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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 32
  3. 33
  4. 38
  5. 62
  6. 15

Jackpot$249,100,000

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 171 of 1,430 under them

← 2017-05-20All recent draws2017-05-27 →

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 feed28 32 33 38 62 + 1529 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd10th
  • low65th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

2817times
3220times
3315times
388times
62

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-24

  • Lines in play≈ 20Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.5Mto 786k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 518%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18%$1.0M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball38%$2.1M
  • 5 other tiers26%$1.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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17times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 170 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 3 of 5 numbers (28, 33, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 February 2017 — its closest relative in 170 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 May 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

193

The numbers add up to 193 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 32–33. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 28 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 →
$249,100,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.7 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20≈ 22 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4503≈ 540 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,268≈ 1.4k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball26,754≈ 28k by chance$7.00
  • Match 332,066≈ 34k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball210,592≈ 215k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball514,811≈ 515k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈20M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 503 winners, 7% fewer than the 540 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 Ball514,811$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball210,592$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball26,754$7.00
    Match 332,066$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,268$100
    Match 4503$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$249,100,000