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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 9 December 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 27
  6. 30
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$8,250,000

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 1,058 of 1,352 under them

← 2023-12-06All recent draws2023-12-13 →

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 16 22 24 27 30 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

4159times
16147times
22169times
24171times
27

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-09

  • Lines in play≈ 6.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$8.8Mto 22k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball94%NZ$8.3M
  • Match 4 + Powerball0.9%NZ$75.9K
  • Match 3 + Powerball3.2%NZ$283.9K
  • 4 other tiers1.7%NZ$153.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.16 by chance

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145times
30146times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 106 of each

399times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,057 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (16, 22, 24, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 February 2020 — its closest relative in 1,057 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 December 2023): 27 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 49th 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

30 had not appeared for 29 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,250,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball29≈ 32 by chanceNZ$1,272
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,355≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball18,927≈ 19k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$35,096
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball89NZ$104
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,843NZ$39.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,355 winners, 2% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball1NZ$8,250,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$35,096
    Match 5 + Powerball29NZ$1,272
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball89NZ$104
    Match 4 + Powerball1,355NZ$56.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,843NZ$39.00
    Match 3 + Powerball18,927NZ$15.00
    Totals22,245—