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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 20 October 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 14
  5. 27
  6. 31
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$10,000,000

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 50 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-10-13All recent draws2012-10-27 →

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 11 12 14 27 31 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

27times
116times
127times
144times
27

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 6.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$276.2Kto 3.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,872lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$86.1K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$90.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$88.3K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$11.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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10times
319times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

101time

Every number was expected about that many times after 49 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 2 of 6 numbers (2, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 August 2012 — its closest relative in 49 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 October 2012): 31 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 14 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 2.2× 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$10,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball26≈ 32 by chanceNZ$3,313
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,307≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$69.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball86NZ$135
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,766NZ$50.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • 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 — 1,307 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$10,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball26NZ$3,313
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball86NZ$135
    Match 4 + Powerball1,307NZ$69.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,766NZ$50.00