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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 29 April 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 25
  4. 27
  5. 36
  6. 40
  7. 3

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 994 of 1,352 under them

← 2023-04-26All recent draws2023-05-03 →

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 feed4 8 25 27 36 40 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 April 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 149 of each

4146times
8133times
25153times
27135times
36

Prize breakdown · 2023-04-29

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$416.4Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$63.2K
  • Match 3 + Powerball53%NZ$220.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$59.1K
  • 3 other tiers18%NZ$74K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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135times
40146times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

393times

Every number was expected about that many times after 993 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 (4, 27, 36, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 August 2013 — its closest relative in 993 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 April 2023): 36, 40 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 73th 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

4 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball21≈ 25 by chanceNZ$1,453
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,053≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,678≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$36,020
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball73NZ$102
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,477NZ$40.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,053 winners, 2% more than the 1.0k 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$36,020
    Match 5 + Powerball21NZ$1,453
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball73NZ$102
    Match 4 + Powerball1,053NZ$60.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,477NZ$40.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,678NZ$15.00
    Totals17,303—