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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 5 March 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 17
  5. 29
  6. 35
  7. 1

JackpotNZ$8,000,000

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 248 of 1,350 under them

← 2016-03-02All recent draws2016-03-09 →

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 5 8 17 29 35 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd95th
  • low79th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

139times
531times
838times
1743times
29

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-05

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$220.0Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball5.4%NZ$12.0K
  • Match 3 + Powerball82%NZ$179.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball7.0%NZ$15.3K
  • 3 other tiers6.1%NZ$13.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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30times
3541times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

121times

Every number was expected about that many times after 247 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 (5, 17, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 February 2016 — its closest relative in 247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 March 2016): 5, 35 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 14th 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

1 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball31≈ 25 by chanceNZ$189
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,087≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$11.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,942≈ 15k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$6,118
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball49NZ$29.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,393NZ$11.00
    • 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 — 1,087 winners, 3% 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$6,118
    Match 5 + Powerball31NZ$189
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball49NZ$29.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,087NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,393NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,942NZ$12.00
    Totals0—