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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 35
  5. 64
  6. 18

Jackpot$46,200,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 694 of 1,430 under them

← 2022-02-21All recent draws2022-02-26 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Secondary 4official6 17 21 35 64 + 1823 Aug 2026, 15:39 UTC
  • Secondary 5official6 17 21 35 64 + 1823 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed6 17 21 35 64 + 1829 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 23 February 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd65th
  • low89th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread81th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

649times
1756times
2163times
3539times
6456times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1834times

Every number was expected about that many times after 693 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 3 of 5 numbers (6, 21, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 March 2019 — its closest relative in 693 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2022): 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

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 23th 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

64 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 33% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2022-02-23

  • Lines in play≈ 6.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.4Mto 247k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18%$250.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%$271.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball47%$632.2K
  • 4 other tiers15%$198.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance$46,200,000
  2. Match 50≈ 0.52 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5≈ 6.6 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4158≈ 166 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball422≈ 418 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,869≈ 8.6k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 311,245≈ 10k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball67,852≈ 66k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball158,041≈ 158k by chance$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈6.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,245 winners, 8% more than the 10k 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 Ball158,041$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball67,852$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,869$7.00
Match 311,245$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball422$100
Match 4158$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5$50,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$46,200,000