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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 6 January 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 16
  3. 25
  4. 29
  5. 31
  6. 37
  7. 9

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 1,066 of 1,352 under them

← 2024-01-03All recent draws2024-01-10 →

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 feed8 16 25 29 31 37 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 160 of each

8143times
16149times
25169times
29168times
31

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$419.7Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball16%NZ$67K
  • Match 3 + Powerball52%NZ$219.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball15%NZ$61.5K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$71.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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163times
37150times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

9102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,065 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, 25, 29, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 August 2014 — its closest relative in 1,065 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 9 repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 80th 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

8 had not appeared for 22 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball20≈ 25 by chanceNZ$1,476
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,063≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$63.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball14,646≈ 15k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$34,718
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball64NZ$114
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,464NZ$42.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,063 winners, 3% more than the 1.0k 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$34,718
    Match 5 + Powerball20NZ$1,476
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball64NZ$114
    Match 4 + Powerball1,063NZ$63.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,464NZ$42.00
    Match 3 + Powerball14,646NZ$15.00
    Totals17,258—