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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 39
  2. 48
  3. 53
  4. 67
  5. 68
  6. 26

Jackpot$40,000,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 205 of 1,430 under them

← 2017-09-16All recent draws2017-09-23 →

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 feed39 48 53 67 68 + 2629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 September 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd65th
  • low1th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

3912times
4813times
5315times
6717times
68

Prize breakdown · 2017-09-20

  • Lines in play≈ 9.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.0Mto 358k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 27lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15%$450.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball33%$1.0M
  • 5 other tiers19%$568.0K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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18times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

265times

Every number was expected about that many times after 204 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 (39, 68) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 August 2017 — its closest relative in 204 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 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

275

The numbers add up to 275 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 67–68. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

53 had not appeared for 17 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$40,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 0.82 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9≈ 10 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4177≈ 262 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball508≈ 661 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,476≈ 14k by chance$7.00
  • Match 312,990≈ 17k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,807≈ 104k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball250,005≈ 250k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 10,476 winners, 23% fewer than the 14k 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 Ball250,005$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,807$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,476$7.00
    Match 312,990$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball508$100
    Match 4177$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$40,000,000