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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 29
  6. 34
  7. 9

JackpotNZ$8,000,000

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 745 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-12-05All recent draws2020-12-12 →

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 feed17 20 22 27 29 34 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

17117times
20113times
22123times
27101times
29

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-09

  • Lines in play≈ 3.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$328.4Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball16%NZ$52.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$182.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$46.4K
  • 2 other tiers14%NZ$47.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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118times
34100times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

966times

Every number was expected about that many times after 744 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 (17, 20, 22, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 November 2019 — its closest relative in 744 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 December 2020): 20 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 83th 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

34 had not appeared for 16 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball25≈ 21 by chanceNZ$1,632
  • Match 4 + Powerball878≈ 854 by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball12,152≈ 12k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball57NZ$110
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,105NZ$42.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 878 winners, 3% more than the 854 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball25NZ$1,632
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball57NZ$110
    Match 4 + Powerball878NZ$60.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,105NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball12,152NZ$15.00
    Totals14,217—