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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 24 December 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 38
  3. 42
  4. 51
  5. 52
  6. 21

Jackpot$50,000,000

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 128 of 1,430 under them

← 2016-12-21All recent draws2016-12-28 →

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 feed28 38 42 51 52 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum79th
  • odd10th
  • low10th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

2812times
386times
426times
514times
52

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-24

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.9Mto 463k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 525%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23%$900.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball31%$1.2M
  • 5 other tiers21%$828.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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14times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

216times

Every number was expected about that many times after 127 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 (38, 52) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 September 2016 — its closest relative in 127 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 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

211

The numbers add up to 211 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 51–52. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 19 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$50,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.0 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 13 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4272≈ 320 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball707≈ 807 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,763≈ 17k by chance$7.00
  • Match 318,958≈ 20k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball121,782≈ 127k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball305,357≈ 305k 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 plus Bonus Ball — 707 winners, 12% fewer than the 807 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball305,357$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball121,782$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,763$7.00
    Match 318,958$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball707$100
    Match 4272$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$50,000,000