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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 19 August 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 32
  7. 8

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 400 of 1,351 under them

← 2017-08-16All recent draws2017-08-23 →

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 feed4 17 22 27 28 32 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

453times
1765times
2252times
2760times
28

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-19

  • Lines in play≈ 5.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$499.8Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 270lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$73.5K
  • Match 3 + Powerball53%NZ$265.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$69.7K
  • 3 other tiers18%NZ$91.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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59times
3262times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

842times

Every number was expected about that many times after 399 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 4 of 6 numbers (4, 17, 22, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 July 2016 — its closest relative in 399 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2017): 32 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 13 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$12,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball44≈ 30 by chanceNZ$1,030
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,336≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$55.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,676≈ 18k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$38,480
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball69NZ$112
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,883NZ$37.00
    • 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 — 1,336 winners, 7% 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 + Powerball0NZ$12,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$38,480
    Match 5 + Powerball44NZ$1,030
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball69NZ$112
    Match 4 + Powerball1,336NZ$55.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,883NZ$37.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,676NZ$15.00
    Totals21,009—