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Powerball Winning Numbers for Wednesday, January 2, 2019

8 12 42 46 56 12 Power Play: 2X

The colored ball is the Powerball.

Jackpot

Advertised jackpot (annuity): $55 million

No ticket matched every number, so the jackpot rolled over to $68 million for the January 5, 2019 drawing.

This was rollover number 1 since the jackpot reset to $40 million on December 29, 2018.

See what this jackpot pays after taxes →

Number Analysis

Number Rank (this format, before this date) Hot / cold Gap (draws)
8 #50 5
12 #22 1
42 #33 1
46 #67 cold 7
56 #20 11

The Powerball 12 ranks #15 of 26 in this format.

Computed from the 337 Powerball drawings in the same format (since October 4, 2015) before January 2, 2019.

Prize Tiers and Odds (current rules)

Match Prize Odds
5 + PB Jackpot 1 in 292,201,338
5 $1,000,000 1 in 11,688,054
4 + PB $50,000 1 in 913,129
4 $100 1 in 36,525
3 + PB $100 1 in 14,494
3 $7 1 in 580
2 + PB $7 1 in 701
1 + PB $4 1 in 92
PB only $4 1 in 38
Any prize — 1 in 24.9

Base prize amounts under the current rules; Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes but does not change the odds.

About This Drawing

Number Times drawn before Previous appearance
8 21 2018-12-15
12 26 2018-12-29
42 24 2018-12-29
46 17 2018-12-08
56 27 2018-11-24
12 (Powerball) 13 2018-08-29
  • Odd/even split: 0 odd, 5 even
  • Low/high split: 2 low, 3 high
  • Sum of main numbers: 164
  • Repeated from the previous drawing: 12, 42
This drawing used the current Powerball format: 5/69 + 1/26 ($2 per play).

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