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Powerball · draw

Saturday, 3 January 2026

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 10
  6. 26
  7. 4

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 1,274 of 1,352 under them

← 2025-12-31All recent draws2026-01-07 →

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 5 7 8 10 26 + 418 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 191 of each

1200times
5184times
7177times
8165times
10

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 7.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$574.3Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 267lines took a prize
  • Match 6 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 4 + Powerball15%NZ$84K
  • Match 3 + Powerball59%NZ$340.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball14%NZ$78.4K
  • 2 other tiers12%NZ$71.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 + Powerball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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213times
26186times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

4113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,273 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 (1, 7, 8, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 July 2022 — its closest relative in 1,273 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2025): 1, 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

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 7 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 3.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Powerball46≈ 39 by chanceNZ$1,332
  • Match 4 + Powerball1,788≈ 1.6k by chanceNZ$47.00
  • Match 3 + Powerball22,682≈ 23k by chanceNZ$15.00
  • Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball179NZ$58.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,529NZ$31.00
  • Match 5 + Bonus + Powerball0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Powerball — 1,788 winners, 12% more than the 1.6k 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 + Powerball0NZ$0.00
    Match 5 + Powerball46NZ$1,332
    Match 4 + Bonus + Powerball179NZ$58.00
    Match 4 + Powerball1,788NZ$47.00
    Match 3 + Bonus + Powerball2,529NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Powerball22,682NZ$15.00
    Totals27,224—