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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 20 March 2021

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 11
  3. 17
  4. 23
  5. 31
  6. 40
  7. 5

JackpotNZ$5,200,000

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 774 of 1,352 under them

← 2021-03-17All recent draws2021-03-24 →

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 feed1 11 17 23 31 40 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 March 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread99th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

1131times
11114times
17126times
23123times
31

Prize breakdown · 2021-03-20

  • Lines in play≈ 5.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$5.7Mto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball91%NZ$5.2M
  • Match 3 + Powerball4.6%NZ$259.6K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1.2%NZ$67.5K
  • 4 other tiers3.0%NZ$169.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.14 by chance

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111times
40118times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

584times

Every number was expected about that many times after 773 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 (1, 11, 31, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 September 2015 — its closest relative in 773 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 March 2021): 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

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 49th 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

31 had not appeared for 7 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,200,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball46≈ 30 by chanceNZ$771
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,299≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$50.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,308≈ 17k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball3NZ$22,487
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball78NZ$100
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,615NZ$38.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,299 winners, 7% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$5,200,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball3NZ$22,487
    Match 5 + Powerball46NZ$771
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball78NZ$100
    Match 4 + Powerball1,299NZ$50.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,615NZ$38.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,308NZ$15.00
    Totals20,350—