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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 24 December 2016

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 28
  7. 4

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 332 of 1,351 under them

← 2016-12-21All recent draws2016-12-28 →

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 6 9 25 26 28 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

348times
646times
951times
2537times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-24

  • Lines in play≈ 9.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$414.3Kto 34k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball5.1%NZ$21.0K
  • Match 3 + Powerball83%NZ$344.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball6.2%NZ$25.7K
  • 3 other tiers5.7%NZ$23.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.24 by chance

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55times
2848times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

435times

Every number was expected about that many times after 331 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 4 of 6 numbers (3, 6, 25, 26) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 December 2012 — its closest relative in 331 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2016): 26 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 15 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball65≈ 49 by chanceNZ$158
  • Match 4 + Powerball2,096≈ 2.0k by chanceNZ$10.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball28,677≈ 29k by chanceNZ$12.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball5NZ$2,149
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball125NZ$20.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,573NZ$10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 2,096 winners, 4% more than the 2.0k 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 + Powerball5NZ$2,149
    Match 5 + Powerball65NZ$158
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball125NZ$20.00
    Match 4 + Powerball2,096NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,573NZ$10.00
    Match 3 + Powerball28,677NZ$12.00
    Totals0—