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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 17
  6. 25
  7. 10

JackpotNZ$6,500,000

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 236 of 1,351 under them

← 2016-01-20All recent draws2016-01-27 →

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 feed2 7 14 16 17 25 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

235times
732times
1438times
1632times
17

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 4.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$6.7Mto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball97%NZ$6.5M
  • Match 3 + Powerball2.5%NZ$165.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball0.2%NZ$14.8K
  • 4 other tiers0.4%NZ$25.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.12 by chance

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39times
2524times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1021times

Every number was expected about that many times after 235 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 (7, 14, 17, 25) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 August 2014 — its closest relative in 235 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2016): 17 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 10 repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$6,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball26≈ 23 by chanceNZ$218
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,017≈ 969 by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball13,784≈ 14k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$2,958
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball68NZ$20.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,348NZ$11.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,017 winners, 5% more than the 969 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$6,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$2,958
    Match 5 + Powerball26NZ$218
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball68NZ$20.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,017NZ$12.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,348NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Powerball13,784NZ$12.00
    Totals0—