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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 12 December 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 9
  4. 18
  5. 21
  6. 35
  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 746 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-12-09All recent draws2020-12-16 →

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 feed1 5 9 18 21 35 + 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 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd95th
  • low79th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

1123times
596times
9108times
18116times
21

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-12

  • Lines in play≈ 6.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$536.1Kto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 275lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$77.3K
  • Match 3 + Powerball57%NZ$307.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$70K
  • 3 other tiers15%NZ$81.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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110times
35121times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

369times

Every number was expected about that many times after 745 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 (9, 18, 21, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 April 2019 — its closest relative in 745 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 December 2020): 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

89

The numbers add up to 89 — the 10th 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

9 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$10,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball28≈ 35 by chanceNZ$1,251
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,486≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$52.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball20,485≈ 20k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$37,873
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball84NZ$104
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,841NZ$38.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,486 winners, 3% more than the 1.4k 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$37,873
    Match 5 + Powerball28NZ$1,251
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball84NZ$104
    Match 4 + Powerball1,486NZ$52.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,841NZ$38.00
    Match 3 + Powerball20,485NZ$15.00
    Totals23,925—