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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 8 March 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 18
  5. 28
  6. 35
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$4,000,000

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 122 of 1,352 under them

← 2014-03-01All recent draws2014-03-15 →

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 feed3 6 8 18 28 35 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 March 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

315times
619times
821times
1821times
28

Prize breakdown · 2014-03-08

  • Lines in play≈ 4.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$229.1Kto 2.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,728lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$71.9K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$74.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$73K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$9.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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12times
3518times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 121 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, 18, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 November 2013 — its closest relative in 121 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 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

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 17th 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

3 had not appeared for 13 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$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball22≈ 24 by chanceNZ$3,269
  • Match 4 + Powerball993≈ 993 by chanceNZ$75.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball86NZ$113
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,520NZ$48.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 993 winners, 0% more than the 993 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$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball22NZ$3,269
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball86NZ$113
    Match 4 + Powerball993NZ$75.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,520NZ$48.00