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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 28 October 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 12
  5. 23
  6. 37
  7. 5

JackpotNZ$20,000,000

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 420 of 1,350 under them

← 2017-10-25All recent draws2017-11-01 →

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 feed1 9 10 12 23 37 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 63 of each

168times
970times
1060times
1260times
23

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-28

  • Lines in play≈ 7.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$608.8Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 271lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$91.6K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$337.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$81.0K
  • 3 other tiers16%NZ$98.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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60times
3761times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

540times

Every number was expected about that many times after 419 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 (9, 10, 12, 23) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 July 2014 — its closest relative in 419 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 October 2017): 1, 23 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 12 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$20,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball50≈ 38 by chanceNZ$1,037
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,761≈ 1.6k by chanceNZ$52.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball22,492≈ 22k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,307
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball82NZ$118
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,190NZ$37.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,761 winners, 11% more than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$20,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,307
    Match 5 + Powerball50NZ$1,037
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball82NZ$118
    Match 4 + Powerball1,761NZ$52.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,190NZ$37.00
    Match 3 + Powerball22,492NZ$15.00
    Totals26,576—