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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 23
  4. 31
  5. 35
  6. 37
  7. 7

JackpotNZ$5,000,000

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 1,060 of 1,352 under them

← 2023-12-13All recent draws2023-12-20 →

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 feed1 7 23 31 35 37 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd99th
  • low21th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

1165times
7153times
23181times
31162times
35

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 6.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$537.2Kto 23k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$79.5K
  • Match 3 + Powerball54%NZ$292.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$73.5K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$91.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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166times
37148times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 106 of each

7107times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,059 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 5 of 6 numbers (1, 7, 23, 31, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 May 2022 — its closest relative in 1,059 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 5.5% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2023): 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

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 65th 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

7 had not appeared for 8 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball36≈ 33 by chanceNZ$1,126
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,395≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$57.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball19,491≈ 19k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$42,874
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$114
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,987NZ$37.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,395 winners, 2% more than the 1.4k 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$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$42,874
    Match 5 + Powerball36NZ$1,126
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$114
    Match 4 + Powerball1,395NZ$57.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,987NZ$37.00
    Match 3 + Powerball19,491NZ$15.00
    Totals22,984—