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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 28 May 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 29
  4. 32
  5. 33
  6. 40
  7. 1

JackpotNZ$13,000,000

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 272 of 1,350 under them

← 2016-05-25All recent draws2016-06-01 →

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 feed6 9 29 32 33 40 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 May 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.

  • sum83th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

634times
945times
2934times
3234times
33

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-28

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$254.8Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball5.8%NZ$14.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball81%NZ$206.0K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball7.0%NZ$17.8K
  • 2 other tiers6.4%NZ$16.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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43times
4043times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 271 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 (29, 32, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 May 2016 — its closest relative in 271 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 May 2016): 29, 32, 40 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 32–33. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$13,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball23≈ 29 by chanceNZ$633
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,332≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$11.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,166≈ 17k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball77NZ$23.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,621NZ$11.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,332 winners, 10% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$13,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball23NZ$633
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball77NZ$23.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,332NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,621NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,166NZ$12.00
    Totals0—