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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 28 April 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. 20
  6. 24
  7. 9

JackpotNZ$5,000,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011draw 25 of 1,351 under them

← 2012-04-21All recent draws2012-05-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 4 12 13 20 24 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 April 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

13times
45times
122times
138times
20

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-28

  • Lines in play≈ 5.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$5.3Mto 3.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,941lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball95%NZ$5.0M
  • Match 4 + Powerball1.6%NZ$81.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1.5%NZ$80.9K
  • 2 other tiers1.7%NZ$89.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.15 by chance

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2times
243times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

93times

Every number was expected about that many times after 24 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (1, 4, 13, 20) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 January 2012 — its closest relative in 24 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 5.3% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 April 2012): 12, 13 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball31≈ 31 by chanceNZ$2,553
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,277≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$64.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$144
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,618NZ$50.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,277 winners, 0% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball31NZ$2,553
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$144
    Match 4 + Powerball1,277NZ$64.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,618NZ$50.00