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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 20 April 2022

ResultPowerball

Verified
  1. 20
  2. 30
  3. 45
  4. 55
  5. 56
  6. 14

Jackpot$372,800,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 718 of 1,432 under them

← 2022-04-18All recent draws2022-04-23 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Secondary 4official20 30 45 55 56 + 1423 Aug 2026, 15:39 UTC
  • Secondary 5official20 30 45 55 56 + 1423 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed20 30 45 55 56 + 1429 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 April 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread20th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 52 of each

2058times
3048times
4551times
5547times
5650times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

1426times

Every number was expected about that many times after 717 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 (20, 45, 55) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 June 2018 — its closest relative in 717 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 April 2022): 55 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

206

The numbers add up to 206 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 55–56. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

56 had not appeared for 59 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-20

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.2Mto 556k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23%$750.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%$589.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45%$1.5M
  • 4 other tiers13%$425.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.05 by chance$372,800,000
  2. Match 50≈ 1.2 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15≈ 15 by chance$50,000
  4. Match 4386≈ 383 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball923≈ 966 by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,227≈ 20k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 322,887≈ 24k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball147,480≈ 152k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball365,420≈ 365k by chance$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 22,887 winners, 5% fewer than the 24k 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 Ball365,420$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball147,480$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,227$7.00
Match 322,887$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball923$100
Match 4386$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15$50,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$372,800,000