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Powerball Winning Numbers for Wednesday, October 5, 2016

8 18 27 29 60 15 Power Play: 2X

The colored ball is the Powerball.

Jackpot

Advertised jackpot (annuity): $80 million

No ticket matched every number, so the jackpot rolled over to $93 million for the October 8, 2016 drawing.

This was rollover number 4 since the jackpot reset to $40 million on September 21, 2016.

See what this jackpot pays after taxes →

Number Analysis

Number Rank (this format, before this date) Hot / cold Gap (draws)
8 #67 cold 56
18 #58 cold 49
27 #12 hot 18
29 #21 3
60 #32 13

The Powerball 15 ranks #23 of 26 in this format.

Computed from the 104 Powerball drawings in the same format (since October 4, 2015) before October 5, 2016.

Prize Tiers and Odds (current rules)

Match Prize Odds
5 + PB Jackpot 1 in 292,201,338
5 $1,000,000 1 in 11,688,054
4 + PB $50,000 1 in 913,129
4 $100 1 in 36,525
3 + PB $100 1 in 14,494
3 $7 1 in 580
2 + PB $7 1 in 701
1 + PB $4 1 in 92
PB only $4 1 in 38
Any prize — 1 in 24.9

Base prize amounts under the current rules; Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes but does not change the odds.

About This Drawing

Number Times drawn before Previous appearance
8 2 2016-03-23
18 4 2016-04-16
27 10 2016-08-03
29 9 2016-09-24
60 8 2016-08-20
15 (Powerball) 2 2016-05-25
  • Odd/even split: 2 odd, 3 even
  • Low/high split: 4 low, 1 high
  • Sum of main numbers: 142
This drawing used the current Powerball format: 5/69 + 1/26 ($2 per play).

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