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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 29 December 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 22
  5. 23
  6. 24
  7. 26
  8. 18

JackpotA$100,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 246 of 444 under them

← 2022-12-22All recent draws2023-01-05 →

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 feed4 6 9 22 23 24 26 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd11th
  • low32th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread15th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

447times
643times
958times
2249times
23

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-29

  • Paid outA$156.6Mto 3.1M winning lines
  • 13 winnersA$33.3M

Where the money went

  • 164%A$100.0M
  • 88.3%A$13.1M
  • 915%A$22.9M
  • 6 other tiers13%A$20.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 13

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53times
2446times
2647times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

188times

Every number was expected about that many times after 245 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 (4, 22, 23, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 July 2021 — its closest relative in 245 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2022): 23 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23, 23–24. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 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 1.9× 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 →
A$33,333,333
  • 233A$47,444
  • 3187A$5,117
  • 43,555A$489
  • 57,949A$164
  • 6117,341A$71.90
  • 7153,881A$42.95
  • 8733,654A$17.80
  • 92,099,107A$10.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    13A$33,333,333
    233A$47,444
    3187A$5,117
    43,555A$489
    57,949A$164
    6117,341A$71.90
    7153,881A$42.95
    8733,654A$17.80
    92,099,107A$10.90