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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 May 2025

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 15
  4. 19
  5. 22
  6. 25
  7. 7

JackpotNZ$15,000,000

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 1,208 of 1,352 under them

← 2025-05-14All recent draws2025-05-21 →

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 feed2 6 15 19 22 25 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 181 of each

2180times
6173times
15200times
19205times
22

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 8.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$756.2Kto 32k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 270lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$102.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball53%NZ$402.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$97.5K
  • 3 other tiers20%NZ$153.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.22 by chance

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192times
25192times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

7120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,207 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 (2, 6, 15, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 April 2022 — its closest relative in 1,207 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2025): 6 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

89

The numbers add up to 89 — the 10th 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

15 had not appeared for 10 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$15,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball55≈ 46 by chanceNZ$966
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,975≈ 1.9k by chanceNZ$52.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball26,819≈ 27k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$21,972
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball159NZ$80.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,868NZ$34.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,975 winners, 5% more than the 1.9k 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$15,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$21,972
    Match 5 + Powerball55NZ$966
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball159NZ$80.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,975NZ$52.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,868NZ$34.00
    Match 3 + Powerball26,819NZ$15.00
    Totals31,880—