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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 4 January 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 22
  3. 27
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 33
  7. 34
  8. 4

JackpotA$30,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 299 of 443 under them

← 2023-12-28All recent draws2024-01-11 →

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 feed21 22 27 30 31 33 34 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

15oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 15 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd62th
  • low0th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread0th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

2157times
2260times
2761times
3058times
31

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-04

  • Paid outA$20.7Mto 977k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$30.0M

Where the money went

  • 614%A$2.9M
  • 823%A$4.8M
  • 940%A$8.3M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$4.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$30,000,000
  2. 2

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51times
3350times
3450times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

417times

Every number was expected about that many times after 298 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 (21, 30, 31, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 January 2023 — its closest relative in 298 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2023): 27 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

198

The numbers add up to 198 — the 100th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22, 30–31, 33–34. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6
A$95,771
  • 360A$11,907
  • 41,168A$532
  • 52,300A$203
  • 634,681A$84.20
  • 744,301A$51.20
  • 8223,871A$21.50
  • 9670,633A$12.35
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$30,000,000
    26A$95,771
    360A$11,907
    41,168A$532
    52,300A$203
    634,681A$84.20
    744,301A$51.20
    8223,871A$21.50
    9670,633A$12.35