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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 23
  2. 33
  3. 42
  4. 46
  5. 59
  6. 4

Jackpot$86,500,000

The crowdHeld 9% 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 149 of 1,430 under them

← 2017-03-04All recent draws2017-03-11 →

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 feed23 33 42 46 59 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd65th
  • low33th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

2318times
3314times
4210times
464times
59

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-08

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.4Mto 429k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22%$550.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%$451.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball46%$1.1M
  • 4 other tiers13%$308.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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9times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

43times

Every number was expected about that many times after 148 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 (33, 42) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 February 2017 — its closest relative in 148 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 March 2017): 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

203

The numbers add up to 203 — the 73th 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

46 had not appeared for 91 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 →
$86,500,000
  • Match 50≈ 0.93 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 12 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4262≈ 298 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball622≈ 751 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,474≈ 16k by chance$7.00
  • Match 316,994≈ 19k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball112,838≈ 118k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball284,019≈ 284k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 622 winners, 17% fewer than the 751 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 Ball284,019$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball112,838$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,474$7.00
    Match 316,994$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball622$100
    Match 4262$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11$50,000
    Match 50$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$86,500,000