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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 18 December 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 24
  3. 33
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 38
  7. 2

JackpotA$10,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 94 of 267 under them

← 2014-12-11All recent draws2014-12-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed14 24 33 35 36 38 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 93 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

1415times
2416times
3310times
3511times
36

Prize breakdown · 2014-12-18

  • Paid outA$5.4Mto 218k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$10M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$1.1M
  • 719%A$1M
  • 843%A$2.4M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$906.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$10,000,000
  2. 2

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13times
3812times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

25times

Every number was expected about that many times after 93 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 6 numbers (24, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 November 2014 — its closest relative in 93 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 December 2014): 36 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 23 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
A$147,357
  • 339A$7,906
  • 4821A$210
  • 51,678A$78.35
  • 625,613A$44.80
  • 736,039A$28.55
  • 8154,214A$15.30
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$10,000,000
    22A$147,357
    339A$7,906
    4821A$210
    51,678A$78.35
    625,613A$44.80
    736,039A$28.55
    8154,214A$15.30