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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 6 January 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 29
  7. 34
  8. 8

JackpotA$60,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 195 of 444 under them

← 2021-12-30All recent draws2022-01-13 →

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 feed5 15 20 27 28 29 34 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2022 — 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.

  • sum90th
  • odd62th
  • low11th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

532times
1528times
2043times
2742times
28

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-06

  • Paid outA$91.3Mto 1.7M winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$60.0M

Where the money went

  • 166%A$60.0M
  • 87.9%A$7.2M
  • 914%A$12.7M
  • 6 other tiers12%A$11.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11

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38times
2939times
3430times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

87times

Every number was expected about that many times after 194 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 (15, 20, 28, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 July 2021 — its closest relative in 194 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2021): 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

158

The numbers add up to 158 — the 90th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28, 28–29. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 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 0.8× 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 →
A$60,000,000
  • 24A$216,329
  • 3117A$4,520
  • 42,168A$444
  • 54,292A$168
  • 662,278A$74.90
  • 780,436A$45.40
  • 8396,974A$18.15
  • 91,161,870A$10.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$60,000,000
    24A$216,329
    3117A$4,520
    42,168A$444
    54,292A$168
    662,278A$74.90
    780,436A$45.40
    8396,974A$18.15
    91,161,870A$10.90