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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 4 August 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 24
  5. 29
  6. 38
  7. 9

JackpotNZ$6,000,000

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 39 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-07-28All recent draws2012-08-11 →

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 feed10 12 13 24 29 38 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

106times
125times
1312times
248times
29

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-04

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$247.4Kto 2.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,882lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$77.4K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$80.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$78.9K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$10.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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1time
384times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

96times

Every number was expected about that many times after 38 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 (12, 13, 24) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 April 2012 — its closest relative in 38 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 July 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

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 13 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball32≈ 27 by chanceNZ$2,420
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,120≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$72.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$141
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,489NZ$53.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,120 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$6,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball32NZ$2,420
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$141
    Match 4 + Powerball1,120NZ$72.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,489NZ$53.00