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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 19 October 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 31
  6. 34
  7. 16

JackpotA$16,422,787

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 242 of 267 under them

← 2017-10-12All recent draws2017-10-26 →

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 9 11 17 31 34 + 1629 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 241 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 19 October 2017 — 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 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

839times
939times
1126times
1739times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-19

  • Paid outA$24.8Mto 368k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$16.4M

Where the money went

  • 166%A$16.4M
  • 67.1%A$1.8M
  • 815%A$3.6M
  • 5 other tiers12%A$3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$16,422,788

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41times
3439times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

166times

Every number was expected about that many times after 241 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 (17, 31, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 April 2017 — its closest relative in 241 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 October 2017): 11 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 10 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
2
A$227,810
  • 374A$6,441
  • 41,360A$196
  • 52,980A$68.20
  • 644,109A$40.20
  • 761,387A$25.90
  • 8257,880A$14.15
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$16,422,788
    22A$227,810
    374A$6,441
    41,360A$196
    52,980A$68.20
    644,109A$40.20
    761,387A$25.90
    8257,880A$14.15