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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 17 August 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 12
  4. 26
  5. 32
  6. 38
  7. 6

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 233 of 267 under them

← 2017-08-10All recent draws2017-08-24 →

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 feed4 5 12 26 32 38 + 629 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 232 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 17 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

443times
540times
1229times
2646times
32

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-17

  • Paid outA$3.9Mto 169k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$820K
  • 719%A$735.2K
  • 843%A$1.7M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$647.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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46times
3834times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

69times

Every number was expected about that many times after 232 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 (4, 5, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 April 2016 — its closest relative in 232 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 August 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

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 14 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2
A$105,274
  • 339A$5,648
  • 4577A$213
  • 51,546A$60.75
  • 620,732A$39.55
  • 726,931A$27.30
  • 8119,500A$14.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    22A$105,274
    339A$5,648
    4577A$213
    51,546A$60.75
    620,732A$39.55
    726,931A$27.30
    8119,500A$14.10