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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 17
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 29
  7. 5

JackpotNZ$6,500,000

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 245 of 1,352 under them

← 2016-02-20All recent draws2016-02-27 →

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 feed2 5 17 19 20 29 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

236times
529times
1742times
1949times
20

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 3.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$132.3Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball4.8%NZ$6.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball84%NZ$110.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.1%NZ$8K
  • 2 other tiers5.3%NZ$7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.08 by chance

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37times
2929times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

522times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 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 (17, 19, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 November 2015 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2016): 5, 20 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 9 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball22≈ 16 by chanceNZ$282
  • Match 4 + Powerball636≈ 650 by chanceNZ$10.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball9,245≈ 9.2k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball36NZ$21.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball890NZ$9.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 636 winners, 2% fewer than the 650 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$6,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball22NZ$282
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball36NZ$21.00
    Match 4 + Powerball636NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball890NZ$9.00
    Match 3 + Powerball9,245NZ$12.00
    Totals0—