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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 18 October 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 27
  4. 32
  5. 36
  6. 40
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$7,500,000

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 154 of 1,352 under them

← 2014-10-11All recent draws2014-10-25 →

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 feed2 15 27 32 36 40 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2014 — 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 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread96th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

225times
1525times
2725times
3218times
36

Prize breakdown · 2014-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 5.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$241.6Kto 2.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,892lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$78.7K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball16%NZ$37.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$77K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$48K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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26times
4023times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

822times

Every number was expected about that many times after 153 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 (2, 27, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 June 2014 — its closest relative in 153 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 October 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

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 86th 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

32 had not appeared for 19 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$7,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball29≈ 28 by chanceNZ$1,305
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,140≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$69.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,855
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball68NZ$150
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,510NZ$51.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,140 winners, 0% more than the 1.1k 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$7,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,855
    Match 5 + Powerball29NZ$1,305
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball68NZ$150
    Match 4 + Powerball1,140NZ$69.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,510NZ$51.00