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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 13
  4. 14
  5. 19
  6. 31
  7. 2

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 59 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-12-15All recent draws2012-12-29 →

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 feed6 8 13 14 19 31 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

65times
811times
1316times
147times
19

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 6.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$305.0Kto 3.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,739lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$47.7K
  • Match 4 + Powerball32%NZ$98.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$98.2K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$60.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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6times
3111times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

29times

Every number was expected about that many times after 58 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 (13, 19, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 December 2011 — its closest relative in 58 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2012): 6 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

91

The numbers add up to 91 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 6 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$7,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball37≈ 36 by chanceNZ$1,290
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,471≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$67.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$23,856
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball118NZ$109
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,231NZ$44.00
    • 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 — 1,471 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 + Powerball2NZ$23,856
    Match 5 + Powerball37NZ$1,290
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball118NZ$109
    Match 4 + Powerball1,471NZ$67.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,231NZ$44.00