Drawing summary
Stands out
The numbers stayed close together
All five fit inside a 25-number stretch.
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Powerball results for
Sat, Dec 3, 2016
Winning numbers
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- Multiplier
- Power Play 2x
- Drawing date
- Sat, Dec 3, 2016
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#8 returned after 6 drawings
Worth noticing#8's typical absence is 20 drawings.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 121 Powerball drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 104 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number span
- 25 Tighter than nearly all comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 2 / 3 This split appeared in about 29% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 5 / 0 This balance appeared in about 5% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–34 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 16 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 1 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 20.8 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
This drawing included one consecutive pair: 26 and 27.
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The same 5 low / 0 high balance and one consecutive pair.
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715181936
20
One consecutive pair and similar smallest and largest gaps.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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