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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 21
  5. 24
  6. 33
  7. 1

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 1,197 of 1,352 under them

← 2025-04-05All recent draws2025-04-12 →

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 feed8 14 15 21 24 33 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 April 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 179 of each

8158times
14159times
15198times
21182times
24

Prize breakdown · 2025-04-09

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$461.8Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$69.2K
  • Match 3 + Powerball52%NZ$240.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$64.3K
  • 3 other tiers19%NZ$87.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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193times
33179times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 120 of each

1129times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,196 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 (8, 21, 24, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 December 2022 — its closest relative in 1,196 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 April 2025): 21 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 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$10,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball30≈ 27 by chanceNZ$1,212
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,193≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$58.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball16,050≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$43,167
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball66NZ$121
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,462NZ$44.00
    • 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 — 1,193 winners, 6% more 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 + Powerball1NZ$43,167
    Match 5 + Powerball30NZ$1,212
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball66NZ$121
    Match 4 + Powerball1,193NZ$58.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,462NZ$44.00
    Match 3 + Powerball16,050NZ$15.00
    Totals18,802—