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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 7 January 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 40
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$4,000,000

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 9 of 1,350 under them

← 2011-12-31All recent draws2012-01-14 →

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 10 12 35 36 40 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread62th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

82times
101time
120times
350times
36

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-07

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$233.9Kto 2.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,866lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$36.4K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$76.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$74.9K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$46.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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2times
401time
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

100times

Every number was expected about that many times after 8 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 2 of 6 numbers (10, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 December 2011 — its closest relative in 8 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2011): 10, 36 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 6 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball20≈ 25 by chanceNZ$1,822
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,031≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$74.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$9,110
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball52NZ$189
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,413NZ$53.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,031 winners, 0% more than the 1.0k 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$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$9,110
    Match 5 + Powerball20NZ$1,822
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball52NZ$189
    Match 4 + Powerball1,031NZ$74.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,413NZ$53.00