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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 22 August 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 10
  4. 15
  5. 25
  6. 28
  7. 7

JackpotNZ$5,000,000

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 505 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-08-18All recent draws2018-08-25 →

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 5 10 15 25 28 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

276times
564times
1073times
1590times
25

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 3.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$317.2Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball13%NZ$40.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$175.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball12%NZ$39.6K
  • 3 other tiers20%NZ$61.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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73times
2873times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

749times

Every number was expected about that many times after 504 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 (5, 10, 15, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 December 2016 — its closest relative in 504 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 August 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

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball25≈ 20 by chanceNZ$828
  • Match 4 + Powerball992≈ 821 by chanceNZ$41.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball11,670≈ 12k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,152
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball50NZ$100
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball990NZ$40.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 992 winners, 21% more than the 821 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$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,152
    Match 5 + Powerball25NZ$828
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball50NZ$100
    Match 4 + Powerball992NZ$41.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball990NZ$40.00
    Match 3 + Powerball11,670NZ$15.00
    Totals13,728—