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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 34
  7. 2

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 1,081 of 1,352 under them

← 2024-02-24All recent draws2024-03-02 →

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 feed5 13 26 28 30 34 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 162 of each

5156times
13165times
26165times
28163times
30

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$479.7Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$68.8K
  • Match 3 + Powerball50%NZ$239.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$64.4K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$107.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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148times
34153times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 108 of each

2123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,080 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 5 of 6 numbers (13, 26, 28, 30, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 August 2021 — its closest relative in 1,080 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 5.6% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2024): 13 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 68th 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

30 had not appeared for 19 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$10,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball30≈ 27 by chanceNZ$1,304
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,110≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$62.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball15,954≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$30,242
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball61NZ$123
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,534NZ$42.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,110 winners, 1% fewer than the 1.1k 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 + Powerball2NZ$30,242
    Match 5 + Powerball30NZ$1,304
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball61NZ$123
    Match 4 + Powerball1,110NZ$62.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,534NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball15,954NZ$15.00
    Totals18,691—