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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 15 August 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 22
  4. 26
  5. 35
  6. 40
  7. 2

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 197 of 1,352 under them

← 2015-08-08All recent draws2015-08-22 →

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 feed4 12 22 26 35 40 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 August 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

429times
1225times
2222times
2632times
35

Prize breakdown · 2015-08-15

  • Lines in play≈ 5.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$235.4Kto 2.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,853lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$73.7K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$76.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$75.3K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$9.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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33times
4030times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

230times

Every number was expected about that many times after 196 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 (12, 26, 35) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 July 2015 — its closest relative in 196 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 August 2015): 22, 26 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 72th 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

4 had not appeared for 18 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 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball16≈ 29 by chanceNZ$4,605
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,177≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$65.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball69NZ$144
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,636NZ$46.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,177 winners, 0% more than the 1.2k 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 + Powerball16NZ$4,605
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball69NZ$144
    Match 4 + Powerball1,177NZ$65.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,636NZ$46.00