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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 31 December 2011

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 13
  4. 27
  5. 36
  6. 39
  7. 9

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 8 of 1,352 under them

← 2011-12-24All recent draws2012-01-07 →

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 feed4 10 13 27 36 39 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

41time
100times
133times
271time
36

Prize breakdown · 2011-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 7.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$5.4Mto 4.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,828lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball93%NZ$5M
  • Match 4 + Powerball2.3%NZ$121K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2.2%NZ$119.3K
  • 3 other tiers2.5%NZ$132.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.20 by chance

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1time
390times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

91time

Every number was expected about that many times after 7 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 3 of 6 numbers (13, 27, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 December 2011 — its closest relative in 7 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 21% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 December 2011): 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

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 4 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 23% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball44≈ 41 by chanceNZ$1,329
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,680≈ 1.7k by chanceNZ$72.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$58,496
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball171NZ$92.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,295NZ$52.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,680 winners, 0% more than the 1.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$58,496
    Match 5 + Powerball44NZ$1,329
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball171NZ$92.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,680NZ$72.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,295NZ$52.00