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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 3 March 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 17
  3. 25
  4. 36
  5. 40
  6. 5

Jackpot$318,700,000

The crowdHeld 7% more 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 252 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-02-28All recent draws2018-03-07 →

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 feed13 17 25 36 40 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

1316times
1718times
2521times
3615times
40

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-03

  • Lines in play≈ 23Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$11.1Mto 953k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 545%$5.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%$1.9M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%$2.4M
  • 5 other tiers17%$1.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.08 by chance

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21times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

59times

Every number was expected about that many times after 251 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 (25, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 December 2017 — its closest relative in 251 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 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

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 16th 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

17 had not appeared for 10 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$318,700,000
  • Match 55≈ 2.0 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball37≈ 25 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4700≈ 636 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,808≈ 1.6k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball36,161≈ 33k by chance$7.00
  • Match 342,860≈ 40k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball264,822≈ 253k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball606,587≈ 607k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈23M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,808 winners, 13% more than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball606,587$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball264,822$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball36,161$7.00
    Match 342,860$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,808$100
    Match 4700$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball37$50,000
    Match 55$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$318,700,000