Drawing summary
Stands out
These numbers rarely travel together
9 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together less often than expected.
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Powerball results for
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
Winning numbers
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- Multiplier
- Power Play 2x
- Drawing date
- Wed, Oct 12, 2016
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#16 returned after a record-long gap
Worth noticing#16 had been missing for 37 drawings—a new tracked high.
Explore #16#34 returned after a record-long gap
Worth noticing#34 had been missing for 29 drawings—a new tracked high.
Explore #34Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 106 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 161 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 28 Tighter than most comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 1 / 4 This split appeared in about 21% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 3 / 2 This balance appeared in about 26% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 14 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 3 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 32.2 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
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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