New Zealand: Strike
Reduced Wheel 9 of 40 for Strike — guarantee 3
25 combinations instead of 126 in the full wheel 9 of 40. Guarantee 3 when 4 of 40 are matched — 80% fewer tickets.
A reduced wheel of 9 numbers is an optimized set of 25 combinations. Each combination contains 4 numbers, as required by the draw.
Guarantee: if any 3 winning numbers are among your 9 chosen numbers, at least one system combination will contain all 3 matches.
How to use: select exactly 9 numbers in the field below (or click "Random"), then click "Create System".
Full system
126
combinations C(9, 4)
Wheel system
25
combinations with guaranteed 3-match
Savings
80%
101 fewer combinations
Select numbers
Select 9 numbers
Selected 0 of 9
Select exactly 9 numbers from 40 — the wheel system will be composed from them.
This is the most important step: you assume that the winning numbers of the next draw will be among these 9 numbers.
Use past draw statistics, hot or cold numbers for selection, or click "Random".
Wheel System
Lottery system with 9 numbers and guaranteed 3-match
Select 9 numbers in each field or click "Create System" — missing numbers will be chosen randomly.
G on keyboard — create system
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the reduced wheel 9 of 40 for Strike
The reduced wheel contains 25 combinations (tickets) — 80% fewer than the full wheel (126 combinations for 9 of 4). Each ticket matches the Strike rules: 4 numbers out of 40.
Guarantee 3 is the minimum number of matches on a single ticket that the wheel ensures if any 3 winning numbers are among your 9 picks. In that case, at least one system ticket is guaranteed to contain all 3 of those matches.
Only the full wheel of 9 numbers (126 combinations) guarantees the jackpot. The reduced wheel trades that 100 % guarantee for a 80% ticket reduction: it guarantees at least 3 matches on one ticket whenever any 3 winning numbers fall within your 9 picks. The jackpot becomes a strong chance rather than a certainty.
Total cost = 25 tickets × the ticket price. The current ticket price and final total are shown in the boxes above on this page — values are taken from the latest Strike draw. On average, the 9-of-40 wheel with guarantee 3 is roughly 80% cheaper than full coverage.