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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 16 July 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 30
  6. 40
  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 286 of 1,350 under them

← 2016-07-13All recent draws2016-07-20 →

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 feed8 10 24 26 30 40 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd1th
  • low21th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

842times
1034times
2445times
2645times
30

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-16

  • Lines in play≈ 5.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$257.6Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball4.4%NZ$11.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball84%NZ$217.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.1%NZ$15.6K
  • 3 other tiers5.1%NZ$13.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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40times
4045times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

835times

Every number was expected about that many times after 285 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 (8, 24, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 June 2016 — its closest relative in 285 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 July 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

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 70th 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

26 had not appeared for 16 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 1.3× 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$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball30≈ 31 by chanceNZ$192
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,272≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$9.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball18,116≈ 18k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$6,010
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball100NZ$14.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,734NZ$9.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,272 winners, 0% fewer than the 1.3k 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 + Powerball1NZ$6,010
    Match 5 + Powerball30NZ$192
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball100NZ$14.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,272NZ$9.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,734NZ$9.00
    Match 3 + Powerball18,116NZ$12.00
    Totals0—