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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 24 August 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 20
  7. 33
  8. 7

JackpotA$20,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 280 of 444 under them

← 2023-08-17All recent draws2023-08-31 →

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 8 11 17 18 20 33 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd62th
  • low86th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread70th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 56 of each

362times
850times
1160times
1773times
18

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-24

  • Paid outA$19.7Mto 1.0M winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$20.0M

Where the money went

  • 614%A$2.8M
  • 823%A$4.6M
  • 940%A$7.9M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$4.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$20,000,000
  2. 2

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55times
2057times
3347times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

716times

Every number was expected about that many times after 279 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 (3, 11, 20, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 May 2023 — its closest relative in 279 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 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

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6
A$91,535
  • 361A$11,193
  • 41,092A$544
  • 52,700A$165
  • 639,952A$69.85
  • 751,538A$42.05
  • 8245,571A$18.75
  • 9695,597A$11.35
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$20,000,000
    26A$91,535
    361A$11,193
    41,092A$544
    52,700A$165
    639,952A$69.85
    751,538A$42.05
    8245,571A$18.75
    9695,597A$11.35