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Powerball Double Play · draw

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 20
  3. 28
  4. 36
  5. 52
  6. 12

Jackpot$209,300,000

The crowdHeld 2% 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 Aug 2021draw 692 of 806 under them

← 2026-01-19All recent draws2026-01-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed16 20 28 36 52 + 1210 Sept 2026, 14:55 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd1th
  • low65th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

1654times
2049times
2840times
3647times
52

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$212.4Mto 464k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Powerball99%$209.3M
  • Match 1 plus Powerball0.3%$652.4K
  • Match 0 plus Powerball0.7%$1.5M
  • 7 other tiers0.5%$970.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball

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51times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1226times

Every number was expected about that many times after 691 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 (20, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 January 2026 — its closest relative in 691 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2026): 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

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 30th 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

36 had not appeared for 41 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 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 0.04 by chance
$209,300,000
  • Match 50≈ 0.97 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in9≈ 12 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4207≈ 311 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in831≈ 783 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in17,005≈ 16k by chance$7.00
  • Match 314,788≈ 20k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in129,326≈ 123k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in296,301≈ 296k by chance$4.00
  • Match 50$2,000,000
  • Match 479$200
  • Match 35,337$14.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 14,788 winners, 24% fewer than the 20k 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 5 plus Powerball1$209,300,000
    Match 50$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball8$50,000
    Match 4207$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball606$100
    Match 314,788$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball12,526$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball95,554$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball219,172$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)0$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)1$100,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)79$200
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)225$200
    Match 3 (with Power Play)5,337$14.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)4,479$14.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)33,772$8.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)77,129$8.00
    Totals463,884—