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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 26 October 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 15
  3. 23
  4. 29
  5. 34
  6. 39
  7. 5

JackpotA$3,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/20 · Mar 2013 – Apr 2018draw 243 of 267 under them

← 2017-10-19All recent draws2017-11-02 →

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 15 23 29 34 39 + 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 242 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 26 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

444times
1532times
2344times
2939times
34

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-26

  • Paid outA$3.8Mto 164k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$3M

Where the money went

  • 621%A$791.8K
  • 719%A$710.8K
  • 843%A$1.6M
  • 4 other tiers17%A$625.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$3,000,000
  2. 2

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40times
3929times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

517times

Every number was expected about that many times after 242 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 (4, 29, 34, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 August 2013 — its closest relative in 242 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 42% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 October 2017): 34 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 22 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5
A$40,683
  • 338A$5,600
  • 4754A$158
  • 51,318A$68.85
  • 619,721A$40.15
  • 726,376A$26.95
  • 8115,560A$14.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$3,000,000
    25A$40,683
    338A$5,600
    4754A$158
    51,318A$68.85
    619,721A$40.15
    726,376A$26.95
    8115,560A$14.10