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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 29 December 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 15
  5. 33
  6. 35
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$20,000,000

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 542 of 1,352 under them

← 2018-12-26All recent draws2019-01-02 →

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 10 11 15 33 35 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread69th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

282times
1079times
1176times
1598times
33

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-29

  • Lines in play≈ 8.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$792.5Kto 32k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$117.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball52%NZ$411.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$106.2K
  • 3 other tiers20%NZ$157.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.23 by chance

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80times
3585times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

850times

Every number was expected about that many times after 541 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 (10, 15, 33, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 August 2016 — its closest relative in 541 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 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

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 20 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$20,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball54≈ 47 by chanceNZ$1,192
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,989≈ 1.9k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball27,422≈ 27k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$40,057
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball127NZ$103
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,795NZ$38.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,989 winners, 3% more than the 1.9k 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$20,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$40,057
    Match 5 + Powerball54NZ$1,192
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball127NZ$103
    Match 4 + Powerball1,989NZ$59.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,795NZ$38.00
    Match 3 + Powerball27,422NZ$15.00
    Totals32,389—