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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 18 January 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 29
  5. 35
  6. 37
  7. 6

JackpotNZ$14,000,000

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 115 of 1,352 under them

← 2014-01-11All recent draws2014-01-25 →

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 feed14 18 23 29 35 37 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2014 — 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.

  • sum89th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

1414times
1820times
2314times
2917times
35

Prize breakdown · 2014-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 6.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$291.6Kto 3.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,817lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$91.3K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$95.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$92.4K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$12.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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16times
3712times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

63times

Every number was expected about that many times after 114 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 (18, 23, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 April 2013 — its closest relative in 114 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 January 2014): 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

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 89th 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

35 had not appeared for 35 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$14,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball35≈ 36 by chanceNZ$2,608
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,472≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$65.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball89NZ$138
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,100NZ$44.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,472 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 + Powerball0NZ$14,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball35NZ$2,608
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball89NZ$138
    Match 4 + Powerball1,472NZ$65.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,100NZ$44.00