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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 1 January 2025

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 23
  6. 27
  7. 5

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 1,169 of 1,352 under them

← 2024-12-28All recent draws2025-01-04 →

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 17 21 23 27 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

8155times
16167times
17198times
21174times
23

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-01

  • Lines in play≈ 5.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$422.3Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$63.5K
  • Match 3 + Powerball58%NZ$246.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$60K
  • 2 other tiers12%NZ$52K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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192times
27159times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 117 of each

5127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,168 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 (8, 21, 23, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 August 2020 — its closest relative in 1,168 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2024): 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

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$4,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball25≈ 28 by chanceNZ$1,752
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,198≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$53.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball16,454≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball82NZ$100
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,500NZ$40.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,198 winners, 4% more than the 1.2k 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 + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball25NZ$1,752
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball82NZ$100
    Match 4 + Powerball1,198NZ$53.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,500NZ$40.00
    Match 3 + Powerball16,454NZ$15.00
    Totals19,259—