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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 6 August 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 28
  6. 34
  7. 5

JackpotNZ$9,000,000

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 292 of 1,350 under them

← 2016-08-03All recent draws2016-08-10 →

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 18 23 28 34 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 44 of each

844times
1036times
1857times
2338times
28

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-06

  • Lines in play≈ 6.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$274.9Kto 22k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball4.9%NZ$13.5K
  • Match 3 + Powerball84%NZ$230.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball5.9%NZ$16.2K
  • 3 other tiers5.4%NZ$14.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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40times
3437times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

525times

Every number was expected about that many times after 291 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, 18, 23) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 March 2016 — its closest relative in 291 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 August 2016): 10, 28 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 46th 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

23 had not appeared for 14 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 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$9,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball32≈ 33 by chanceNZ$204
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,505≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$9.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball19,183≈ 19k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$6,821
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball84NZ$19.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,619NZ$10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,505 winners, 12% more than the 1.3k 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$9,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$6,821
    Match 5 + Powerball32NZ$204
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball84NZ$19.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,505NZ$9.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,619NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Powerball19,183NZ$12.00
    Totals0—