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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 3 April 2021

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 25
  6. 34
  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 778 of 1,352 under them

← 2021-03-31All recent draws2021-04-07 →

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 feed8 15 16 21 25 34 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 April 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 117 of each

8108times
15136times
16116times
21112times
25

Prize breakdown · 2021-04-03

  • Lines in play≈ 5.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$504.6Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$76.2K
  • Match 3 + Powerball54%NZ$271.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$72.4K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$84.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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116times
34106times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

880times

Every number was expected about that many times after 777 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 (8, 21, 25, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 November 2018 — its closest relative in 777 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 March 2021): 34 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 28 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball34≈ 31 by chanceNZ$1,170
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,291≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball18,079≈ 18k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,144
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball78NZ$114
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,857NZ$39.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,291 winners, 2% more than the 1.3k 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 + Powerball1NZ$36,144
    Match 5 + Powerball34NZ$1,170
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball78NZ$114
    Match 4 + Powerball1,291NZ$59.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,857NZ$39.00
    Match 3 + Powerball18,079NZ$15.00
    Totals21,340—