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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 January 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 19
  3. 30
  4. 32
  5. 35
  6. 40
  7. 6

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 167 of 1,350 under them

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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 feed15 19 30 32 35 40 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

1528times
1933times
3022times
3221times
35

Prize breakdown · 2015-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$227.2Kto 2.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,873lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$71.1K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$74.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$72.2K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$9.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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28times
4025times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

69times

Every number was expected about that many times after 166 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 (15, 32, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 October 2014 — its closest relative in 166 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 January 2015): 15, 19 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

171

The numbers add up to 171 — the 96th 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

30 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball36≈ 25 by chanceNZ$1,974
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,032≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$72.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball56NZ$171
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,389NZ$52.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,032 winners, 0% more than the 1.0k 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 + Powerball36NZ$1,974
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball56NZ$171
    Match 4 + Powerball1,032NZ$72.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,389NZ$52.00