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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 30 December 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 36
  3. 41
  4. 51
  5. 58
  6. 24

Jackpot$390,100,000

The crowdHeld 4% 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 234 of 1,430 under them

← 2017-12-27All recent draws2018-01-03 →

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 36 41 51 58 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

2826times
3613times
4120times
5111times
58

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-30

  • Lines in play≈ 47Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$13.2Mto 1.9M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$3.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball15%$2.0M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball37%$4.9M
  • 5 other tiers25%$3.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0

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11times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

2410times

Every number was expected about that many times after 233 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, 51, 58) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 December 2017 — its closest relative in 233 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 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

214

The numbers add up to 214 — the 81th 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

41 had not appeared for 20 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 →
≈ 0.16 by chance
$390,100,000
  • Match 53≈ 4.0 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38≈ 51 by chance$50,000
  • Match 41,251≈ 1.3k by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball3,013≈ 3.2k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball62,644≈ 67k by chance$7.00
  • Match 377,818≈ 81k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball491,842≈ 508k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball1,220,253≈ 1.2M by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈47M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 3,013 winners, 7% fewer than the 3.2k 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 Ball1,220,253$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball491,842$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball62,644$7.00
    Match 377,818$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball3,013$100
    Match 41,251$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38$50,000
    Match 53$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$390,100,000