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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 11
  3. 25
  4. 64
  5. 65
  6. 16

Jackpot$125,900,000

The crowdHeld 6% more 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 93 of 1,430 under them

← 2016-08-20All recent draws2016-08-27 →

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 feed9 11 25 64 65 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum49th
  • odd89th
  • low65th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

95times
1110times
259times
6414times
65

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-24

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.6Mto 475k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 543%$2.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball11%$514.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball27%$1.2M
  • 5 other tiers19%$881.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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6times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

160times

Every number was expected about that many times after 92 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 (9, 11) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 August 2016 — its closest relative in 92 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 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

174

The numbers add up to 174 — the 49th 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

25 had not appeared for 10 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 30% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$125,900,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.0 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball10≈ 13 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4325≈ 321 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball806≈ 810 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,875≈ 17k by chance$7.00
  • Match 321,447≈ 20k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball128,725≈ 128k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball306,348≈ 306k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈12M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 21,447 winners, 6% more than the 20k 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 Ball306,348$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball128,725$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,875$7.00
    Match 321,447$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball806$100
    Match 4325$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball10$50,000
    Match 52$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$125,900,000