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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 14
  4. 46
  5. 59
  6. 22

Jackpot$128,000,000

The crowdHeld 20% more 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 243 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-01-27All recent draws2018-02-03 →

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 feed4 7 14 46 59 + 2229 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd33th
  • low65th
  • widest gap83th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread72th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

411times
714times
1415times
4611times
59

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-31

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.6Mto 460k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 553%$3.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball10%$550.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%$1.2M
  • 5 other tiers16%$911.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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16times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

2210times

Every number was expected about that many times after 242 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 (14, 46) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 June 2017 — its closest relative in 242 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 January 2018): 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

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 15th 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

4 had not appeared for 23 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$128,000,000
  • Match 53≈ 0.96 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 12 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4323≈ 306 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball876≈ 772 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,486≈ 16k by chance$7.00
  • Match 323,144≈ 19k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball126,822≈ 122k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball291,834≈ 292k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 23,144 winners, 20% more than the 19k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball291,834$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball126,822$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,486$7.00
    Match 323,144$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball876$100
    Match 4323$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11$50,000
    Match 53$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$128,000,000