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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 3 October 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 38
  7. 8

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 204 of 1,352 under them

← 2015-09-26All recent draws2015-10-07 →

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 feed1 17 22 23 26 38 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 October 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

134times
1733times
2224times
2323times
26

Prize breakdown · 2015-10-03

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$218.1Kto 2.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,873lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$34.2K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$71K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$69.6K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$43.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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35times
3829times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

826times

Every number was expected about that many times after 203 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 4 of 6 numbers (1, 22, 23, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 September 2015 — its closest relative in 203 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 September 2015): 1, 22, 23, 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

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 6 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$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball32≈ 27 by chanceNZ$1,068
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,127≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$63.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$34,163
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball71NZ$129
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,513NZ$46.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,127 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$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$34,163
    Match 5 + Powerball32NZ$1,068
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball71NZ$129
    Match 4 + Powerball1,127NZ$63.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,513NZ$46.00