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Powerball Double Play · draw

Monday, 16 October 2023

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 15
  4. 17
  5. 34
  6. 1

The crowdHeld 6% 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 337 of 806 under them

← 2023-10-14All recent draws2023-10-18 →

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 2 15 17 34 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd65th
  • low99th
  • widest gap22th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

135times
217times
1530times
1721times
34

Prize breakdown · 2023-10-16

  • Lines in play≈ 8.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.0Mto 341k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 540%$2.0M
  • Match 4 plus Powerball13%$650.0K
  • Match 0 plus Powerball28%$1.4M
  • 7 other tiers20%$986.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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24times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

112times

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 2 of 5 numbers (15, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 July 2023 — its closest relative in 336 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 2023): 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

69

The numbers add up to 69 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 175. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 27% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 49 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$35,300,000
  • Match 52≈ 0.73 by chance$1,000,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball2 rows folded in7≈ 9.3 by chance$50,000
  • Match 4138≈ 233 by chance$100
  • Match 3 plus Powerball2 rows folded in566≈ 586 by chance$100
  • Match 2 plus Powerball2 rows folded in12,218≈ 12k by chance$7.00
  • Match 39,843≈ 15k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball2 rows folded in93,206≈ 92k by chance$4.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball2 rows folded in221,615≈ 222k by chance$4.00
  • Match 50$2,000,000
  • Match 462$300
  • Match 33,667$21.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,843 winners, 33% fewer than the 15k 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$35,300,000
    Match 52$1,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball4$50,000
    Match 4138$100
    Match 3 plus Powerball402$100
    Match 39,843$7.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball8,748$7.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball66,669$4.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball158,197$4.00
    Match 5 (with Power Play)0$2,000,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball (with Power Play)3$150,000
    Match 4 (with Power Play)62$300
    Match 3 plus Powerball (with Power Play)164$300
    Match 3 (with Power Play)3,667$21.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball (with Power Play)3,470$21.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball (with Power Play)26,537$12.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball (with Power Play)63,418$12.00
    Totals341,324—