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Powerball results for 2015
All 25 Powerball drawings held in 2015, from October 7, 2015 to December 30, 2015, with the year's frequency and shape analysis.
The year in numbers
Powerball held 25 drawings in 2015, starting on October 7, 2015 — the first drawing under the current 5 of 69 + 1 of 26 matrix. The five white balls averaged 191.6 per drawing, well above the long-run average of 176.9 for this matrix.
| Measure | 2015 | All 1,392 drawings |
|---|---|---|
| Drawings | 25 | 1,392 |
| Average sum | 191.6 | 176.9 |
| Drawings with consecutive numbers | 28.0% | 26.4% |
| Drawings repeating a ball from the previous one | 20.8% | 31.9% |
| All five balls in the lower half | 0 | 2.9% of drawings |
Most and least drawn numbers of 2015
With 25 drawings and five balls each, every number "should" appear about 1.8 times if the machine is fair. The spread below is what fair randomness actually looks like over a single year — a leader several appearances clear of the field, and a tail of numbers that barely showed up.
| Rank | Number | Times drawn | Share of 2015 drawings |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 16 | 4× | 16.0% |
| #2 | 20 | 4× | 16.0% |
| #3 | 30 | 4× | 16.0% |
| #4 | 32 | 4× | 16.0% |
| #5 | 40 | 4× | 16.0% |
Powerball's most frequent number in 2015 was 16, drawn 4 times — in 16.0% of the year's drawings. 12 numbers were never drawn at all in this period (1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 21, 23, 24, 34, 35, 39, 51). The most common Powerball was 1, with 3 appearances.
None of this predicts anything. A number that led one year has no better chance the next, and the ranking reshuffles completely from year to year — which is exactly what testing the full record against simulated fair draws shows.
Extremes of the year
The lowest-scoring drawing of 2015 came on November 4, 2015, when the five white balls added up to just 116:
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The highest was October 17, 2015, totalling 285 — a spread of 169 points across a single year:
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Every Powerball drawing in 2015
| Drawing date (ET) | Winning numbers | Sum | Odd/even | Low/high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2015 | 123638546122 | 201 | 1:4 | 1:4 |
| December 26, 2015 | 274044596520 | 235 | 3:2 | 1:4 |
| December 23, 2015 | 163855636725 | 239 | 3:2 | 1:4 |
| December 19, 2015 | 283041596810 | 226 | 2:3 | 2:3 |
| December 16, 2015 | 091032425506 | 148 | 2:3 | 3:2 |
| December 12, 2015 | 021419306222 | 127 | 1:4 | 4:1 |
| December 9, 2015 | 071016465601 | 135 | 1:4 | 3:2 |
| December 5, 2015 | 132733476813 | 188 | 4:1 | 3:2 |
| December 2, 2015 | 141819326409 | 147 | 1:4 | 4:1 |
| November 28, 2015 | 020647666702 | 188 | 2:3 | 2:3 |
| November 25, 2015 | 162953586921 | 225 | 3:2 | 2:3 |
| November 21, 2015 | 374750525721 | 243 | 3:2 | 0:5 |
| November 18, 2015 | 174041466906 | 213 | 3:2 | 1:4 |
| November 14, 2015 | 142237456605 | 184 | 2:3 | 2:3 |
| November 11, 2015 | 042632556418 | 181 | 1:4 | 3:2 |
| November 7, 2015 | 071625505315 | 151 | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| November 4, 2015 | 021217206517 | 116 | 2:3 | 4:1 |
| October 31, 2015 | 092025476807 | 169 | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| October 28, 2015 | 045456626310 | 239 | 1:4 | 1:4 |
| October 24, 2015 | 203156606402 | 231 | 1:4 | 2:3 |
| October 21, 2015 | 303242565711 | 217 | 1:4 | 2:3 |
| October 17, 2015 | 484957626919 | 285 | 3:2 | 0:5 |
| October 14, 2015 | 152029314001 | 135 | 3:2 | 4:1 |
| October 10, 2015 | 122729436801 | 179 | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| October 7, 2015 | 183040485209 | 188 | 0:5 | 2:3 |