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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 25
  6. 40
  7. 6

JackpotNZ$16,000,000

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 475 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-05-05All recent draws2018-05-12 →

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 feed19 20 21 23 25 40 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread10th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

1989times
2067times
2170times
2371times
25

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-09

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$387.7Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 270lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball16%NZ$60.6K
  • Match 3 + Powerball56%NZ$218.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball15%NZ$59.6K
  • 2 other tiers13%NZ$48.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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68times
4072times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

642times

Every number was expected about that many times after 474 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 3 of 6 numbers (19, 25, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 March 2018 — its closest relative in 474 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2018): 20, 40 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20, 20–21. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 7 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$16,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball19≈ 25 by chanceNZ$2,126
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,101≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$55.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,578≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball87NZ$97.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,529NZ$39.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,101 winners, 7% more than the 1.0k 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$16,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball19NZ$2,126
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball87NZ$97.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,101NZ$55.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,529NZ$39.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,578NZ$15.00
    Totals17,314—