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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 16
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 39
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$25,000,000

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 879 of 1,352 under them

← 2022-03-19All recent draws2022-03-26 →

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 5 16 23 24 39 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 March 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread96th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

1142times
5118times
16128times
23146times
24

Prize breakdown · 2022-03-23

  • Lines in play≈ 8.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$689.9Kto 30k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 275lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball16%NZ$107.5K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$379.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball15%NZ$101.3K
  • 2 other tiers15%NZ$101.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.21 by chance

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135times
39127times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

1071times

Every number was expected about that many times after 878 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 (1, 5, 23, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 December 2018 — its closest relative in 878 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 March 2022): 23 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 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 1.0× 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$25,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball52≈ 43 by chanceNZ$1,701
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,792≈ 1.8k by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball25,328≈ 25k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball102NZ$124
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,303NZ$44.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,792 winners, 1% more than the 1.8k 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$25,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball52NZ$1,701
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball102NZ$124
    Match 4 + Powerball1,792NZ$60.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,303NZ$44.00
    Match 3 + Powerball25,328NZ$15.00
    Totals29,577—