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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 16
  3. 25
  4. 29
  5. 32
  6. 34
  7. 4

JackpotNZ$43,000,000

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 711 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-08-08All recent draws2020-08-15 →

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 feed10 16 25 29 32 34 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

10115times
16105times
25106times
29112times
32

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-12

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$1.3Mto 54k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.38

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$200.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball52%NZ$689.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$188.7K
  • 3 other tiers18%NZ$235.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.38 by chance

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107times
3497times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

468times

Every number was expected about that many times after 710 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, 16, 29, 34) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 July 2020 — its closest relative in 710 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 August 2020): 16 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 80th 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

25 had not appeared for 11 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$43,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball76≈ 78 by chanceNZ$1,258
  • Match 4 + Powerball3,396≈ 3.2k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball45,975≈ 46k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$29,230
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball200NZ$114
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball4,492NZ$42.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈15M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 3,396 winners, 5% more than the 3.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$43,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball4NZ$29,230
    Match 5 + Powerball76NZ$1,258
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball200NZ$114
    Match 4 + Powerball3,396NZ$59.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball4,492NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball45,975NZ$15.00
    Totals54,143—