Drawing summary
Worth noticing
#18 returned after a record-long gap
#18 had been missing for 49 drawings—a new tracked high.
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Powerball results for
Wed, Oct 5, 2016
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- Multiplier
- Power Play 2x
- Drawing date
- Wed, Oct 5, 2016
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Inside this drawing
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Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 104 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 142 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 52 A fairly typical spread
- Odd / even
- 2 / 3 This split appeared in about 28% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 4 / 1 This balance appeared in about 15% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 31 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 2 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 28.4 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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How similarity works
Matches compare main-number sum, span, odd/even and low/high balance, consecutive pairs, and adjacent gaps within the same number format. The closest score wins; equally close drawings are ordered newest first.
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The same 2 odd / 3 even balance and a similar number spread.
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The same 2 odd / 3 even balance and the same number spread.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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