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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 31
  3. 64
  4. 65
  5. 67
  6. 5

Jackpot$237,800,000

The crowdHeld 21% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015draw 41 of 1,430 under them

← 2016-02-20All recent draws2016-02-27 →

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 feed21 31 64 65 67 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd89th
  • low33th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread44th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

210times
315times
644times
652times
67

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 20Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.4Mto 769k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 26lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19%$1.0M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball39%$2.1M
  • 5 other tiers24%$1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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4times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

52times

Every number was expected about that many times after 40 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 (31, 67) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 February 2016 — its closest relative in 40 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

248

The numbers add up to 248 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 64–65. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

65 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 14 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$237,800,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.7 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20≈ 22 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4407≈ 545 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,064≈ 1.4k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball23,886≈ 28k by chance$7.00
  • Match 327,030≈ 34k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball197,808≈ 216k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball519,210≈ 519k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈20M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 407 winners, 25% fewer than the 545 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball519,210$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball197,808$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball23,886$7.00
    Match 327,030$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,064$100
    Match 4407$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$237,800,000