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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 March 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 19
  4. 24
  5. 25
  6. 40
  7. 4

JackpotNZ$12,500,000

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 460 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-03-14All recent draws2018-03-21 →

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 feed15 16 19 24 25 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 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 69 of each

1582times
1665times
1986times
2469times
25

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-17

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$13Mto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball96%NZ$12.5M
  • Match 4 + Powerball0.5%NZ$70.1K
  • Match 3 + Powerball2.0%NZ$259K
  • 4 other tiers1.1%NZ$140.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.14 by chance

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65times
4068times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

448times

Every number was expected about that many times after 459 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 (16, 19, 25, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 February 2018 — its closest relative in 459 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2018): 19, 24 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 24–25. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 5 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 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$12,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball29≈ 29 by chanceNZ$1,265
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,208≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$58.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,268≈ 17k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$30,222
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball70NZ$116
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,603NZ$41.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,208 winners, 1% fewer 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$12,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$30,222
    Match 5 + Powerball29NZ$1,265
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball70NZ$116
    Match 4 + Powerball1,208NZ$58.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,603NZ$41.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,268NZ$15.00
    Totals20,180—