Drawing summary
Worth noticing
#57 returned after a record-long gap
#57 had been missing for 27 drawings—a new tracked high.
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Sat, Oct 15, 2016
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- Multiplier
- Power Play 2x
- Drawing date
- Sat, Oct 15, 2016
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#23 returned after a long gap
Worth noticing#23 had been missing for 9 drawings—longer than nearly all of its previous absences and 2 drawings short of its longest absence.
Explore #23The numbers landed higher than usual
Stands outThe average main number was 52.0.
Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 107 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 260 Higher than nearly all comparable drawings
- Number span
- 44 A fairly typical spread
- Odd / even
- 4 / 1 This split appeared in about 18% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 1 / 4 This balance appeared in about 16% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 26 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 3 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 52.0 Higher than nearly all comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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