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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 26 December 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 9
  4. 18
  5. 20
  6. 28
  7. 29
  8. 9

JackpotA$12,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 350 of 444 under them

← 2024-12-19All recent draws2025-01-02 →

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 feed1 3 9 18 20 28 29 + 91 Oct 2026, 17:41 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2024 — 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 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd62th
  • low62th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread53th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each

162times
378times
983times
1872times
20

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-26

  • Paid outA$14.0Mto 713k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$12.0M

Where the money went

  • 614%A$2.0M
  • 823%A$3.3M
  • 940%A$5.6M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$3.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 10A$12,000,000
  2. 2

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76times
2869times
2962times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

918times

Every number was expected about that many times after 349 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 (3, 20, 28, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 April 2024 — its closest relative in 349 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2024): 3, 9, 29 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 13 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 2.2× 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
A$194,649
  • 352A$9,308
  • 4916A$459
  • 51,904A$166
  • 627,471A$72.00
  • 733,474A$45.90
  • 8170,481A$19.15
  • 9479,044A$11.70
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$12,000,000
    22A$194,649
    352A$9,308
    4916A$459
    51,904A$166
    627,471A$72.00
    733,474A$45.90
    8170,481A$19.15
    9479,044A$11.70