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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 20 March 2021

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 22
  4. 42
  5. 61
  6. 4

Jackpot$205,300,000

The crowdHeld 2% 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 570 of 1,432 under them

← 2021-03-17All recent draws2021-03-24 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Secondary 4official1 6 22 42 61 + 423 Aug 2026, 15:39 UTC
  • Secondary 5official1 6 22 42 61 + 423 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed1 6 22 42 61 + 429 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 20 March 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd33th
  • low65th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread86th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

142times
640times
2236times
4242times
6154times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

425times

Every number was expected about that many times after 569 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 (42, 61) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 March 2021 — its closest relative in 569 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 March 2021): 42, 61 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 16th 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

6 had not appeared for 25 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 31% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2021-03-20

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.5Mto 600k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 537%$2.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15%$800.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball28%$1.5M
  • 5 other tiers21%$1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.05 by chance$205,300,000
  2. Match 52≈ 1.3 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 16 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4338≈ 406 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,037≈ 1.0k by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,662≈ 21k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 325,013≈ 26k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball164,871≈ 161k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball387,179≈ 387k 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 — 21,662 winners, 2% more 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 Ball387,179$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball164,871$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,662$7.00
Match 325,013$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,037$100
Match 4338$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16$50,000
Match 52$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$205,300,000