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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 33
  3. 37
  4. 51
  5. 57
  6. 21

Jackpot$62,400,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 239 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-01-13All recent draws2018-01-20 →

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 feed3 33 37 51 57 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd99th
  • low33th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread69th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

322times
3320times
3717times
5112times
57

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 9.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.2Mto 375k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%$550.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball30%$973.2K
  • 5 other tiers22%$700.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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19times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

2110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 238 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 (37, 51) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 November 2017 — its closest relative in 238 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2018): 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

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 55th 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

57 had not appeared for 23 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 →
$62,400,000
  • Match 51≈ 0.80 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 10 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4257≈ 255 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball615≈ 643 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,178≈ 13k by chance$7.00
  • Match 316,211≈ 16k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball101,876≈ 101k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball243,309≈ 243k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 615 winners, 4% fewer than the 643 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 Ball243,309$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball101,876$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,178$7.00
    Match 316,211$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball615$100
    Match 4257$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$62,400,000