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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2021

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 30
  6. 40
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$4,000,000

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 758 of 1,352 under them

← 2021-01-20All recent draws2021-01-27 →

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 6 16 20 30 40 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd1th
  • low79th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 114 of each

4109times
6107times
16112times
20115times
30

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 5.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$405.6Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$62.9K
  • Match 3 + Powerball57%NZ$231.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$57.1K
  • 2 other tiers13%NZ$54.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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108times
40115times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

877times

Every number was expected about that many times after 757 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 (4, 6, 30, 40) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 December 2020 — its closest relative in 757 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2021): 6 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 39th 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

40 had not appeared for 10 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 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball35≈ 26 by chanceNZ$1,347
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,186≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$53.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball15,436≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball66NZ$105
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,465NZ$39.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,186 winners, 9% more 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 + Powerball0NZ$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball35NZ$1,347
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball66NZ$105
    Match 4 + Powerball1,186NZ$53.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,465NZ$39.00
    Match 3 + Powerball15,436NZ$15.00
    Totals18,188—