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Powerball Double Play · draw

Saturday, 4 March 2023

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 36
  5. 56
  6. 25

The crowdHeld 5% 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 240 of 806 under them

← 2023-03-01All recent draws2023-03-06 →

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 feed17 18 24 36 56 + 2529 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 March 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd10th
  • low65th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread26th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

1716times
1815times
2421times
3616times
56

Prize breakdown · 2023-03-04

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$168.8Mto 578k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Powerball96%$162.6M
  • Match 4 plus Powerball0.8%$1.3M
  • Match 0 plus Powerball1.3%$2.2M
  • 8 other tiers1.6%$2.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball

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18times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

258times

Every number was expected about that many times after 239 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 (17, 24, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 October 2022 — its closest relative in 239 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 2023): 17 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 34 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 →
1≈ 0.05 by chance
$162,600,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in14≈ 16 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4287≈ 389 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in935≈ 980 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in20,954≈ 20k by chance$7.00
  • Match 319,408≈ 25k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in159,075≈ 155k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in370,818≈ 371k by chance$4.00
  • Match 50$2,000,000
  • Match 4103$300
  • Match 36,524$21.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 19,408 winners, 21% fewer than the 25k 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 Powerball1$162,600,000
    Match 51$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball8$50,000
    Match 4287$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball712$100
    Match 319,408$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball15,766$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball119,420$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball279,501$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)0$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)6$150,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)103$300
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)223$300
    Match 3 (with Power Play)6,524$21.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)5,188$21.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)39,655$12.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)91,317$12.00
    Totals578,120—