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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 30 April 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 31
  6. 36
  7. 1

JackpotNZ$5,500,000

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 264 of 1,351 under them

← 2016-04-27All recent draws2016-05-04 →

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 feed11 20 22 23 31 36 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

1132times
2040times
2234times
2335times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-30

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$219.9Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball5.7%NZ$12.5K
  • Match 3 + Powerball81%NZ$178.0K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball7.1%NZ$15.6K
  • 2 other tiers6.3%NZ$13.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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42times
3640times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 263 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 (11, 20, 22, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 February 2016 — its closest relative in 263 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 April 2016): 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

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 77th 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

11 had not appeared for 17 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball29≈ 25 by chanceNZ$427
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,039≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,835≈ 15k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball67NZ$22.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,415NZ$11.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • 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 — 1,039 winners, 0% fewer than the 1.0k 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$5,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball29NZ$427
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball67NZ$22.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,039NZ$12.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,415NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,835NZ$12.00
    Totals0—