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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 22 December 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 23
  6. 28
  7. 31
  8. 4

JackpotA$50,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 245 of 444 under them

← 2022-12-15All recent draws2022-12-29 →

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 7 18 21 23 28 31 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd86th
  • low32th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours12th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

544times
758times
1844times
2146times
23

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-22

  • Paid outA$31.1Mto 1.7M winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$50.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$4.7M
  • 823%A$7.2M
  • 940%A$12.6M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$6.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$50,000,000

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52times
2852times
3138times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

414times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 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 (5, 18, 23, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 August 2022 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2022): 7, 21 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. No two numbers side by side. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 15 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • 23A$287,740
  • 385A$6,206
  • 41,980A$484
  • 54,680A$154
  • 666,003A$70.50
  • 790,528A$40.25
  • 8407,066A$17.65
  • 91,159,933A$10.85
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$50,000,000
    23A$287,740
    385A$6,206
    41,980A$484
    54,680A$154
    666,003A$70.50
    790,528A$40.25
    8407,066A$17.65
    91,159,933A$10.85