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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2019

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 20
  5. 24
  6. 25
  7. 1

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 582 of 1,352 under them

← 2019-05-15All recent draws2019-05-22 →

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 feed9 10 12 20 24 25 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

991times
1088times
1290times
2082times
24

Prize breakdown · 2019-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$429.5Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 269lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$63.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball52%NZ$223.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$55.8K
  • 3 other tiers20%NZ$86.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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88times
2584times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

156times

Every number was expected about that many times after 581 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 (10, 20, 24, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 October 2014 — its closest relative in 581 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 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

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 19th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10, 24–25. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 20 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball36≈ 25 by chanceNZ$952
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,197≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$53.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,927≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$22,568
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball72NZ$96.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,550NZ$36.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,197 winners, 14% more than the 1.0k 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$22,568
    Match 5 + Powerball36NZ$952
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball72NZ$96.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,197NZ$53.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,550NZ$36.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,927NZ$15.00
    Totals17,784—