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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 21 December 2024

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 9
  4. 21
  5. 24
  6. 33
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$4,000,000

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 1,166 of 1,352 under them

← 2024-12-18All recent draws2024-12-25 →

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 feed2 3 9 21 24 33 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

2174times
3170times
9159times
21173times
24

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 6.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$589.7Kto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 270lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$86K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$322.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$81.6K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$100K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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189times
33171times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 117 of each

8124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,165 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 (2, 9, 21, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 December 2021 — its closest relative in 1,165 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 December 2024): 3 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 30 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball45≈ 37 by chanceNZ$1,064
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,536≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball21,475≈ 21k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$42,441
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball97NZ$100
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,330NZ$35.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,536 winners, 2% more than the 1.5k 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$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$42,441
    Match 5 + Powerball45NZ$1,064
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball97NZ$100
    Match 4 + Powerball1,536NZ$56.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,330NZ$35.00
    Match 3 + Powerball21,475NZ$15.00
    Totals25,484—