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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 27 December 2025

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 19
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 27
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$5,500,000

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 1,272 of 1,352 under them

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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 14 19 23 26 27 + 318 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 December 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

80oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 80 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 191 of each

2193times
14175times
19215times
23205times
26

Prize breakdown · 2025-12-27

  • Lines in play≈ 7.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$6.1Mto 26k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 269lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball1 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 6 + Powerball90%NZ$5.5M
  • Match 4 + Powerball1.5%NZ$91.7K
  • Match 3 + Powerball5.4%NZ$330.6K
  • 4 other tiers2.8%NZ$170.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball1≈ 0.18 by chance

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184times
27181times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

3121times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,271 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 (14, 19, 23, 26) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 October 2023 — its closest relative in 1,271 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 December 2025): 2, 23 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,500,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball33≈ 38 by chanceNZ$1,288
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,667≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$55.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball22,041≈ 22k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$33,153
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball119NZ$92.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,463NZ$34.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,667 winners, 8% 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 + Powerball1NZ$5,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$33,153
    Match 5 + Powerball33NZ$1,288
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball119NZ$92.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,667NZ$55.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,463NZ$34.00
    Match 3 + Powerball22,041NZ$15.00
    Totals26,325—