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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 23 May 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 9
  4. 34
  5. 36
  6. 37
  7. 2

JackpotNZ$12,500,000

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 185 of 1,352 under them

← 2015-05-16All recent draws2015-05-30 →

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 feed1 3 9 34 36 37 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

128times
326times
928times
3422times
36

Prize breakdown · 2015-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 5.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$269.9Kto 3.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,953lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$84.2K
  • Match 4 + Powerball32%NZ$87.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$86.9K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$11.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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29times
3727times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

228times

Every number was expected about that many times after 184 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 (3, 34, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 November 2014 — its closest relative in 184 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2015): 1, 3 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 2 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. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 10 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$12,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball24≈ 31 by chanceNZ$3,509
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,268≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$69.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball60NZ$189
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,609NZ$54.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,268 winners, 0% more than the 1.3k 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$12,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball24NZ$3,509
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball60NZ$189
    Match 4 + Powerball1,268NZ$69.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,609NZ$54.00