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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 28 February 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 25
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 40
  7. 1

JackpotNZ$5,000,000

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 173 of 1,352 under them

← 2015-02-21All recent draws2015-03-07 →

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 feed5 6 25 30 31 40 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

519times
625times
2517times
3024times
31

Prize breakdown · 2015-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 4.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$232Kto 2.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,781lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$36.2K
  • Match 4 + Powerball32%NZ$75.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$74.5K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$45.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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28times
4027times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 172 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 (5, 30, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 September 2013 — its closest relative in 172 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2015): 6, 31 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6, 30–31. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 16 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball35≈ 25 by chanceNZ$1,034
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,018≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$74.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,182
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball63NZ$155
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,490NZ$50.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,018 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$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,182
    Match 5 + Powerball35NZ$1,034
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball63NZ$155
    Match 4 + Powerball1,018NZ$74.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,490NZ$50.00