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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 4 January 2014

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 37
  7. 5

JackpotNZ$11,000,000

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 113 of 1,352 under them

← 2013-12-28All recent draws2014-01-11 →

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 feed12 14 16 24 26 37 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

1216times
1413times
1615times
2416times
26

Prize breakdown · 2014-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 6.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$278.3Kto 3.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,843lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball31%NZ$87.2K
  • Match 4 + Powerball33%NZ$91.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball32%NZ$88.3K
  • 1 other tier4.2%NZ$11.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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16times
3711times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

511times

Every number was expected about that many times after 112 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 (14, 26, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 November 2013 — its closest relative in 112 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2013): 16 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 58th 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

24 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$11,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball31≈ 33 by chanceNZ$2,814
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,359≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$67.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball96NZ$122
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,878NZ$47.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,359 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$11,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball31NZ$2,814
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball96NZ$122
    Match 4 + Powerball1,359NZ$67.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,878NZ$47.00