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Powerball Double Play · draw

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

ResultPowerball Double Play

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 66
  5. 69
  6. 1

Jackpot$10,000,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 803 of 803 under them

← 2026-10-05All recent drawsLatest on record

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 8 Oct 2026, 16:27 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 18 23 66 69 + 18 Oct 2026, 16:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

1752times
1858times
2372times
6652times
69

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-07

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$576.5Kto 52k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.00

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Powerball8.7%$50.0K
  • Match 1 plus Powerball25%$144.1K
  • Match 0 plus Powerball41%$234.1K
  • 4 other tiers26%$148.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Powerball0≈ 0.00 by chance

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45times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 802 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 (18, 23, 69) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 November 2025 — its closest relative in 802 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 October 2026): 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

193

The numbers add up to 193 — the 65th 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

66 had not appeared for 27 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 →
$10,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 0.11 by chance$500,000
  • Match 4 plus Powerball1≈ 1.4 by chance$50,000
  • Match 433≈ 35 by chance$500
  • Match 3 plus Powerball93≈ 88 by chance$500
  • Match 2 plus Powerball1,875≈ 1.8k by chance$20.00
  • Match 32,392≈ 2.2k by chance$20.00
  • Match 1 plus Powerball14,405≈ 14k by chance$10.00
  • Match 0 plus Powerball33,445≈ 33k by chance$7.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,392 winners, 8% more than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 plus Powerball0$10,000,000
    Match 50$500,000
    Match 4 plus Powerball1$50,000
    Match 433$500
    Match 3 plus Powerball93$500
    Match 32,392$20.00
    Match 2 plus Powerball1,875$20.00
    Match 1 plus Powerball14,405$10.00
    Match 0 plus Powerball33,445$7.00