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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 21 December 1996

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 42
  5. 44
  6. 45

Jackpot$41,600,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997draw 488 of 578 under them

← 1996-12-18All recent draws1996-12-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed13 16 20 42 44 + 4529 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 487 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 1996 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd9th
  • low65th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

1351times
1650times
2049times
4255times
44

Prize breakdown · 1996-12-21

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winners$41.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0$41,600,000
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 5 + Powerball0$41,600,000
Match 50—
Match 4 + Powerball0—
Match 40—
Match 3 + Powerball0—
Match 30—
Match 2 + Powerball0—
Match 1 + Powerball0—
Match 0 + Powerball0—

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

55times

Every number was expected about that many times after 487 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 5 numbers (20, 42, 44) with the draw of 31 August 1996 — its closest relative in 487 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 December 1996): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less 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 →
Match 5 (with Power Play)
0
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Match 4 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 4 (with Power Play)0—
Match 3 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 3 (with Power Play)0—
Match 2 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 1 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Match 0 + Powerball (with Power Play)0—
Totals0—