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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 18 April 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 15
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 23
  6. 37
  7. 9

JackpotNZ$6,000,000

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 180 of 1,352 under them

← 2015-04-11All recent draws2015-04-25 →

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 feed6 15 18 21 23 37 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 April 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

627times
1531times
1831times
2128times
23

Prize breakdown · 2015-04-18

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$233.9Kto 2.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,889lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$76.7K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball16%NZ$36.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$74.2K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$46.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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21times
3724times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

913times

Every number was expected about that many times after 179 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 (6, 18, 21) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 February 2015 — its closest relative in 179 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 April 2015): 21 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 45th 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 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball33≈ 25 by chanceNZ$1,109
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,050≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$73.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,609
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball52NZ$189
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,400NZ$53.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,050 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$6,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,609
    Match 5 + Powerball33NZ$1,109
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball52NZ$189
    Match 4 + Powerball1,050NZ$73.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,400NZ$53.00