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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 12 August 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 30
  6. 31
  7. 9

JackpotNZ$9,000,000

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 398 of 1,350 under them

← 2017-08-09All recent draws2017-08-16 →

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 14 21 23 30 31 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

82oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 82 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

260times
1465times
2159times
2355times
30

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-12

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$459.7Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$64.0K
  • Match 3 + Powerball48%NZ$221.1K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$65.7K
  • 3 other tiers24%NZ$108.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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59times
3159times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

938times

Every number was expected about that many times after 397 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 (14, 21, 30, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 July 2014 — its closest relative in 397 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 August 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 9 repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 46th 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

23 had not appeared for 10 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$9,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball35≈ 25 by chanceNZ$1,077
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,067≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,740≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$65,653
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball60NZ$130
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,350NZ$47.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,067 winners, 3% more than the 1.0k 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$9,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$65,653
    Match 5 + Powerball35NZ$1,077
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball60NZ$130
    Match 4 + Powerball1,067NZ$60.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,350NZ$47.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,740NZ$15.00
    Totals17,253—