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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 29 December 2012

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 29
  7. 4

JackpotNZ$8,000,000

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 60 of 1,350 under them

← 2012-12-22All recent draws2013-01-05 →

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 feed3 6 7 25 26 29 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

37times
66times
712times
254times
26

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-29

  • Lines in play≈ 7.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$336.3Kto 4.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,848lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball16%NZ$52.8K
  • Match 4 + Powerball32%NZ$109.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$107.4K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$67.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.21 by chance

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7times
294times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

44times

Every number was expected about that many times after 59 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 (25, 26, 29) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 June 2012 — its closest relative in 59 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 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

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7, 25–26. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 17 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball41≈ 42 by chanceNZ$1,287
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,733≈ 1.7k by chanceNZ$63.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$13,190
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball113NZ$126
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,386NZ$45.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,733 winners, 0% more than the 1.7k 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$13,190
    Match 5 + Powerball41NZ$1,287
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball113NZ$126
    Match 4 + Powerball1,733NZ$63.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,386NZ$45.00