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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 22 April 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 16
  5. 31
  6. 33
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$4,000,000

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 679 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-04-18All recent draws2020-04-25 →

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 feed5 7 8 16 31 33 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 April 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

586times
7103times
897times
1698times
31

Prize breakdown · 2020-04-22

  • Lines in play≈ 2.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$196.9Kto 8.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$28.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball58%NZ$113.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$27.3K
  • 2 other tiers14%NZ$27.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.06 by chance

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98times
3398times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

861times

Every number was expected about that many times after 678 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 (8, 16, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 October 2019 — its closest relative in 678 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 April 2020): 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

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 19th 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

31 had not appeared for 18 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball19≈ 13 by chanceNZ$1,272
  • Match 4 + Powerball490≈ 532 by chanceNZ$58.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball7,561≈ 7.6k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball38NZ$96.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball737NZ$37.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 490 winners, 8% fewer than the 532 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball19NZ$1,272
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball38NZ$96.00
    Match 4 + Powerball490NZ$58.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball737NZ$37.00
    Match 3 + Powerball7,561NZ$15.00
    Totals8,845—