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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 17 October 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 27
  6. 30
  7. 35
  8. 7

JackpotA$20,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 340 of 444 under them

← 2024-10-10All recent draws2024-10-24 →

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 feed2 6 16 21 27 30 35 + 710 Sept 2026, 17:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2024 — 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 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours12th
  • spread93th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

273times
672times
1671times
2165times
27

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-17

  • Paid outA$20.1Mto 1.0M winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$20.0M

Where the money went

  • 614%A$2.8M
  • 823%A$4.7M
  • 940%A$8.0M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$4.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$20,000,000
  2. 2

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66times
3068times
3566times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

718times

Every number was expected about that many times after 339 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 5 of 7 numbers (2, 6, 21, 27, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 August 2024 — its closest relative in 339 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 October 2024): 35 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. No two numbers side by side. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 11 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4
A$139,800
  • 357A$12,197
  • 41,089A$555
  • 52,464A$184
  • 637,329A$76.10
  • 746,432A$47.50
  • 8236,264A$19.85
  • 9690,311A$11.65
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$20,000,000
    24A$139,800
    357A$12,197
    41,089A$555
    52,464A$184
    637,329A$76.10
    746,432A$47.50
    8236,264A$19.85
    9690,311A$11.65