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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 5 January 2013

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 26
  6. 30
  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 61 of 1,352 under them

← 2012-12-29All recent draws2013-01-12 →

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 3 8 14 26 30 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

110times
38times
812times
148times
26

Prize breakdown · 2013-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 6.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$312.5Kto 3.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,991lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$97.4K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$101.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$100.3K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$13.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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8times
307times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

104times

Every number was expected about that many times after 60 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, 3, 14) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 September 2012 — its closest relative in 60 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 December 2012): 3, 26 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 6th 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

30 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 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$10,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball37≈ 35 by chanceNZ$2,633
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,431≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$71.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball81NZ$162
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,730NZ$58.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,431 winners, 0% more than the 1.4k 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 + Powerball37NZ$2,633
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball81NZ$162
    Match 4 + Powerball1,431NZ$71.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,730NZ$58.00