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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 24
  3. 37
  4. 39
  5. 40
  6. 1

Jackpot$50,000,000

The crowdHeld 8% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015draw 201 of 388 under them

← 2013-12-14All recent draws2013-12-21 →

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 feed7 24 37 39 40 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 200 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread25th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

721times
2411times
3711times
3917times
4018times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

16times

Every number was expected about that many times after 200 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 2 of 5 numbers (24, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 November 2013 — its closest relative in 200 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2013): nothing carried over. Chance says 37% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 39–40. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 24 draws. A number waits about 12 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2013-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.2Mto 410k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 31lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 312%$271.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball21%$473.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball42%$931.5K
  • 4 other tiers24%$528.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance$50,000,000
  2. Match 50≈ 2.5 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 20 by chance$10,000
  4. Match 4695≈ 676 by chance$100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,097≈ 1.1k by chance$100
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,512≈ 18k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 338,739≈ 36k by chance$7.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball118,252≈ 116k by chance$4.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball232,880≈ 233k by chance$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈13M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 38,739 winners, 8% more than the 36k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball232,880$4.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball118,252$4.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,512$7.00
Match 338,739$7.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,097$100
Match 4695$100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22$10,000
Match 50$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$50,000,000