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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 11
  3. 36
  4. 37
  5. 38
  6. 11

Jackpot$199,400,000

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 331 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-12-01All recent draws2018-12-08 →

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 feed9 11 36 37 38 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 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
  • low33th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

926times
1122times
3620times
3721times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.9Mto 518k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines 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%$591.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45%$1.3M
  • 4 other tiers14%$418.0K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

1112times

Every number was expected about that many times after 330 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 (11, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 August 2018 — its closest relative in 330 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2018): 11 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. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37, 37–38. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 46 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 34% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
≈ 0.04 by chance
$199,400,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.1 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball12≈ 14 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4333≈ 343 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball932≈ 865 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,968≈ 18k by chance$7.00
  • Match 321,679≈ 22k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball147,816≈ 136k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball327,322≈ 327k 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 2 plus Bonus Ball — 19,968 winners, 12% more than the 18k 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 Ball327,322$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball147,816$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,968$7.00
    Match 321,679$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball932$100
    Match 4333$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball12$50,000
    Match 50$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$199,400,000