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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 24 May 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 24
  6. 35
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$20,000,000

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 133 of 1,352 under them

← 2014-05-17All recent draws2014-05-31 →

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 14 16 22 24 35 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 May 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

1017times
1415times
1619times
2214times
24

Prize breakdown · 2014-05-24

  • Lines in play≈ 8.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$366.7Kto 4.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,855lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$57.3K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$119.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$116.7K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$72.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.22 by chance

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22times
3521times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

820times

Every number was expected about that many times after 132 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 4 of 6 numbers (10, 14, 22, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 June 2012 — its closest relative in 132 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 26% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 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

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 46th 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

14 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$20,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball37≈ 45 by chanceNZ$1,549
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,845≈ 1.8k by chanceNZ$65.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$28,652
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball115NZ$134
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,537NZ$46.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,845 winners, 0% fewer than the 1.8k 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$20,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$28,652
    Match 5 + Powerball37NZ$1,549
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball115NZ$134
    Match 4 + Powerball1,845NZ$65.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,537NZ$46.00