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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 6
  4. 10
  5. 14
  6. 26
  7. 7

JackpotNZ$12,000,000

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 295 of 1,350 under them

← 2016-08-13All recent draws2016-08-20 →

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 feed2 3 6 10 14 26 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 44 of each

240times
342times
640times
1037times
14

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 3.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$172.8Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 270lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball4.6%NZ$8.0K
  • Match 3 + Powerball84%NZ$145.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.0%NZ$10.4K
  • 3 other tiers5.4%NZ$9.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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50times
2648times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

729times

Every number was expected about that many times after 294 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 (2, 3, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 April 2016 — its closest relative in 294 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2016): 26 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

61

The numbers add up to 61 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$12,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball23≈ 21 by chanceNZ$176
  • Match 4 + Powerball890≈ 850 by chanceNZ$9.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball12,091≈ 12k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$4,217
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball63NZ$16.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,305NZ$8.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 890 winners, 5% more than the 850 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$12,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$4,217
    Match 5 + Powerball23NZ$176
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball63NZ$16.00
    Match 4 + Powerball890NZ$9.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,305NZ$8.00
    Match 3 + Powerball12,091NZ$12.00
    Totals0—