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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 20
  5. 29
  6. 32
  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 263 of 1,351 under them

← 2016-04-23All recent draws2016-04-30 →

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 12 15 20 29 32 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

142times
1241times
1549times
2039times
29

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-27

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$120.6Kto 9.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball5.2%NZ$6.2K
  • Match 3 + Powerball83%NZ$99.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.3%NZ$7.6K
  • 2 other tiers5.7%NZ$6.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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32times
3230times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

833times

Every number was expected about that many times after 262 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, 12, 15, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 November 2013 — its closest relative in 262 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 April 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 30th 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

32 had not appeared for 26 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball14≈ 14 by chanceNZ$445
  • Match 4 + Powerball609≈ 585 by chanceNZ$10.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball8,326≈ 8.3k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball41NZ$18.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball845NZ$9.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 609 winners, 4% more than the 585 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 + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball14NZ$445
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball41NZ$18.00
    Match 4 + Powerball609NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball845NZ$9.00
    Match 3 + Powerball8,326NZ$12.00
    Totals0—