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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 27 December 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 17
  6. 18
  7. 29
  8. 19

JackpotA$30,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 37 of 444 under them

← 2018-12-20All recent draws2019-01-03 →

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 feed5 7 8 9 17 18 29 + 1929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd86th
  • low97th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

57times
78times
85times
99times
17

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-27

  • Paid outA$14.3Mto 825k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$30.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$2.1M
  • 823%A$3.3M
  • 940%A$5.8M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$3.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$30,000,000
  2. 2

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9times
187times
2911times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

193times

Every number was expected about that many times after 36 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 7 numbers (8, 9, 18, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 May 2018 — its closest relative in 36 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2018): 5, 9 carried over. Chance says 82% 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 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 8–9, 17–18. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 5 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4
A$98,969
  • 339A$6,203
  • 4901A$488
  • 52,175A$152
  • 631,735A$67.20
  • 741,792A$40.00
  • 8197,043A$16.75
  • 9550,874A$10.50
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$30,000,000
    24A$98,969
    339A$6,203
    4901A$488
    52,175A$152
    631,735A$67.20
    741,792A$40.00
    8197,043A$16.75
    9550,874A$10.50