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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 10
  3. 14
  4. 24
  5. 28
  6. 35
  7. 7

JackpotNZ$6,000,000

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 348 of 1,351 under them

← 2017-02-15All recent draws2017-02-22 →

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 10 14 24 28 35 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 52 of each

650times
1045times
1458times
2454times
28

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 5.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$261.3Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 275lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball4.9%NZ$12.9K
  • Match 3 + Powerball83%NZ$217.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.3%NZ$16.6K
  • 3 other tiers5.3%NZ$14.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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51times
3554times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

737times

Every number was expected about that many times after 347 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 (10, 14, 24, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 May 2014 — its closest relative in 347 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2017): 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

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 41th 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

24 had not appeared for 18 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball29≈ 31 by chanceNZ$210
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,288≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$10.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball18,157≈ 18k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$6,362
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball79NZ$19.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,658NZ$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 — 1,288 winners, 1% more 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$6,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$6,362
    Match 5 + Powerball29NZ$210
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball79NZ$19.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,288NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,658NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Powerball18,157NZ$12.00
    Totals0—