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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 49
  4. 59
  5. 66
  6. 9

Jackpot$131,100,000

The crowdHeld 16% 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 165 of 1,430 under them

← 2017-04-29All recent draws2017-05-06 →

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 feed17 18 49 59 66 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd65th
  • low33th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

1711times
1812times
4910times
5910times
66

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.8Mto 519k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 526%$1.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball15%$558.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36%$1.4M
  • 5 other tiers24%$906.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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12times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

98times

Every number was expected about that many times after 164 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 (49, 66) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 February 2017 — its closest relative in 164 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 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

209

The numbers add up to 209 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 24 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$131,100,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.1 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 14 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4299≈ 359 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball734≈ 904 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,213≈ 19k by chance$7.00
  • Match 318,998≈ 23k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball139,502≈ 143k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball342,021≈ 342k 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 3 plus Bonus Ball — 734 winners, 19% fewer than the 904 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 Ball342,021$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball139,502$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,213$7.00
    Match 318,998$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball734$100
    Match 4299$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$131,100,000