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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 3 January 2015

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 17
  4. 27
  5. 31
  6. 32
  7. 9

JackpotNZ$10,249,807

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 165 of 1,351 under them

← 2014-12-27All recent draws2015-01-10 →

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 feed4 6 17 27 31 32 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

84oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 84 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

426times
623times
1724times
2727times
31

Prize breakdown · 2015-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 7.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$10.6Mto 4.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 1,837lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball97%NZ$10.2M
  • Match 4 + Powerball1.1%NZ$111.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1.0%NZ$109.9K
  • 3 other tiers1.1%NZ$121.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.19 by chance

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25times
3220times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

911times

Every number was expected about that many times after 164 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 (4, 27, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 June 2014 — its closest relative in 164 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 24 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$10,249,807
  • Match 5 + Powerball41≈ 39 by chanceNZ$1,306
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,622≈ 1.6k by chanceNZ$69.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$53,565
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball119NZ$121
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,243NZ$49.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,622 winners, 0% more than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$10,249,807
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$53,565
    Match 5 + Powerball41NZ$1,306
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball119NZ$121
    Match 4 + Powerball1,622NZ$69.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,243NZ$49.00