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PowerBall · draw

Friday, 20 July 2018

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 9
  2. 21
  3. 22
  4. 33
  5. 39
  6. 5

JackpotZAR 86,703,027

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 8 of 1,711 under them

← 2018-07-17All recent draws2018-07-24 →

Also drawn that day

  • plus
    1. 1
    2. 19
    3. 21
    4. 25
    5. 32
    6. 4

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 feed9 21 22 33 3929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community9 21 22 33 39 + 528 Aug 2026, 21:01 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 July 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.

  • sum46th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread31th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

90times
210times
221time
330times
392times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

50times

Every number was expected about that many times after 7 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 (39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 July 2018 — its closest relative in 7 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 July 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 6 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2018-07-20

  • Lines in play≈ 5.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 6.1Mto 303k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball11%ZAR 637.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24%ZAR 1.5M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%ZAR 1.6M
  • 5 other tiers39%ZAR 2.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chanceZAR 86,703,027
  2. Match 52≈ 2.5 by chanceZAR 265,628
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33≈ 29 by chanceZAR 10,081
  4. Match 4491≈ 560 by chanceZAR 1,149
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,259≈ 1.3k by chanceZAR 507
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,690≈ 19k by chanceZAR 21.40
  7. Match 324,554≈ 25k by chanceZAR 21.60
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball98,163≈ 98k by chanceZAR 15.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball160,076≈ 160k by chanceZAR 10.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈5.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 491 winners, 12% fewer than the 560 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 Ball160,076ZAR 10.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball98,163ZAR 15.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,690ZAR 21.40
Match 324,554ZAR 21.60
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,259ZAR 507
Match 4491ZAR 1,149
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33ZAR 10,081
Match 52ZAR 265,628
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 86,703,027