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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 27
  2. 49
  3. 50
  4. 51
  5. 52
  6. 2

Jackpot$280,200,000

The crowdHeld 9% 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 353 of 1,430 under them

← 2019-02-16All recent draws2019-02-23 →

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 feed27 49 50 51 52 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd65th
  • low10th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

2727times
4920times
5026times
5118times
52

Prize breakdown · 2019-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.8Mto 582k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26%$1.3M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball32%$1.5M
  • 5 other tiers22%$1.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.05 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

29times

Every number was expected about that many times after 352 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 3 of 5 numbers (49, 50, 52) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 August 2016 — its closest relative in 352 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 47% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 February 2019): 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

229

The numbers add up to 229 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 49–50, 50–51, 51–52. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

52 had not appeared for 16 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$280,200,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.3 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball25≈ 16 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4385≈ 405 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball934≈ 1.0k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,280≈ 21k by chance$7.00
  • Match 323,346≈ 26k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball152,361≈ 161k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball386,128≈ 386k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈15M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 19,280 winners, 9% fewer than the 21k 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 Ball386,128$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball152,361$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,280$7.00
    Match 323,346$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball934$100
    Match 4385$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball25$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$280,200,000