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PowerBall · draw

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 6
  2. 23
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 43
  6. 2

JackpotZAR 8,093,286

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 404 of 1,161 under them

← 2013-09-20All recent draws2013-09-27 →

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 feed6 23 25 26 4329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community6 23 25 26 43 + 228 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 403 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 24 September 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread77th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

645times
2349times
2543times
2645times
4334times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

215times

Every number was expected about that many times after 403 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 3 of 5 numbers (6, 25, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 July 2013 — its closest relative in 403 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 September 2013): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 22 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2013-09-24

  • Lines in play≈ 2.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 2.2Mto 66k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 524%ZAR 517.9K
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17%ZAR 363.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball21%ZAR 466.8K
  • 4 other tiers39%ZAR 854.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.09 by chanceZAR 8,093,286
  2. Match 51≈ 1.8 by chanceZAR 517,916
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17≈ 19 by chanceZAR 21,392
  4. Match 4293≈ 353 by chanceZAR 472
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball684≈ 724 by chanceZAR 414
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,748≈ 9.2k by chanceZAR 20.00
  7. Match 313,578≈ 14k by chanceZAR 19.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,437≈ 42k by chanceZAR 11.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈2.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 684 winners, 6% fewer than the 724 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 Ball42,437ZAR 11.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,748ZAR 20.00
Match 313,578ZAR 19.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball684ZAR 414
Match 4293ZAR 472
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17ZAR 21,392
Match 51ZAR 517,916
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 8,093,286