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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 19 December 2020

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 31
  4. 37
  5. 39
  6. 40
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$14,000,000

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 748 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-12-16All recent draws2020-12-23 →

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 feed5 16 31 37 39 40 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

597times
16109times
31108times
37108times
39

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-19

  • Lines in play≈ 6.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$644.2Kto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$93.4K
  • Match 3 + Powerball49%NZ$318K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$86.9K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$145.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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110times
40114times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

874times

Every number was expected about that many times after 747 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 (5, 16, 31, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 January 2018 — its closest relative in 747 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 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

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 39–40. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 12 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$14,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball50≈ 36 by chanceNZ$1,091
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,507≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$62.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball21,202≈ 21k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$39,894
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball109NZ$105
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,070NZ$42.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,507 winners, 1% more than the 1.5k 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$14,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball2NZ$39,894
    Match 5 + Powerball50NZ$1,091
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball109NZ$105
    Match 4 + Powerball1,507NZ$62.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,070NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball21,202NZ$15.00
    Totals24,940—