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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 May 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 19
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 36
  6. 40
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$18,000,000

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 132 of 1,352 under them

← 2014-05-10All recent draws2014-05-24 →

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 feed6 19 23 26 36 40 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 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.

  • sum84th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

621times
1924times
2315times
2619times
36

Prize breakdown · 2014-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 6.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$323.3Kto 3.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,881lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$105.6K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball16%NZ$50.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$102.9K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$64.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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22times
4019times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

1011times

Every number was expected about that many times after 131 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 (6, 19, 36) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 March 2014 — its closest relative in 131 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 May 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 10 repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 84th 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 17 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 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$18,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball37≈ 35 by chanceNZ$1,368
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,446≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$73.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$25,317
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball80NZ$170
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,941NZ$53.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,446 winners, 0% more than the 1.4k 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$18,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$25,317
    Match 5 + Powerball37NZ$1,368
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball80NZ$170
    Match 4 + Powerball1,446NZ$73.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,941NZ$53.00