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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 22
  6. 27
  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 1,269 of 1,352 under them

← 2025-12-13All recent draws2025-12-20 →

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 feed4 8 15 18 22 27 + 618 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 190 of each

4187times
8164times
15207times
18184times
22

Prize breakdown · 2025-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$430.2Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 271lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$62.2K
  • Match 3 + Powerball55%NZ$237.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball13%NZ$57.8K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$72.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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200times
27180times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

6116times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,268 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 (8, 15, 18, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 May 2023 — its closest relative in 1,268 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2025): 18 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 14th 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

15 had not appeared for 16 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 2.2× 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$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball34≈ 27 by chanceNZ$929
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,243≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$50.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball15,862≈ 16k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$33,740
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball70NZ$101
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,561NZ$37.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,243 winners, 11% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 + Powerball0NZ$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$33,740
    Match 5 + Powerball34NZ$929
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball70NZ$101
    Match 4 + Powerball1,243NZ$50.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,561NZ$37.00
    Match 3 + Powerball15,862NZ$15.00
    Totals18,771—