Most Common Lotto Numbers in NZ (1–40 Frequency Chart)
Every single ball (1–40) from 1476 NZ Lotto draws — with real stats, hot/cold labels, and my honest take on which number style suits you.
Short answer
Across 1476 draws, the most common Lotto ball is 19 with 250 appearances. The next most frequent are 10 (246) and 23 (244). The least common are 8 (197), 39 (198), 36 (203).
That spread is ordinary variation for a random draw, not a signal. No number is due, and no ball is more likely to be drawn next Wednesday.
How I decide what's hot and what's cold
After 1476 draws, each ball should have appeared about 221 times on average (1476 × 6 ÷ 40). But real life is never perfectly even. I use standard deviation — a statistical measure of how spread out the numbers are — to draw the lines:
Standard deviation = 13.2. Average = 221. In plain English: if a ball has appeared way more than average for 1476 draws, it is genuinely unusual — and vice versa.
Every ball — ranked 1 to 40
Colour-coded by statistical category. Hot balls lean red, cold balls lean blue, medium balls stay neutral. Click any ball to jump to its stat card below.
Ball-by-ball detail
Which number style fits you?
Different players, different mindsets. Here is my honest take on who should lean into hot numbers, who should mix it up, and who should just go wild.
🪙 The Small Player
$5 – $10 per draw
You buy a few lines for the fun of it — not expecting to win, just wanting the Saturday thrill and a bit of water-cooler chat on Monday.
My pick: Balanced mix. With only 4 to 14 lines, I would go for 3 hot + 2 mid + 1 cold. You get a taste of everything: the popular balls, a couple of middle-ground surprises, and one cold long shot. It feels intentional without overthinking it.
Budget pack: Lines 1-7 ($4.90) or Lines 1-12 ($8.40) + Powerball on 2 lines = $10.00 exactly.
🎯 The Regular
$10 – $20 per draw
You play every Wednesday and Saturday. You have seen patterns come and go. You want a system — even if you know it is not a prediction machine.
My pick: Spread across all three. At 12-24 lines, I would run 4 hot, 4 balanced and 4 wild — that gives you the disciplined coverage of a committed player without putting all your eggs in one statistical basket.
Budget pack: Lines 1-24 ($16.80) + Powerball on 4 lines ($3.20) = $20.00 exactly.
🏦 The Power Player
$30 – $50 per draw
You treat the draw like an event. You want all 30 of my lines, every strategy covered, Powerball and maybe Strike! on top.
My pick: All 30 lines. 10 hot + 10 balanced + 10 wild — every strategy firing. At this volume you are not making a prediction bet, you are buying statistical coverage across the entire 40-ball field. And Powerball on every line? That is how you turn a Division 2 into a jackpot.
Budget pack: All 30 lines ($21) + Powerball on all 30 ($24) + 5 lines Strike! ($5) = $50.00 exactly.
By the numbers: your 1476-draw snapshot
The Powerball bonus
Here are the two numbers worth knowing from the last 10 draws:
Powerball balls missing from the last 10 draws: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10.
