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PowerBall · draw · plus

Friday, 23 March 2018

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 22
  3. 31
  4. 37
  5. 44
  6. 4

JackpotZAR 2,183,950

The crowdHeld 8% less 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 240 of 1,161 under them

← 2018-03-20All recent draws2018-03-27 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 3
    2. 23
    3. 24
    4. 35
    5. 37
    6. 9

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed14 22 31 37 44 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:36 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 239 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 23 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1415times
2228times
3126times
3727times
4420times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

411times

Every number was expected about that many times after 239 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 (14, 22, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 November 2016 — its closest relative in 239 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 79% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 March 2018): 22 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 88th 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

37 had not appeared for 11 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 · 2018-03-23

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.7Mto 142k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • 513%ZAR 216.1K
  • 1 + PowerBall19%ZAR 323.4K
  • 0 + PowerBall21%ZAR 349.7K
  • 5 other tiers47%ZAR 782.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.11 by chanceZAR 2,183,950
  2. 53≈ 2.0 by chanceZAR 72,018
  3. 4 + PowerBall17≈ 21 by chanceZAR 6,426
  4. 4373≈ 404 by chanceZAR 556
  5. 3 + PowerBall730≈ 829 by chanceZAR 272
  6. 2 + PowerBall9,738≈ 11k by chanceZAR 11.00
  7. 314,571≈ 16k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall46,196≈ 49k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall69,945≈ 70k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 + PowerBall — 730 winners, 12% fewer than the 829 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
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 2,183,950
53ZAR 72,018
4 + PowerBall17ZAR 6,426
4373ZAR 556
3 + PowerBall730ZAR 272
314,571ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall9,738ZAR 11.00
1 + PowerBall46,196ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall69,945ZAR 5.00
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