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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 2 December 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 30
  3. 32
  4. 36
  5. 58
  6. 6

Jackpot$178,500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 226 of 1,432 under them

← 2017-11-29All recent draws2017-12-06 →

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 feed28 30 32 36 58 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 December 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 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd1th
  • low65th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

2824times
3016times
3230times
3611times
58

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-02

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.3Mto 555k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19%$800.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34%$1.5M
  • 5 other tiers24%$1.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.05 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

69times

Every number was expected about that many times after 225 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 (32, 36, 58) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 June 2017 — its closest relative in 225 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 November 2017): 28 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

184

The numbers add up to 184 — the 58th 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

36 had not appeared for 33 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 →
$178,500,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 15 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4363≈ 380 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball913≈ 959 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,083≈ 20k by chance$7.00
  • Match 322,132≈ 24k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball149,980≈ 151k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball362,579≈ 363k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 22,132 winners, 8% fewer than the 24k 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 Ball362,579$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball149,980$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,083$7.00
    Match 322,132$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball913$100
    Match 4363$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$178,500,000