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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 4 July 2026

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 26
  6. 30
  7. 9

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 1,326 of 1,351 under them

← 2026-07-01All recent draws2026-07-08 →

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 15 17 18 26 30 + 910 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 July 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 199 of each

2203times
15213times
17220times
18190times
26

Prize breakdown · 2026-07-04

  • Lines in play≈ 8.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$773.7Kto 33k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$117.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball54%NZ$414.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$112.1K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$129.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.23 by chance

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192times
30188times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

9122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,325 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 (2, 15, 26, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 October 2024 — its closest relative in 1,325 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 July 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

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 18 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$20,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball61≈ 47 by chanceNZ$1,075
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,989≈ 1.9k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball27,651≈ 28k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$50,323
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball128NZ$106
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,734NZ$41.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,989 winners, 2% 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$20,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$50,323
    Match 5 + Powerball61NZ$1,075
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball128NZ$106
    Match 4 + Powerball1,989NZ$59.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,734NZ$41.00
    Match 3 + Powerball27,651NZ$15.00
    Totals32,564—