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PowerBall · draw

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 25
  5. 36
  6. 16

JackpotZAR 30,350,080

The crowdHeld 17% more than 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 559 of 1,161 under them

← 2015-03-20All recent draws2015-03-27 →

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 feed5 17 21 25 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community5 17 21 25 36 + 1628 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 558 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 March 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd89th
  • low65th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 62 of each

553times
1762times
2164times
2558times
3668times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

1634times

Every number was expected about that many times after 558 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 2 of 5 numbers (21, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 March 2015 — its closest relative in 558 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 March 2015): 17 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 34th 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

36 had not appeared for 13 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2015-03-24

  • Lines in play≈ 4.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 4.2Mto 124k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 33lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 523%ZAR 973.5K
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16%ZAR 683.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball22%ZAR 913.9K
  • 4 other tiers39%ZAR 1.6M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.17 by chanceZAR 30,350,080
  2. Match 53≈ 3.2 by chanceZAR 324,495
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29≈ 33 by chanceZAR 23,570
  4. Match 4750≈ 633 by chanceZAR 346
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,235≈ 1.3k by chanceZAR 431
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,548≈ 16k by chanceZAR 20.00
  7. Match 328,966≈ 25k by chanceZAR 17.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,157≈ 76k by chanceZAR 12.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈4.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 750 winners, 18% more than the 633 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 0 plus Bonus Ball0—
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,157ZAR 12.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,548ZAR 20.00
Match 328,966ZAR 17.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,235ZAR 431
Match 4750ZAR 346
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29ZAR 23,570
Match 53ZAR 324,495
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 30,350,080