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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 16 March 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 33
  6. 38
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$8,000,000

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 1,086 of 1,352 under them

← 2024-03-13All recent draws2024-03-20 →

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 feed5 7 17 20 33 38 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread69th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 163 of each

5159times
7156times
17176times
20161times
33

Prize breakdown · 2024-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$507.7Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 275lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$73.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball51%NZ$259.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$68.7K
  • 3 other tiers21%NZ$106.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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159times
38150times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 109 of each

1094times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,085 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 4 of 6 numbers (5, 17, 33, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 May 2023 — its closest relative in 1,085 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 March 2024): 5 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 45th 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

7 had not appeared for 18 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball34≈ 29 by chanceNZ$1,222
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,204≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$61.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,275≈ 17k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$28,159
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball69NZ$124
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,527NZ$45.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,204 winners, 1% fewer than the 1.2k 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$28,159
    Match 5 + Powerball34NZ$1,222
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball69NZ$124
    Match 4 + Powerball1,204NZ$61.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,527NZ$45.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,275NZ$15.00
    Totals20,111—