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PowerBall · draw · plus

Tuesday, 17 July 2018

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 28
  3. 31
  4. 35
  5. 41
  6. 1

JackpotZAR 2,466,556

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

Rules5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018draw 7 of 1,717 under them

← 2018-07-13All recent draws2018-07-20 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 12
    2. 26
    3. 34
    4. 35
    5. 44
    6. 4

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 feed12 28 31 35 41 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 July 2018 — 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.

  • sum73th
  • odd66th
  • low10th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

120times
281time
310times
350times
411time
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

10times

Every number was expected about that many times after 6 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 1 of 5 numbers (41) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 July 2018 — its closest relative in 6 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 July 2018): 41 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. No two numbers side by side. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 4 draws. A number waits about 10 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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Prize breakdown · 2018-07-17

  • Lines in play≈ 3.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.9Mto 187k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • 4 + PowerBall15%ZAR 294.3K
  • 1 + PowerBall21%ZAR 409.1K
  • 0 + PowerBall26%ZAR 505.4K
  • 4 other tiers37%ZAR 711.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.08 by chanceZAR 2,466,556
  2. 50≈ 1.6 by chanceno winners
  3. 4 + PowerBall12≈ 19 by chanceZAR 24,527
  4. 4374≈ 354 by chanceZAR 513
  5. 3 + PowerBall737≈ 819 by chanceZAR 294
  6. 2 + PowerBall10,821≈ 12k by chanceZAR 12.00
  7. 315,732≈ 16k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall58,448≈ 62k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall101,075≈ 101k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 + PowerBall — 737 winners, 10% fewer than the 819 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 2,466,556
50ZAR 0.00
4 + PowerBall12ZAR 24,527
4374ZAR 513
3 + PowerBall737ZAR 294
315,732ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall10,821ZAR 12.00
1 + PowerBall58,448ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall101,075ZAR 5.00
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