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PowerBall · draw

Friday, 25 October 2013

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 8
  2. 24
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 35
  6. 12

JackpotZAR 11,124,781

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 413 of 1,161 under them

← 2013-10-22All recent draws2013-10-29 →

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 feed8 24 27 28 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community8 24 27 28 35 + 1228 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 412 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 25 October 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread31th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

851times
2441times
2734times
2846times
3546times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

1217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 412 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 (24, 28, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 September 2011 — its closest relative in 412 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 October 2013): 24 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. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 12 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 1.1× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2013-10-25

  • Lines in play≈ 3.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.6Mto 110k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 523%ZAR 824K
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16%ZAR 578.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball22%ZAR 774.2K
  • 4 other tiers39%ZAR 1.4M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chanceZAR 11,124,781
  2. Match 51≈ 2.9 by chanceZAR 824,010
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30≈ 31 by chanceZAR 19,286
  4. Match 4492≈ 585 by chanceZAR 447
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,113≈ 1.2k by chanceZAR 405
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,517≈ 15k by chanceZAR 18.00
  7. Match 322,492≈ 23k by chanceZAR 19.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball70,382≈ 70k by chanceZAR 11.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 492 winners, 16% fewer than the 585 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0—
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball70,382ZAR 11.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,517ZAR 18.00
Match 322,492ZAR 19.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,113ZAR 405
Match 4492ZAR 447
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30ZAR 19,286
Match 51ZAR 824,010
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 11,124,781