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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 16 March 2022

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 3
  2. 28
  3. 34
  4. 35
  5. 58
  6. 17

Jackpot$134,100,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 703 of 1,430 under them

← 2022-03-14All recent draws2022-03-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Secondary 4official3 28 34 35 58 + 1723 Aug 2026, 15:39 UTC
  • Secondary 5official3 28 34 35 58 + 1723 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed3 28 34 35 58 + 1729 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 16 March 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd33th
  • low89th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

358times
2856times
3437times
3540times
5841times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1726times

Every number was expected about that many times after 702 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 (3, 35) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 October 2021 — its closest relative in 702 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2022): 28 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

158

The numbers add up to 158 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

58 had not appeared for 35 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 35% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2022-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 7.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.7Mto 315k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18%$300.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%$345.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball48%$815.9K
  • 4 other tiers14%$229.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.03 by chance$134,100,000
  2. Match 50≈ 0.67 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball6≈ 8.6 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4192≈ 214 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball455≈ 539 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,180≈ 11k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 312,398≈ 13k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball86,425≈ 85k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball203,979≈ 204k by chance$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈7.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 455 winners, 16% fewer than the 539 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 Ball203,979$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball86,425$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,180$7.00
Match 312,398$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball455$100
Match 4192$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball6$50,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$134,100,000