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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 31
  7. 5

JackpotNZ$4,000,000

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 330 of 1,351 under them

← 2016-12-14All recent draws2016-12-21 →

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 12 22 24 26 31 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

244times
1249times
2244times
2453times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$250.0Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Powerball5.1%NZ$12.8K
  • Match 3 + Powerball83%NZ$206.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.5%NZ$16.2K
  • 2 other tiers5.7%NZ$14.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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53times
3149times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

528times

Every number was expected about that many times after 329 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 3 of 6 numbers (12, 24, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 December 2016 — its closest relative in 329 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2016): 12, 24 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. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 11 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 2.0× 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$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball24≈ 29 by chanceNZ$534
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,148≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$11.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,227≈ 17k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball105NZ$15.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,804NZ$9.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,148 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.2k 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$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball24NZ$534
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball105NZ$15.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,148NZ$11.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,804NZ$9.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,227NZ$12.00
    Totals0—