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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 12
  5. 21
  6. 32
  7. 7

JackpotNZ$4,100,000

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 507 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-08-25All recent draws2018-09-01 →

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 12 21 32 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

277times
770times
866times
1277times
21

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-29

  • Lines in play≈ 3.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$4.4Mto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 271lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball93%NZ$4.1M
  • Match 4 + Powerball0.9%NZ$40.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball3.7%NZ$162.3K
  • 4 other tiers1.9%NZ$83.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.09 by chance

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75times
3273times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

750times

Every number was expected about that many times after 506 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 (7, 8, 12) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 June 2018 — its closest relative in 506 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 August 2018): 8 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 8 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,100,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball14≈ 18 by chanceNZ$1,210
  • Match 4 + Powerball842≈ 761 by chanceNZ$48.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball10,817≈ 11k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$27,177
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball47NZ$91.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,102NZ$32.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 842 winners, 11% more than the 761 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 + Powerball1NZ$4,100,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$27,177
    Match 5 + Powerball14NZ$1,210
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball47NZ$91.00
    Match 4 + Powerball842NZ$48.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,102NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Powerball10,817NZ$15.00
    Totals12,824—