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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 25
  5. 28
  6. 29
  7. 7

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 473 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-04-28All recent draws2018-05-05 →

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 feed2 7 8 25 28 29 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread33th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

271times
766times
861times
2567times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 4.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$395.9Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 269lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball13%NZ$52.1K
  • Match 3 + Powerball52%NZ$207.7K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$55.9K
  • 3 other tiers20%NZ$80.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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69times
2972times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

746times

Every number was expected about that many times after 472 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 (2, 7, 8, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 July 2012 — its closest relative in 472 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 April 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 28–29. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 27 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$12,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball23≈ 24 by chanceNZ$1,083
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,001≈ 974 by chanceNZ$52.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball13,848≈ 14k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$27,928
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball91NZ$75.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,516NZ$32.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,001 winners, 3% more than the 974 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 + Powerball2NZ$27,928
    Match 5 + Powerball23NZ$1,083
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball91NZ$75.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,001NZ$52.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,516NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Powerball13,848NZ$15.00
    Totals16,481—