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Powerball Double Play · draw

Saturday, 18 December 2021

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 16
  3. 37
  4. 57
  5. 66
  6. 11

Jackpot$352,200,000

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 Aug 2021draw 51 of 806 under them

← 2021-12-15All recent draws2021-12-20 →

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 16 37 57 66 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd65th
  • low33th
  • widest gap41th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread78th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

93times
161time
377times
571time
66

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 22Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$7.9Mto 897k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus Powerball15%$1.2M
  • Match 0 plus Powerball35%$2.8M
  • Match 525%$2.0M
  • 7 other tiers25%$2.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball0≈ 0.08 by chance

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3times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

112times

Every number was expected about that many times after 50 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 (16, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 November 2021 — its closest relative in 50 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 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

185

The numbers add up to 185 — the 58th 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

57 had not appeared for 40 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 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$352,200,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.9 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in19≈ 24 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4493≈ 606 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in1,542≈ 1.5k by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in32,427≈ 32k by chance$7.00
  • Match 332,199≈ 38k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in243,379≈ 241k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in577,854≈ 578k by chance$4.00
  • Match 51$2,000,000
  • Match 4132$200
  • Match 38,587$14.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈22M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 493 winners, 19% fewer than the 606 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 plus Powerball0$352,200,000
    Match 50$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball16$50,000
    Match 4493$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball1,224$100
    Match 332,199$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball25,624$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball193,378$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball458,392$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)1$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)3$100,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)132$200
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)318$200
    Match 3 (with Power Play)8,587$14.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)6,803$14.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)50,001$8.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)119,462$8.00
    Totals896,633—