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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 32
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$30,200,000

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 1,149 of 1,352 under them

← 2024-10-19All recent draws2024-10-26 →

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 feed12 17 21 28 30 32 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 172 of each

12184times
17190times
21170times
28176times
30

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-23

  • Lines in play≈ 9.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$31Mto 33k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball97%NZ$30.2M
  • Match 4 + Powerball0.4%NZ$120.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball1.4%NZ$421.2K
  • 4 other tiers0.9%NZ$277.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.23 by chance

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167times
32171times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 115 of each

10105times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,148 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 (12, 17, 30, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 October 2022 — its closest relative in 1,148 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 October 2024): 21, 30 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

12 had not appeared for 5 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$30,200,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball50≈ 48 by chanceNZ$1,223
  • Match 4 + Powerball2,076≈ 2.0k by chanceNZ$58.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball28,077≈ 28k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$46,534
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball123NZ$115
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,543NZ$43.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 2,076 winners, 5% more than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$30,200,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$46,534
    Match 5 + Powerball50NZ$1,223
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball123NZ$115
    Match 4 + Powerball2,076NZ$58.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,543NZ$43.00
    Match 3 + Powerball28,077NZ$15.00
    Totals32,872—