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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 29
  6. 34
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$8,000,000

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 481 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-05-26All recent draws2018-06-02 →

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 feed14 18 22 28 29 34 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum79th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread8th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

1480times
1878times
2265times
2871times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-30

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$230.9Kto 9.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 271lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball16%NZ$38K
  • Match 3 + Powerball54%NZ$125K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball15%NZ$35.7K
  • 2 other tiers14%NZ$32.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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74times
3466times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each

1041times

Every number was expected about that many times after 480 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 (14, 28, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 May 2018 — its closest relative in 480 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 May 2018): 18 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 16 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball16≈ 14 by chanceNZ$1,750
  • Match 4 + Powerball623≈ 586 by chanceNZ$61.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball8,330≈ 8.3k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball41NZ$105
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball849NZ$42.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 623 winners, 6% more than the 586 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball16NZ$1,750
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball41NZ$105
    Match 4 + Powerball623NZ$61.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball849NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball8,330NZ$15.00
    Totals9,859—