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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 19
  4. 23
  5. 27
  6. 29
  7. 5

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 851 of 1,350 under them

← 2021-12-11All recent draws2021-12-18 →

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 9 19 23 27 29 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 128 of each

4120times
9123times
19151times
23139times
27

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-15

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$399.9Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 271lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$57.1K
  • Match 3 + Powerball60%NZ$239.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$55.7K
  • 2 other tiers12%NZ$47.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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111times
29135times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

595times

Every number was expected about that many times after 850 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, 9, 23, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 August 2013 — its closest relative in 850 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 December 2021): 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

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 32th 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

23 had not appeared for 21 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball33≈ 27 by chanceNZ$1,240
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,242≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$46.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball15,943≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball73NZ$95.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,548NZ$36.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,242 winners, 11% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball33NZ$1,240
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball73NZ$95.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,242NZ$46.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,548NZ$36.00
    Match 3 + Powerball15,943NZ$15.00
    Totals18,839—