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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 1 August 2026

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 30
  7. 4

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 1,334 of 1,351 under them

← 2026-07-29All recent draws2026-08-05 →

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 24 26 30 + 427 Sept 2026, 22:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 200 of each

8175times
14187times
15215times
24218times
26

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-01

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$541.6Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball13%NZ$71.1K
  • Match 3 + Powerball48%NZ$259.4K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball19%NZ$101.4K
  • 3 other tiers20%NZ$109.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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195times
30191times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

4118times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,333 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 (8, 14, 15, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 April 2025 — its closest relative in 1,333 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 July 2026): 8 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 41th 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 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 2.1× 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$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball28≈ 29 by chanceNZ$1,236
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,247≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$57.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,293≈ 17k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$101,394
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball84NZ$103
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,749NZ$38.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,247 winners, 3% more than the 1.2k 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$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$101,394
    Match 5 + Powerball28NZ$1,236
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball84NZ$103
    Match 4 + Powerball1,247NZ$57.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,749NZ$38.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,293NZ$15.00
    Totals20,402—