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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 28
  4. 35
  5. 37
  6. 40
  7. 1

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 733 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-10-24All recent draws2020-10-31 →

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 feed12 17 28 35 37 40 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each

12113times
17115times
28105times
35118times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-10-28

  • Lines in play≈ 3.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$274.5Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball16%NZ$45K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$150.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball16%NZ$43.5K
  • 2 other tiers13%NZ$35.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.08 by chance

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106times
40111times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 732 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 (28, 37, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 July 2020 — its closest relative in 732 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 October 2020): 12 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 96th 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

28 had not appeared for 23 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball13≈ 17 by chanceNZ$2,291
  • Match 4 + Powerball715≈ 705 by chanceNZ$63.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball10,028≈ 10k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball49NZ$117
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,036NZ$42.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 715 winners, 1% more than the 705 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 + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball13NZ$2,291
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball49NZ$117
    Match 4 + Powerball715NZ$63.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,036NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball10,028NZ$15.00
    Totals11,841—