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The New Zealand Powerball is an additional game to the main Lotto draw, in which players have the chance to pick and match an additional number in order to increase their Lotto winnings.
New Zealand Powerball Draw Schedule.
The New Zealand Powerball draw take place twice a week, on both Wednesday and Saturday evenings, at the Avalon Studios in Lower Hutt, Wellington. The draws are broadcast live on television on channel TV2.
Players can only take part in New Zealand Powerball by playing New Zealand Lotto – opting-in to Powerball by paying an additional fee and picking one extra number between 1 and 10.
The minimum Lotto purchase is four lines when chosen by the player themselves, but players can also opt for computer created Dips of ten, 15 or 20 lines of randomly-generated digits.
To win the Powerball, players must match all six Lotto numbers and the Powerball number in any order.
Division | Match Required | Odds |
---|---|---|
1 | 6 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 38,383,800 |
2 | 5 main Lotto numbers, Bonus Ball and Powerball | 1: 6,397,300 |
3 | 5 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 193,858 |
4 | 4 main Lotto numbers, Bonus Ball and Powerball | 1: 77,543 |
5 | 4 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 4,846 |
6 | 3 main Lotto numbers, Bonus Ball and Powerball | 1: 3,635 |
7 | 3 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 352 |
Draw one ball from ten.
All prize tiers need the player to match the Powerball, along with the stated number of balls from the six main Lotto numbers.
Division | Lotto nos. | Bonus ball | Pb no. | Odds per line | Odds per $15 power dip | Avg. Prize payout |
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1 | 6 | No | Yes | 1 in 38,383,800 | 1 in 3,838,380 | Over $11 million |
2 | 5 | Yes | Yes | 1 in 6,397,300 | 1 in 639,730 | $17,257 |
3 | 5 | No | Yes | 1 in 193,858 | 1 in 19,386 | $554 |
4 | 4 | Yes | Yes | 1 in 77,543 | 1 in 7,754 | $52 |
5 | 4 | No | Yes | 1 in 4,846 | 1 in 485 | $27 |
6 | 3 | Yes | Yes | 1 in 3,635 | 1 in 363 | $18 |
7 | 3 | No | Yes | 1 in 352 | 1 in 35 | $15 (fixed prize) |
Division | Numbers matched | Odds per line | Avg. Prize payout |
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Strike 4 | Match the exact order of the first four Lotto numbers drawn | 1 in 2,193,360 | Over $300,000 |
Strike 3 | Match the exact order of any three of the four Lotto numbers drawn | 1 in 15,232 | $668 |
Strike 2 | Match the exact order of any two of the four Lotto numbers drawn | 1 in 274 | $67 |
Strike 1 | Match the exact order of any one of the four Lotto numbers drawn | 1 in 11 | Bonus line (fixed prize) |
According to a poll run by mathematician Alex Bellos, seven is not surprisingly the most popular lucky number in the world.
Seven days of the week, seven wonders of the world, seven continents, seven seas, and the list goes on.
Other traditional lucky numbers include three (as in “good things come in threes”) and four.
Pick numbers that have a personal meaning to you. For example, birthdays, a wedding anniversary, or the birthdays of kids and/or grandkids.
Apart from dates consider the number of kids you have or the house number of your childhood home – whatever feels lucky to you.
Just a little note on this play, when it comes to picking lottery numbers, dates are just as popular and many people will play them. On the other hand, dates often show up among the most popular lottery numbers!
Horoscopes: Lucky Numbers for Today
If you’d like to find lucky numbers without having to play around with numbers yourself, your daily horoscope is a good place to turn.
Many horoscopes include predictions of which days will be lucky for you (and you can try playing the lottery on those days).
Horoscopes: Lucky Numbers for Today
Picking certain numbers may offer you a slight advantage, not for your chances of winning, but for your payout.
If you win a lottery jackpot, there is a chance that you might have to split the payout with players who picked the same numbers, so you might as well try to select rarer numbers to improve your odds of keeping more of the payout for yourself.
The simplest way to find lucky numbers to play is simply to use a generator. Lucky number generators use numerology, or perhaps simply randomness, to find numbers for you.
In Lotto 6/52, on average, one lottery number will be a repeat hit from the last drawing 56 percent of the time.
Just a note About #LotteryStrategies
Finding and playing lucky numbers is based on fun more than facts. Mathematically, every number has an equal chance of being chosen as a winner.
Remember that there are disadvantages to using traditional lucky numbers as lottery numbers: a lot of other players will be using them, too. That means that if these numbers do win, players chances of having to split the jackpot are high.
Not only does the New Zealand Powerball offer players “top prize” payouts, but it has multiple ways and chances to win. As previous results and jackpot payouts will show, the New Zealand Powerball offers players of any income a chance to win and dream BIG! The New Zealand Powerball the most pay-outs throughout the prize categories, which makes it a solid choice nationwide and abroad.
A full breakdown of the odds and prize divisions for New Zealand Powerball can be found in the table below:
Division | Match Required | Odds |
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1 | 6 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 38,383,800 |
2 | 5 main Lotto numbers, Bonus Ball and Powerball | 1: 6,397,300 |
3 | 5 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 193,858 |
4 | 4 main Lotto numbers, Bonus Ball and Powerball | 1: 77,543 |
5 | 4 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 4,846 |
6 | 3 main Lotto numbers, Bonus Ball and Powerball | 1: 3,635 |
7 | 3 main Lotto numbers and Powerball | 1: 352 |
Absolutely not! The New Zealand Powerball was launched in February 2001, an is still going strong over 19 years later.
Unfortunately, fake wins with other institutions have become a regular occurrence – Scammers are getting increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to get your money or personal details. Be alert and protect yourself from being scammed by following our tips.
Most important and Step 1 – If you think you have provided your bank account or credit card details to a scammer, contact your bank or financial institution immediately.
A lottery scam is an attempt to fraudulently extract money from someone by pretending to be a legitimate lottery company or winning player. It has sadly become a too common method of deception as such scams prey on people’s desire to win money and the popularity of big lottery games.
Did you receive a notification that you have won a prize in a lottery? Perhaps the Microsoft Lottery? If so, don’t get too enthusiastic as this is almost certainly a scam. Players need to find the winning numbers in a newspaper, the internet, or on TV and compare them to their ticket.
Win notices from foreign lotteries are even more suspicious. Not only do foreign lotteries have the same restriction as domestic lotteries, but it is also illegal to sell tickets for foreign lotteries across international borders.
Therefore, unless a player actually was in a foreign country and bought a lottery ticket, foreign lottery notifications are frauds.
A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large check) explaining that “You have won!” a large sum of money in a lottery.
What to do:
If you receive a letter or email claiming that you won a prize for the New Zealand Powerball but did not enter, it is strongly recommended that you:
Clues to look for:
The biggest note to remember – It’s impossible to win a lottery without buying a ticket!
Scammers will often try to take advantage when you’re feeling vulnerable and try to extract more money from you through a follow up scam. A common follow up scams includes: Offers from a law enforcement agency to investigate your scam and retrieve your money for a fee. Law enforcement agencies do not charge for their services
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