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Powerball · draw

Wednesday, 31 December 2025

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 11
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 33
  7. 10

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 1,273 of 1,352 under them

← 2025-12-27All recent draws2026-01-03 →

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 feed1 3 11 23 26 33 + 1018 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 191 of each

1199times
3182times
11185times
23206times
26

Prize breakdown · 2025-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 5.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$507.5Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 274lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball14%NZ$70.8K
  • Match 3 + Powerball54%NZ$272.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$69.2K
  • 3 other tiers19%NZ$94.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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185times
33193times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

10122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,272 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 (1, 3, 11, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 December 2022 — its closest relative in 1,272 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2025): 23, 26 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 16th 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

1 had not appeared for 34 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 1.2× 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 + Powerball25≈ 31 by chanceNZ$1,290
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,312≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$54.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball18,161≈ 18k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball1NZ$54,327
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$113
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,689NZ$41.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,312 winners, 3% more than the 1.3k 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$54,327
    Match 5 + Powerball25NZ$1,290
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball74NZ$113
    Match 4 + Powerball1,312NZ$54.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball1,689NZ$41.00
    Match 3 + Powerball18,161NZ$15.00
    Totals21,262—