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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 35
  3. 37
  4. 50
  5. 63
  6. 11

Jackpot$249,100,000

The crowdHeld 15% 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 230 of 1,430 under them

← 2017-12-13All recent draws2017-12-20 →

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 feed9 35 37 50 63 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd89th
  • low33th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread69th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

917times
358times
3715times
5015times
63

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 20Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.1Mto 781k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$1.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16%$837.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball40%$2.1M
  • 5 other tiers24%$1.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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23times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

118times

Every number was expected about that many times after 229 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 (35, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 November 2017 — its closest relative in 229 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 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

194

The numbers add up to 194 — the 66th 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

9 had not appeared for 35 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 39% 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 Ball13≈ 22 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4479≈ 541 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,169≈ 1.4k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball25,799≈ 28k by chance$7.00
  • Match 329,109≈ 34k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball209,301≈ 215k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball515,159≈ 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 3 — 29,109 winners, 15% fewer than the 34k 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 Ball515,159$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball209,301$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball25,799$7.00
    Match 329,109$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,169$100
    Match 4479$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball13$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$249,100,000