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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 2 April 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 28
  3. 30
  4. 40
  5. 61
  6. 3

Jackpot$133,200,000

The crowdHeld 3% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015draw 52 of 1,432 under them

← 2016-03-30All recent draws2016-04-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 28 30 40 61 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd33th
  • low65th
  • widest gap41th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

92times
283times
304times
408times
61

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-02

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.3Mto 561k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20%$850.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball33%$1.4M
  • 5 other tiers24%$1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.05 by chance

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2times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

32times

Every number was expected about that many times after 51 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (28, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 December 2015 — its closest relative in 51 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 March 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. No two numbers side by side. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 31 draws. A number waits about 14 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 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$133,200,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17≈ 15 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4324≈ 379 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball953≈ 955 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,762≈ 20k by chance$7.00
  • Match 323,254≈ 24k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball154,674≈ 150k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball361,060≈ 361k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 20,762 winners, 5% more than the 20k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball361,060$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball154,674$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,762$7.00
    Match 323,254$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball953$100
    Match 4324$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$133,200,000