10.55