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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 21 December 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 27
  5. 32
  6. 33
  7. 9

JackpotA$15,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 251 of 267 under them

← 2017-12-14All recent draws2017-12-28 →

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 feed7 10 15 27 32 33 + 929 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 250 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 21 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

737times
1035times
1534times
2733times
32

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-21

  • Paid outA$6.7Mto 301k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$15M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$1.4M
  • 719%A$1.3M
  • 843%A$2.9M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$15,000,000
  2. 2

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50times
3333times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

913times

Every number was expected about that many times after 250 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 (10, 32, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 January 2017 — its closest relative in 250 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 32–33. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 13 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6
A$60,742
  • 360A$6,355
  • 41,156A$184
  • 52,608A$62.35
  • 636,033A$39.35
  • 748,430A$26.30
  • 8212,251A$13.75
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$15,000,000
    26A$60,742
    360A$6,355
    41,156A$184
    52,608A$62.35
    636,033A$39.35
    748,430A$26.30
    8212,251A$13.75