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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 23 December 2023

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 14
  3. 30
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 40
  7. 2

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 1,062 of 1,352 under them

← 2023-12-20All recent draws2023-12-27 →

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 feed12 14 30 35 38 40 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

12163times
14145times
30147times
35167times
38

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 7.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$692Kto 29k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 273lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$106.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball53%NZ$365.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$99.7K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$119.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.20 by chance

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145times
40160times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 106 of each

2120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,061 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 (12, 30, 35, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 April 2019 — its closest relative in 1,061 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2023): 38, 40 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 96th 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

12 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$8,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball40≈ 42 by chanceNZ$1,335
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,694≈ 1.7k by chanceNZ$63.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball24,376≈ 24k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$53,869
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball113NZ$112
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,373NZ$42.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,694 winners, 1% fewer than the 1.7k 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$53,869
    Match 5 + Powerball40NZ$1,335
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball113NZ$112
    Match 4 + Powerball1,694NZ$63.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,373NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball24,376NZ$15.00
    Totals28,597—