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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 29 December 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 24
  5. 25
  6. 31
  7. 13

JackpotA$35,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 200 of 267 under them

← 2016-12-22All recent draws2017-01-05 →

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 feed3 4 6 24 25 31 + 1329 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 199 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 29 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

328times
438times
628times
2435times
25

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-29

  • Paid outA$13.6Mto 620k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$35M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$2.9M
  • 719%A$2.6M
  • 843%A$5.9M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$2.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$35,000,000
  2. 2

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32times
3131times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

137times

Every number was expected about that many times after 199 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 (4, 6, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 March 2016 — its closest relative in 199 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2016): 4 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 24–25. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 11 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8
A$92,301
  • 3114A$6,776
  • 42,211A$195
  • 55,025A$65.55
  • 674,644A$38.50
  • 795,251A$27.05
  • 8442,748A$13.35
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$35,000,000
    28A$92,301
    3114A$6,776
    42,211A$195
    55,025A$65.55
    674,644A$38.50
    795,251A$27.05
    8442,748A$13.35