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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 5 January 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 9
  4. 13
  5. 21
  6. 27
  7. 35
  8. 6

JackpotA$4,574,542

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 247 of 444 under them

← 2022-12-29All recent draws2023-01-12 →

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 9 13 21 27 35 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd100th
  • low62th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours12th
  • spread70th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

545times
759times
959times
1345times
21

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-05

  • Paid outA$13.1Mto 482k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$4.6M

Where the money went

  • 135%A$4.6M
  • 815%A$2.0M
  • 926%A$3.4M
  • 6 other tiers24%A$3.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 11A$4,574,543
  2. 2

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47times
2750times
3546times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

614times

Every number was expected about that many times after 246 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 (9, 21, 27, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 January 2020 — its closest relative in 246 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 December 2022): 9 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 35th 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

13 had not appeared for 12 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 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
23
A$10,227
  • 327A$5,324
  • 4735A$356
  • 51,467A$134
  • 619,540A$64.85
  • 729,172A$34.05
  • 8114,472A$17.10
  • 9317,001A$10.85
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$4,574,543
    223A$10,227
    327A$5,324
    4735A$356
    51,467A$134
    619,540A$64.85
    729,172A$34.05
    8114,472A$17.10
    9317,001A$10.85