LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇳🇿 0800 654 655all helplines →

Powerball · draw

Saturday, 14 January 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 16
  5. 19
  6. 34
  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 10 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-01-07All recent draws2012-01-21 →

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 feed1 3 5 16 19 34 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread69th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

11time
31time
51time
160times
19

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-14

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$242.0Kto 2.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,686lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball32%NZ$78.5K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball16%NZ$37.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$77.4K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$48.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

1time
341time
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

92times

Every number was expected about that many times after 9 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 (1, 5) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 November 2011 — its closest relative in 9 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 January 2012): 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

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 4th 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

1 had not appeared for 9 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball30≈ 26 by chanceNZ$1,264
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,075≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$73.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$18,964
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball81NZ$126
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,721NZ$45.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,075 winners, 0% more than the 1.1k 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 + Powerball2NZ$18,964
    Match 5 + Powerball30NZ$1,264
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball81NZ$126
    Match 4 + Powerball1,075NZ$73.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,721NZ$45.00