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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2021

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 29
  5. 36
  6. 39
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$5,666,666

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 752 of 1,352 under them

← 2020-12-30All recent draws2021-01-06 →

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 feed4 15 20 29 36 39 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

4108times
15130times
20114times
29119times
36

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 5.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$6.1Mto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 275lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball2 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball93%NZ$5.7M
  • Match 4 + Powerball1.2%NZ$70.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball4.0%NZ$243.4K
  • 3 other tiers2.2%NZ$131.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball2≈ 0.14 by chance

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108times
39111times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

876times

Every number was expected about that many times after 751 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 (15, 20, 29, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 October 2016 — its closest relative in 751 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 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

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 77th 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

36 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 0.7× 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$2,833,333
  • Match 5 + Powerball32≈ 28 by chanceNZ$1,763
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,087≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$65.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball16,227≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball53NZ$142
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,537NZ$44.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,087 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball2NZ$2,833,333
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball32NZ$1,763
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball53NZ$142
    Match 4 + Powerball1,087NZ$65.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,537NZ$44.00
    Match 3 + Powerball16,227NZ$15.00
    Totals18,938—