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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 42
  4. 46
  5. 56
  6. 12

Jackpot$54,600,000

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 339 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-12-29All recent draws2019-01-05 →

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 feed8 12 42 46 56 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd1th
  • low33th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

821times
1226times
4224times
4617times
56

Prize breakdown · 2019-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.5Mto 425k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 529%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16%$550.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball31%$1.1M
  • 5 other tiers24%$816.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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27times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

1213times

Every number was expected about that many times after 338 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 (12, 42) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 December 2018 — its closest relative in 338 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 December 2018): 12, 42 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

164

The numbers add up to 164 — the 40th 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

56 had not appeared for 11 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 34% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$54,600,000
  • Match 51≈ 0.89 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 11 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4279≈ 285 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball758≈ 717 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,019≈ 15k by chance$7.00
  • Match 317,369≈ 18k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball119,783≈ 113k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball271,167≈ 271k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 16,019 winners, 8% more than the 15k 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 Ball271,167$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball119,783$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,019$7.00
    Match 317,369$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball758$100
    Match 4279$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$54,600,000