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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 15 May 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 11
  3. 13
  4. 21
  5. 28
  6. 37
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$20,000,000

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 1,103 of 1,352 under them

← 2024-05-11All recent draws2024-05-18 →

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 11 13 21 28 37 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 165 of each

6164times
11156times
13169times
21164times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-15

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$757.5Kto 30k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball13%NZ$101.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball51%NZ$386.1K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$102.8K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$166.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.22 by chance

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167times
37155times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each

3103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,102 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 (6, 11, 13, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 October 2023 — its closest relative in 1,102 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2024): 11 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 39th 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

37 had not appeared for 6 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 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$20,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball53≈ 44 by chanceNZ$1,104
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,816≈ 1.8k by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball25,743≈ 26k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball5NZ$20,551
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball106NZ$107
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,488NZ$39.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,816 winners, 0% more than the 1.8k 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$20,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball5NZ$20,551
    Match 5 + Powerball53NZ$1,104
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball106NZ$107
    Match 4 + Powerball1,816NZ$56.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,488NZ$39.00
    Match 3 + Powerball25,743NZ$15.00
    Totals30,211—