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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 21
  2. 37
  3. 52
  4. 53
  5. 58
  6. 5

Jackpot$72,300,000

The crowdHeld 19% 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 525 of 1,432 under them

← 2020-10-10All recent draws2020-10-17 →

Where this result came from

Sources3 independent sources agree, 2 official. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Secondary 4official21 37 52 53 58 + 523 Aug 2026, 15:39 UTC
  • Secondary 5official21 37 52 53 58 + 523 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed21 37 52 53 58 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd65th
  • low10th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread22th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

2145times
3734times
5237times
5345times
5830times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

516times

Every number was expected about that many times after 524 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 2 of 5 numbers (52, 53) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 July 2020 — its closest relative in 524 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 October 2020): 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

221

The numbers add up to 221 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 52–53. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 18 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2020-10-14

  • Lines in play≈ 8.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.9Mto 332k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 26lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24%$450.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%$341.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball47%$896.1K
  • 4 other tiers12%$225.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.03 by chance$72,300,000
  2. Match 50≈ 0.73 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9≈ 9.4 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4168≈ 235 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball516≈ 592 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,407≈ 12k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 312,020≈ 15k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball85,298≈ 93k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball224,029≈ 224k by chance$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈8.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,020 winners, 19% fewer than the 15k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball224,029$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball85,298$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,407$7.00
Match 312,020$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball516$100
Match 4168$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9$50,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$72,300,000