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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 16 February 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 29
  7. 16

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 207 of 267 under them

← 2017-02-09All recent draws2017-02-23 →

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 feed15 22 24 25 26 29 + 1629 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 206 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 16 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

1525times
2229times
2436times
2533times
26

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-16

  • Paid outA$3.8Mto 163k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$794.3K
  • 719%A$711.8K
  • 843%A$1.6M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$627.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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41times
2935times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

164times

Every number was expected about that many times after 206 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 4 of 6 numbers (22, 24, 26, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 May 2016 — its closest relative in 206 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 February 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25, 25–26. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 38 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
A$101,976
  • 338A$5,615
  • 4650A$183
  • 51,388A$65.55
  • 619,587A$40.55
  • 727,970A$25.45
  • 8113,777A$14.35
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    22A$101,976
    338A$5,615
    4650A$183
    51,388A$65.55
    619,587A$40.55
    727,970A$25.45
    8113,777A$14.35