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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 13 October 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 40
  7. 2

JackpotNZ$8,500,000

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 49 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-10-06All recent draws2012-10-20 →

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 7 29 30 31 40 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 13 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread99th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

17times
711times
292times
306times
31

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-13

  • Lines in play≈ 6.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$252.8Kto 3.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,955lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$39.5K
  • Match 4 + Powerball32%NZ$82.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$81.0K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$50.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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8times
409times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

28times

Every number was expected about that many times after 48 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 (7, 31, 40) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 September 2012 — its closest relative in 48 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 October 2012): 30 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30, 30–31. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 10 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 1.3× 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$8,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball33≈ 32 by chanceNZ$1,197
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,324≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$62.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$19,746
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball76NZ$140
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,654NZ$49.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,324 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 + Powerball0NZ$8,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$19,746
    Match 5 + Powerball33NZ$1,197
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball76NZ$140
    Match 4 + Powerball1,324NZ$62.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,654NZ$49.00