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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2017

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 19
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 33
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$7,250,000

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 434 of 1,352 under them

← 2017-12-13All recent draws2017-12-20 →

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 feed11 19 23 28 30 33 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread13th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 65 of each

1164times
1979times
2363times
2864times
30

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 5.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$7.7Mto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball94%NZ$7.3M
  • Match 4 + Powerball0.9%NZ$70.1K
  • Match 3 + Powerball3.4%NZ$260.0K
  • 4 other tiers1.7%NZ$133.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.14 by chance

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62times
3365times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

338times

Every number was expected about that many times after 433 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 3 of 6 numbers (11, 28, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 May 2017 — its closest relative in 433 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2017): 11 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 78th 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

30 had not appeared for 29 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$7,250,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball28≈ 30 by chanceNZ$1,154
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,299≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$54.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball17,332≈ 17k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$32,954
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball78NZ$100
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,520NZ$40.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,299 winners, 7% more 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 + Powerball1NZ$7,250,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$32,954
    Match 5 + Powerball28NZ$1,154
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball78NZ$100
    Match 4 + Powerball1,299NZ$54.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,520NZ$40.00
    Match 3 + Powerball17,332NZ$15.00
    Totals20,259—