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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 September 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 25
  5. 34
  6. 40
  7. 4

JackpotNZ$11,000,000

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 304 of 1,351 under them

← 2016-09-14All recent draws2016-09-21 →

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 16 22 25 34 40 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

642times
1639times
2240times
2535times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 5.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$262.3Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball5.3%NZ$13.8K
  • Match 3 + Powerball82%NZ$215.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.5%NZ$17.1K
  • 3 other tiers6.0%NZ$15.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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39times
4048times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

432times

Every number was expected about that many times after 303 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 3 of 6 numbers (6, 25, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 July 2016 — its closest relative in 303 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 September 2016): 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

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 77th 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

6 had not appeared for 6 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$11,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball30≈ 31 by chanceNZ$229
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,253≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$11.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,981≈ 18k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$7,162
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball62NZ$27.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,708NZ$10.00
    • 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 — 1,253 winners, 1% 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$11,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$7,162
    Match 5 + Powerball30NZ$229
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball62NZ$27.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,253NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,708NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,981NZ$12.00
    Totals0—