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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 15
  5. 22
  6. 25
  7. 5

JackpotNZ$5,000,000

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 1,281 of 1,352 under them

← 2026-01-24All recent draws2026-01-31 →

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 9 10 15 22 25 + 518 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 192 of each

6190times
9185times
10215times
15209times
22

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-28

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$414.1Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 269lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball13%NZ$54.6K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$228.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$52.2K
  • 3 other tiers19%NZ$78.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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203times
25200times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 128 of each

5138times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,280 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 (9, 10, 15, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 August 2025 — its closest relative in 1,280 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 January 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball30≈ 26 by chanceNZ$881
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,213≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$45.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball15,230≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$23,226
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$80.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,583NZ$33.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,213 winners, 13% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$23,226
    Match 5 + Powerball30NZ$881
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$80.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,213NZ$45.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,583NZ$33.00
    Match 3 + Powerball15,230NZ$15.00
    Totals18,132—