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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 4 January 2025

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 36
  7. 6

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 1,170 of 1,352 under them

← 2025-01-01All recent draws2025-01-08 →

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 16 20 28 31 36 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

2176times
16168times
20174times
28182times
31

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 5.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$451.8Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 272lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball16%NZ$74.1K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$247.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$65K
  • 2 other tiers14%NZ$65.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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181times
36165times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 117 of each

699times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,169 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, 28, 31, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 September 2024 — its closest relative in 1,169 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2025): 16 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 64th 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

28 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 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 + Powerball38≈ 28 by chanceNZ$1,517
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,215≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$61.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball16,482≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball71NZ$110
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,625NZ$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 — 1,215 winners, 5% 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$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball38NZ$1,517
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball71NZ$110
    Match 4 + Powerball1,215NZ$61.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,625NZ$40.00
    Match 3 + Powerball16,482NZ$15.00
    Totals19,431—