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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 31
  7. 6

JackpotNZ$16,000,000

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 655 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-01-25All recent draws2020-02-01 →

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 feed10 21 26 27 28 31 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

10103times
2197times
2697times
2791times
28

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-29

  • Lines in play≈ 4.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$455.5Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball13%NZ$58.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball47%NZ$214.5K
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball18%NZ$84.2K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$98.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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94times
3194times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 65 of each

665times

Every number was expected about that many times after 654 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, 27, 28, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 December 2018 — its closest relative in 654 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2020): 10, 28 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 77th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 27–28. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 22 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$16,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball33≈ 24 by chanceNZ$1,090
  • Match 4 + Powerball990≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,303≈ 14k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$42,103
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball65NZ$109
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,383NZ$40.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 990 winners, 2% fewer 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$16,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$42,103
    Match 5 + Powerball33NZ$1,090
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball65NZ$109
    Match 4 + Powerball990NZ$59.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,383NZ$40.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,303NZ$15.00
    Totals16,776—