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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 11 August 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 15
  4. 20
  5. 26
  6. 31
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$7,000,000

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 40 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-08-04All recent draws2012-08-18 →

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 feed2 4 15 20 26 31 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

26times
47times
158times
205times
26

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-11

  • Lines in play≈ 6.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$254.3Kto 3.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,009lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball32%NZ$82.5K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball16%NZ$39.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$81.6K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$50.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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5times
316times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

35times

Every number was expected about that many times after 39 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 3 of 6 numbers (15, 26, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 July 2012 — its closest relative in 39 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 August 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

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 17th 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

20 had not appeared for 8 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$7,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball26≈ 36 by chanceNZ$1,529
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,473≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$39,766
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball72NZ$149
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,773NZ$46.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,473 winners, 0% more than the 1.5k 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$7,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$39,766
    Match 5 + Powerball26NZ$1,529
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball72NZ$149
    Match 4 + Powerball1,473NZ$56.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,773NZ$46.00