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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 18 August 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 13
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 27
  6. 35
  7. 2

JackpotNZ$8,000,000

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 41 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-08-11All recent draws2012-08-25 →

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 feed10 13 21 23 27 35 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd95th
  • low21th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

107times
1313times
218times
235times
27

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 6.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$8.3Mto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,795lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball96%NZ$8.0M
  • Match 4 + Powerball1.2%NZ$99.0K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1.2%NZ$96.8K
  • 3 other tiers1.3%NZ$108.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.18 by chance

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8times
357times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

25times

Every number was expected about that many times after 40 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 3 of 6 numbers (13, 23, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 April 2012 — its closest relative in 40 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 August 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

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 18 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball51≈ 36 by chanceNZ$936
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,500≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$66.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$23,861
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball105NZ$122
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,152NZ$45.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,500 winners, 0% more than the 1.5k 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$23,861
    Match 5 + Powerball51NZ$936
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball105NZ$122
    Match 4 + Powerball1,500NZ$66.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,152NZ$45.00