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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 26 December 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 25
  3. 38
  4. 52
  5. 67
  6. 24

Jackpot$298,300,000

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 337 of 1,430 under them

← 2018-12-22All recent draws2018-12-29 →

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 feed5 25 38 52 67 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd65th
  • low33th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

521times
2527times
3821times
5226times
67

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-26

  • Lines in play≈ 17Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$305.3Mto 692k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball98%$298.3M
  • Match 51.0%$3.0M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0.6%$1.8M
  • 6 other tiers0.7%$2.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1

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23times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

2418times

Every number was expected about that many times after 336 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 (25, 52, 67) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 January 2017 — its closest relative in 336 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 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

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 60th 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

67 had not appeared for 23 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 37% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
≈ 0.06 by chance
$298,300,000
  • Match 53≈ 1.5 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 19 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4462≈ 473 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,168≈ 1.2k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball24,204≈ 25k by chance$7.00
  • Match 329,640≈ 30k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball185,664≈ 188k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball450,354≈ 450k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈17M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,168 winners, 2% fewer than the 1.2k 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 Ball450,354$4.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball185,664$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball24,204$7.00
    Match 329,640$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,168$100
    Match 4462$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19$50,000
    Match 53$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1$298,300,000