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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 9 December 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 25
  2. 36
  3. 37
  4. 55
  5. 60
  6. 6

Jackpot$211,600,000

The crowdHeld 13% 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 228 of 1,430 under them

← 2017-12-06All recent draws2017-12-13 →

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 feed25 36 37 55 60 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd65th
  • low10th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread18th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

2518times
3612times
3714times
5513times
60

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-09

  • Lines in play≈ 16Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.7Mto 628k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$2.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%$950.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball29%$1.7M
  • 5 other tiers19%$1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.05 by chance

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14times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

610times

Every number was expected about that many times after 227 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 (25, 37, 60) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 June 2016 — its closest relative in 227 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 December 2017): 55 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

213

The numbers add up to 213 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

60 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 0.8× 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 →
$211,600,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.4 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 17 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4411≈ 437 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball966≈ 1.1k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,584≈ 23k by chance$7.00
  • Match 324,114≈ 28k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball164,524≈ 174k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball416,896≈ 417k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈16M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 24,114 winners, 12% fewer than the 28k 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 Ball416,896$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball164,524$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,584$7.00
    Match 324,114$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball966$100
    Match 4411$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19$50,000
    Match 52$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$211,600,000