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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 24
  2. 25
  3. 38
  4. 62
  5. 63
  6. 6

Jackpot$271,000,000

The crowdHeld 14% 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 250 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-02-21All recent draws2018-02-28 →

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 feed24 25 38 62 63 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread26th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

2415times
2520times
3812times
6224times
63

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 19Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.3Mto 751k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$1.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18%$950.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball38%$2.0M
  • 5 other tiers25%$1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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24times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

612times

Every number was expected about that many times after 249 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 (24, 63) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 November 2017 — its closest relative in 249 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 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

212

The numbers add up to 212 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25, 62–63. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 34 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 →
$271,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.6 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 21 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4443≈ 521 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,114≈ 1.3k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball25,076≈ 27k by chance$7.00
  • Match 328,361≈ 33k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball200,231≈ 207k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball496,095≈ 496k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈19M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,114 winners, 15% fewer than the 1.3k 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 Ball496,095$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball200,231$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball25,076$7.00
    Match 328,361$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,114$100
    Match 4443$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19$50,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$271,000,000