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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 4 August 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 24
  6. 38
  7. 5

JackpotA$35,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 179 of 267 under them

← 2016-07-28All recent draws2016-08-11 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 8 16 17 24 38 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Powerball was a 6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 178 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

324times
830times
1626times
1726times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-04

  • Paid outA$48.5Mto 603k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$35M

Where the money went

  • 172%A$35M
  • 65.9%A$2.8M
  • 812%A$5.8M
  • 5 other tiers10%A$4.8M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 11A$35,000,000

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31times
3825times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

512times

Every number was expected about that many times after 178 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 6 numbers (3, 17, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 June 2016 — its closest relative in 178 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 July 2016): 24 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.2× 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 →
2
8
A$91,136
  • 3103A$7,405
  • 42,097A$203
  • 55,157A$63.10
  • 673,553A$38.60
  • 795,887A$26.55
  • 8425,901A$13.70
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$35,000,000
    28A$91,136
    3103A$7,405
    42,097A$203
    55,157A$63.10
    673,553A$38.60
    795,887A$26.55
    8425,901A$13.70