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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 21 April 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. 15
  6. 16
  7. 3

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 24 of 1,351 under them

← 2012-04-14All recent draws2012-04-28 →

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 feed7 11 12 13 15 16 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 April 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

9oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 9 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd79th
  • low99th
  • widest gap0th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread0th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

75times
112times
121time
137times
15

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-21

  • Lines in play≈ 6.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$244.3Kto 3.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,972lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$38.0K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$79.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$78.5K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$48.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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4times
162times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

34times

Every number was expected about that many times after 23 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 6 numbers (11, 15) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 March 2012 — its closest relative in 23 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 April 2012): 13 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12, 12–13, 15–16. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 15 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball40≈ 35 by chanceNZ$951
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,446≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$55.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$38,024
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$138
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,783NZ$44.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,446 winners, 0% more than the 1.4k 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 + Powerball1NZ$38,024
    Match 5 + Powerball40NZ$951
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$138
    Match 4 + Powerball1,446NZ$55.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,783NZ$44.00