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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 15 December 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 22
  4. 30
  5. 36
  6. 37
  7. 11

JackpotA$15,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 198 of 267 under them

← 2016-12-08All recent draws2016-12-22 →

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 feed8 13 22 30 36 37 + 1129 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 197 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 15 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

835times
1334times
2227times
3019times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-15

  • Paid outA$7.5Mto 346k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$15M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$1.6M
  • 719%A$1.4M
  • 843%A$3.2M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$1.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$15,000,000
  2. 2

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29times
3731times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

1113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 197 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 3 of 6 numbers (8, 13, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 October 2016 — its closest relative in 197 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 December 2016): 13, 37 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 7 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 →
3
A$134,958
  • 350A$8,471
  • 41,224A$193
  • 52,917A$61.95
  • 642,188A$37.35
  • 752,476A$26.95
  • 8247,271A$13.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$15,000,000
    23A$134,958
    350A$8,471
    41,224A$193
    52,917A$61.95
    642,188A$37.35
    752,476A$26.95
    8247,271A$13.10