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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 26 May 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 20
  5. 21
  6. 39
  7. 1

JackpotNZ$7,000,000

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 29 of 1,351 under them

← 2012-05-19All recent draws2012-06-02 →

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 feed8 10 12 20 21 39 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

86times
102times
123times
203times
21

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-26

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$260.5Kto 3.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,822lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$81.5K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$84.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$83.3K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$11.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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5times
393times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

13times

Every number was expected about that many times after 28 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (8, 10, 12) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 January 2012 — its closest relative in 28 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 20 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$7,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball27≈ 29 by chanceNZ$3,018
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,211≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$70.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball94NZ$117
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,699NZ$49.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,211 winners, 0% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$7,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball27NZ$3,018
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball94NZ$117
    Match 4 + Powerball1,211NZ$70.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,699NZ$49.00