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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 29
  3. 31
  4. 37
  5. 43
  6. 16

Jackpot$262,000,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 335 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-12-15All recent draws2018-12-22 →

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 feed15 29 31 37 43 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd99th
  • low65th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread8th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1519times
2923times
3121times
3722times
43

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-19

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.2Mto 511k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 539%$2.0M
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%$900.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%$1.3M
  • 5 other tiers19%$967.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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20times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

1610times

Every number was expected about that many times after 334 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 (15, 29, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 October 2015 — its closest relative in 334 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2018): 43 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

155

The numbers add up to 155 — the 32th 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

31 had not appeared for 59 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 →
$262,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.1 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 14 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4369≈ 347 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball904≈ 875 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,322≈ 18k by chance$7.00
  • Match 323,267≈ 22k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball137,263≈ 138k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball331,002≈ 331k 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 — 23,267 winners, 6% more 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 Ball331,002$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball137,263$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,322$7.00
    Match 323,267$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball904$100
    Match 4369$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18$50,000
    Match 52$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$262,000,000