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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2022

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 13
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 33
  6. 38
  7. 1

JackpotNZ$4,000,000

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 922 of 1,352 under them

← 2022-08-17All recent draws2022-08-24 →

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 feed6 13 28 31 33 38 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

6139times
13136times
28135times
31139times
33

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 4.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$389.8Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$58.6K
  • Match 3 + Powerball51%NZ$197.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$55.1K
  • 3 other tiers20%NZ$78.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.11 by chance

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128times
38126times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

190times

Every number was expected about that many times after 921 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 (6, 13, 33, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 June 2022 — its closest relative in 921 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 1 repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 83th 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 10 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$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball27≈ 22 by chanceNZ$1,242
  • Match 4 + Powerball915≈ 927 by chanceNZ$64.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball13,185≈ 13k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,724
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball66NZ$108
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,225NZ$45.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 915 winners, 1% fewer than the 927 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$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,724
    Match 5 + Powerball27NZ$1,242
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball66NZ$108
    Match 4 + Powerball915NZ$64.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,225NZ$45.00
    Match 3 + Powerball13,185NZ$15.00
    Totals15,419—