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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 24
  3. 31
  4. 57
  5. 66
  6. 18

Jackpot$261,300,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 79 of 1,429 under them

← 2016-07-02All recent draws2016-07-09 →

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 feed2 24 31 57 66 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 July 2016 — 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 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd33th
  • low65th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread95th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

27times
243times
317times
576times
66

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-06

  • Lines in play≈ 21Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$7.4Mto 840k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 540%$3.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball12%$907.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball30%$2.2M
  • 5 other tiers18%$1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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5times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

183times

Every number was expected about that many times after 78 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, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 June 2016 — its closest relative in 78 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 July 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

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. No two numbers side by side. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

57 had not appeared for 18 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$261,300,000
  • Match 53≈ 1.8 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14≈ 23 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4518≈ 575 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,340≈ 1.4k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball28,808≈ 30k by chance$7.00
  • Match 334,162≈ 36k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball226,827≈ 228k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball548,312≈ 548k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈21M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 518 winners, 10% fewer than the 575 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 Ball548,312$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball226,827$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball28,808$7.00
    Match 334,162$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,340$100
    Match 4518$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14$50,000
    Match 53$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$261,300,000