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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 20
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 32
  6. 37
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$10,000,000

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 537 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-12-08All recent draws2018-12-15 →

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 20 29 30 32 37 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

385times
2075times
2983times
3076times
32

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-12

  • Lines in play≈ 3.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$330.7Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$50.8K
  • Match 3 + Powerball52%NZ$171.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball15%NZ$49.4K
  • 3 other tiers18%NZ$59K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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80times
3778times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

348times

Every number was expected about that many times after 536 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 (3, 30, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 August 2018 — its closest relative in 536 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 December 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

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 14 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$10,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball14≈ 19 by chanceNZ$1,699
  • Match 4 + Powerball794≈ 804 by chanceNZ$64.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball11,433≈ 11k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$29,447
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball53NZ$109
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,204NZ$41.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 794 winners, 1% fewer than the 804 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$10,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$29,447
    Match 5 + Powerball14NZ$1,699
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball53NZ$109
    Match 4 + Powerball794NZ$64.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,204NZ$41.00
    Match 3 + Powerball11,433NZ$15.00
    Totals13,499—