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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 26
  6. 39
  7. 1

JackpotNZ$12,000,000

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 444 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-01-17All recent draws2018-01-24 →

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 feed1 12 17 20 26 39 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread96th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

172times
1266times
1772times
2061times
26

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$444.3Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 270lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$67.5K
  • Match 3 + Powerball53%NZ$236.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$63.6K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$76.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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72times
3963times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 44 of each

143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 443 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 (1, 12, 20) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 December 2017 — its closest relative in 443 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 38th 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

17 had not appeared for 8 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$12,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball23≈ 27 by chanceNZ$1,371
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,125≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball15,767≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,729
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball68NZ$109
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,720NZ$37.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,125 winners, 1% more than the 1.1k 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$12,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,729
    Match 5 + Powerball23NZ$1,371
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball68NZ$109
    Match 4 + Powerball1,125NZ$60.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,720NZ$37.00
    Match 3 + Powerball15,767NZ$15.00
    Totals18,704—