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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 13
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 32
  6. 40
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$6,000,000

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 715 of 1,350 under them

← 2020-08-22All recent draws2020-08-29 →

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 13 15 18 32 40 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread69th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

7109times
13108times
15125times
18111times
32

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$416.9Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$58.8K
  • Match 3 + Powerball54%NZ$223.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$54.6K
  • 3 other tiers19%NZ$79.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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108times
40106times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

868times

Every number was expected about that many times after 714 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (7, 15, 18, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 December 2011 — its closest relative in 714 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 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

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 14 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball36≈ 25 by chanceNZ$936
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,013≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$58.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,929≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$18,808
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball94NZ$88.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,401NZ$39.00
    • 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 — 1,013 winners, 3% fewer than the 1.0k 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$6,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$18,808
    Match 5 + Powerball36NZ$936
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball94NZ$88.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,013NZ$58.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,401NZ$39.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,929NZ$15.00
    Totals17,475—