Drawing summary
Worth noticing
#12 returned after a record-long gap
#12 had been missing for 33 drawings—a new tracked high.
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Sat, Oct 1, 2016
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- Multiplier
- Power Play 2x
- Drawing date
- Sat, Oct 1, 2016
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#2 returned after a record-long gap
Worth noticing#2 had been missing for 25 drawings—a new tracked high.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 103 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 189 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 62 Wider than most comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 1 / 4 This split appeared in about 20% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 2 / 3 This balance appeared in about 33% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 38 Larger than most comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 3 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 37.8 Near the middle of comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
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The same 2 low / 3 high balance and a nearly identical number spread.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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