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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 19
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 29
  6. 36
  7. 10

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 296 of 1,350 under them

← 2016-08-17All recent draws2016-08-24 →

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 19 27 28 29 36 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 44 of each

1135times
1957times
2747times
2841times
29

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 5.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$13.3Mto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball98%NZ$13.0M
  • Match 3 + Powerball1.6%NZ$211.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball0.1%NZ$18.4K
  • 4 other tiers0.2%NZ$31.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.15 by chance

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40times
3644times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

1024times

Every number was expected about that many times after 295 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (11, 19, 27, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 December 2015 — its closest relative in 295 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 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

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28, 28–29. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$13,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball24≈ 30 by chanceNZ$298
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,258≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,646≈ 18k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$3,735
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball75NZ$23.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,669NZ$11.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,258 winners, 1% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$13,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$3,735
    Match 5 + Powerball24NZ$298
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball75NZ$23.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,258NZ$12.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,669NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,646NZ$12.00
    Totals0—