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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 29 February 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 32
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$50,222,222

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 664 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-02-26All recent draws2020-03-04 →

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 feed4 18 25 27 28 32 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

497times
18104times
2597times
2792times
28

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-29

  • Lines in play≈ 27Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$52.6Mto 98k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball2 winnerschance said 0.70

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball95%NZ$50.2M
  • Match 4 + Powerball0.6%NZ$335.9K
  • Match 3 + Powerball2.4%NZ$1.2M
  • 4 other tiers1.6%NZ$816.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball2≈ 0.70 by chance

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95times
32101times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

362times

Every number was expected about that many times after 663 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 (4, 27, 28, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 August 2017 — its closest relative in 663 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2020): 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

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$25,111,111
  • Match 5 + Powerball132≈ 142 by chanceNZ$1,270
  • Match 4 + Powerball6,108≈ 5.9k by chanceNZ$55.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball83,275≈ 83k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball8NZ$35,771
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball360NZ$110
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball7,888NZ$41.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈27M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 6,108 winners, 4% more than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball2NZ$25,111,111
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball8NZ$35,771
    Match 5 + Powerball132NZ$1,270
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball360NZ$110
    Match 4 + Powerball6,108NZ$55.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball7,888NZ$41.00
    Match 3 + Powerball83,275NZ$15.00
    Totals97,773—