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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 9 January 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 21
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 37
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$6,000,000

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 232 of 1,350 under them

← 2016-01-06All recent draws2016-01-13 →

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 8 21 30 31 37 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

332times
835times
2135times
3030times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-09

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$6.2Mto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 275lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball96%NZ$6.0M
  • Match 3 + Powerball3.0%NZ$184.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball0.2%NZ$13.8K
  • 3 other tiers0.4%NZ$24.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.13 by chance

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38times
3734times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

831times

Every number was expected about that many times after 231 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 4 of 6 numbers (21, 30, 31, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 July 2014 — its closest relative in 231 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 January 2016): 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

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 19 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball23≈ 26 by chanceNZ$496
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,082≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$11.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball15,368≈ 15k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball45NZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,383NZ$10.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,082 winners, 0% more than the 1.1k 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$6,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball23NZ$496
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball45NZ$30.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,082NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,383NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Powerball15,368NZ$12.00
    Totals0—