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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 28 July 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 18
  6. 25
  7. 1

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 38 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-07-21All recent draws2012-08-04 →

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 feed2 7 8 9 18 25 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

25times
79times
88times
96times
18

Prize breakdown · 2012-07-28

  • Lines in play≈ 5.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$235.8Kto 2.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,077lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$77.1K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball16%NZ$36.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$75.2K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$46.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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6times
252times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

14times

Every number was expected about that many times after 37 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 (2, 7, 9) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 February 2012 — its closest relative in 37 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 July 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

69

The numbers add up to 69 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 8–9. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 6 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 3.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball34≈ 30 by chanceNZ$1,082
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,224≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$63.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,803
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball62NZ$160
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,367NZ$55.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,224 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$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,803
    Match 5 + Powerball34NZ$1,082
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball62NZ$160
    Match 4 + Powerball1,224NZ$63.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,367NZ$55.00