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Powerball Double Play · draw

Wednesday, 6 October 2021

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 30
  6. 4

Jackpot$20,000,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 Aug 2021draw 20 of 806 under them

← 2021-10-04All recent draws2021-10-09 →

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 feed1 5 17 22 30 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 October 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd65th
  • low99th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

11time
53times
171time
220times
30

Prize breakdown · 2021-10-06

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$7.4Mto 413k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$1.0M
  • Match 1 plus Powerball19%$1.4M
  • Match 0 plus Powerball47%$3.5M
  • 7 other tiers20%$1.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball0≈ 0.04 by chance

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0times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

40times

Every number was expected about that many times after 19 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 (1, 17) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 September 2021 — its closest relative in 19 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 October 2021): 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

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 1th 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

5 had not appeared for 9 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 3.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$20,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 0.88 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in10≈ 11 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4191≈ 283 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in646≈ 713 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in13,789≈ 15k by chance$7.00
  • Match 312,523≈ 18k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in112,131≈ 112k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in269,605≈ 270k by chance$4.00
  • Match 50$2,000,000
  • Match 469$1,000
  • Match 34,161$70.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,523 winners, 30% fewer than the 18k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 plus Powerball0$20,000,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball10$50,000
    Match 4191$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball468$100
    Match 312,523$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball10,275$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball84,574$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball203,594$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)0$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)0$500,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)69$1,000
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)178$1,000
    Match 3 (with Power Play)4,161$70.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)3,514$70.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)27,557$40.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)66,011$40.00
    Totals413,126—