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PowerBall · draw

Friday, 22 February 2013

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 28
  4. 32
  5. 42
  6. 19

JackpotZAR 4,337,006

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

Rules5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018draw 344 of 1,161 under them

← 2013-02-19All recent draws2013-02-26 →

Where this result came from

SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 16 28 32 4229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community4 16 28 32 42 + 1928 Aug 2026, 21:01 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

PowerBall was a 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 343 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 February 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd1th
  • low32th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread81th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

428times
1642times
2838times
3243times
4244times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

1912times

Every number was expected about that many times after 343 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 3 of 5 numbers (4, 28, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 November 2010 — its closest relative in 343 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 February 2013): 42 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2013-02-22

  • Lines in play≈ 3.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.1Mto 94k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 524%ZAR 740.8K
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%ZAR 520.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball21%ZAR 660.8K
  • 4 other tiers39%ZAR 1.2M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chanceZAR 4,337,006
  2. Match 53≈ 2.5 by chanceZAR 246,926
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24≈ 26 by chanceZAR 21,673
  4. Match 4554≈ 500 by chanceZAR 357
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball977≈ 1.0k by chanceZAR 415
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,581≈ 13k by chanceZAR 20.00
  7. Match 319,604≈ 19k by chanceZAR 19.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball60,077≈ 60k by chanceZAR 11.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 977 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0—
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball60,077ZAR 11.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,581ZAR 20.00
Match 319,604ZAR 19.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball977ZAR 415
Match 4554ZAR 357
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24ZAR 21,673
Match 53ZAR 246,926
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 4,337,006