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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 16 March 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 29
  6. 32
  7. 34
  8. 18

JackpotA$4,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 257 of 444 under them

← 2023-03-09All recent draws2023-03-23 →

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 feed3 17 22 28 29 32 34 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd32th
  • low11th
  • widest gap87th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread79th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

356times
1766times
2251times
2855times
29

Prize breakdown · 2023-03-16

  • Paid outA$9.1Mto 480k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$4.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.4M
  • 823%A$2.1M
  • 940%A$3.7M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$2.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$4,000,000
  2. 2

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48times
3253times
3444times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

1811times

Every number was expected about that many times after 256 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 5 of 7 numbers (3, 17, 28, 29, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 November 2018 — its closest relative in 256 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 March 2023): 17 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

165

The numbers add up to 165 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 9 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 37% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$251,080
  • 331A$4,950
  • 4611A$457
  • 51,206A$174
  • 617,466A$77.45
  • 723,540A$45.05
  • 8110,655A$18.90
  • 9326,067A$11.25
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$4,000,000
    21A$251,080
    331A$4,950
    4611A$457
    51,206A$174
    617,466A$77.45
    723,540A$45.05
    8110,655A$18.90
    9326,067A$11.25