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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 November 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 20
  4. 52
  5. 68
  6. 5

Jackpot$124,000,000

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 326 of 1,432 under them

← 2018-11-14All recent draws2018-11-21 →

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 feed6 8 20 52 68 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd1th
  • low65th
  • widest gap83th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

619times
819times
2028times
5224times
68

Prize breakdown · 2018-11-17

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.9Mto 512k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21%$600.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%$565.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball46%$1.3M
  • 4 other tiers14%$397.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

510times

Every number was expected about that many times after 325 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 (6, 8, 52) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 March 2018 — its closest relative in 325 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 November 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

154

The numbers add up to 154 — the 31th 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

52 had not appeared for 26 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 30% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
≈ 0.04 by chance
$124,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.1 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball12≈ 14 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4332≈ 346 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball873≈ 872 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,599≈ 18k by chance$7.00
  • Match 320,941≈ 22k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball141,261≈ 137k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball329,664≈ 330k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈13M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 20,941 winners, 4% fewer than the 22k 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 Ball329,664$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball141,261$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,599$7.00
    Match 320,941$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball873$100
    Match 4332$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball12$50,000
    Match 50$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$124,000,000