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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 1 September 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 15
  4. 26
  5. 33
  6. 35
  7. 2

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 43 of 1,351 under them

← 2012-08-25All recent draws2012-09-08 →

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 5 15 26 33 35 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 September 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

15times
56times
159times
266times
33

Prize breakdown · 2012-09-01

  • Lines in play≈ 5.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$5.3Mto 3.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,898lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball95%NZ$5.0M
  • Match 4 + Powerball1.7%NZ$88.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1.6%NZ$86.9K
  • 3 other tiers1.8%NZ$96.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.15 by chance

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10times
358times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

26times

Every number was expected about that many times after 42 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 (1, 15, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 July 2012 — its closest relative in 42 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 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

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 38th 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

5 had not appeared for 12 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 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball32≈ 32 by chanceNZ$1,330
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,301≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$68.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$21,282
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball88NZ$130
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,703NZ$51.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,301 winners, 0% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$21,282
    Match 5 + Powerball32NZ$1,330
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball88NZ$130
    Match 4 + Powerball1,301NZ$68.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,703NZ$51.00