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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 16 July 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 34
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$10,000,000

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 912 of 1,352 under them

← 2022-07-13All recent draws2022-07-20 →

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 feed3 16 18 30 31 34 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 July 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 137 of each

3132times
16131times
18140times
30130times
31

Prize breakdown · 2022-07-16

  • Lines in play≈ 6.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$568.1Kto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$86.6K
  • Match 3 + Powerball53%NZ$303.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball15%NZ$82.5K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$95.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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138times
34122times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

892times

Every number was expected about that many times after 911 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 3 of 6 numbers (3, 18, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 May 2022 — its closest relative in 911 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 July 2022): 3 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 20 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$10,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball34≈ 35 by chanceNZ$1,280
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,397≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$62.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball20,248≈ 20k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$42,499
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball73NZ$126
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,919NZ$43.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,397 winners, 2% fewer than the 1.4k 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$10,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$42,499
    Match 5 + Powerball34NZ$1,280
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball73NZ$126
    Match 4 + Powerball1,397NZ$62.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,919NZ$43.00
    Match 3 + Powerball20,248NZ$15.00
    Totals23,672—