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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 1 December 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 23
  4. 34
  5. 37
  6. 38
  7. 7

JackpotA$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 196 of 267 under them

← 2016-11-24All recent draws2016-12-08 →

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 feed9 12 23 34 37 38 + 729 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 195 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 1 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

932times
1225times
2333times
3432times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-01

  • Paid outA$4.9Mto 212k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$6M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$1M
  • 719%A$922K
  • 843%A$2.1M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$812.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$6,000,000
  2. 2

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29times
3827times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

78times

Every number was expected about that many times after 195 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 4 of 6 numbers (12, 23, 34, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 January 2016 — its closest relative in 195 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 November 2016): 12 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 8 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 23% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1
A$264,154
  • 328A$9,870
  • 4679A$227
  • 51,732A$68.05
  • 625,473A$40.35
  • 732,408A$28.45
  • 8151,374A$13.95
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$6,000,000
    21A$264,154
    328A$9,870
    4679A$227
    51,732A$68.05
    625,473A$40.35
    732,408A$28.45
    8151,374A$13.95