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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 40
  5. 48
  6. 10

Jackpot$121,600,000

The crowdHeld 11% 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 126 of 1,432 under them

← 2016-12-14All recent draws2016-12-21 →

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 feed1 8 16 40 48 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd10th
  • low65th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

13times
85times
1613times
4012times
48

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$126.9Mto 544k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball96%$121.6M
  • Match 51.6%$2.0M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball1.1%$1.4M
  • 6 other tiers1.5%$1.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 125 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 (16, 48) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 October 2016 — its closest relative in 125 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 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

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 8th 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

40 had not appeared for 44 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 →
≈ 0.05 by chance
$121,600,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.1 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17≈ 14 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4403≈ 360 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball999≈ 907 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,957≈ 19k by chance$7.00
  • Match 325,260≈ 23k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball152,804≈ 143k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball343,159≈ 343k 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 2 plus Bonus Ball — 20,957 winners, 12% more than the 19k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball343,159$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball152,804$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,957$7.00
    Match 325,260$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball999$100
    Match 4403$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17$50,000
    Match 52$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1$121,600,000