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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 8 May 2019

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 11
  5. 19
  6. 28
  7. 3

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 579 of 1,352 under them

← 2019-05-04All recent draws2019-05-11 →

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 feed7 8 9 11 19 28 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

783times
881times
990times
1182times
19

Prize breakdown · 2019-05-08

  • Lines in play≈ 3.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$320.1Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 275lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball12%NZ$39K
  • Match 3 + Powerball57%NZ$181.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball12%NZ$37.8K
  • 3 other tiers19%NZ$61.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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103times
2881times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

352times

Every number was expected about that many times after 578 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 (8, 9, 19, 28) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 February 2014 — its closest relative in 578 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2019): 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

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, 8–9. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 9 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 3.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball28≈ 21 by chanceNZ$732
  • Match 4 + Powerball951≈ 852 by chanceNZ$41.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball12,111≈ 12k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$18,001
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball56NZ$91.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball995NZ$38.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 951 winners, 12% more than the 852 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 + Powerball2NZ$18,001
    Match 5 + Powerball28NZ$732
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball56NZ$91.00
    Match 4 + Powerball951NZ$41.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball995NZ$38.00
    Match 3 + Powerball12,111NZ$15.00
    Totals14,143—