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PowerBall · draw · plus

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 17
  3. 25
  4. 29
  5. 31
  6. 1

JackpotZAR 109,056,140

The crowdHeld 19% more than 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 199 of 1,719 under them

← 2020-05-15All recent draws2020-05-22 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 9
    2. 15
    3. 19
    4. 36
    5. 44
    6. 10

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 feed8 17 25 29 31 + 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 19 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread12th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

820times
1717times
2520times
2920times
3118times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

19times

Every number was expected about that many times after 198 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (8, 25, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 March 2019 — its closest relative in 198 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2020): 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

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 29th 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

29 had not appeared for 13 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2020-05-19

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 986.2Kto 198k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • 4 + PowerBall15%ZAR 150.9K
  • 1 + PowerBall23%ZAR 222.4K
  • 0 + PowerBall26%ZAR 254.8K
  • 4 other tiers36%ZAR 358.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.04 by chanceZAR 109,056,140
  2. 50≈ 0.79 by chanceno winners
  3. 4 + PowerBall15≈ 9.4 by chanceZAR 10,060
  4. 4247≈ 178 by chanceZAR 398
  5. 3 + PowerBall482≈ 413 by chanceZAR 231
  6. 2 + PowerBall6,451≈ 5.9k by chanceZAR 10.00
  7. 39,325≈ 7.8k by chanceZAR 9.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall31,773≈ 31k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall50,954≈ 51k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -99,247—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈1.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,325 winners, 19% more than the 7.8k 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
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 109,056,140
50ZAR 0.00
4 + PowerBall15ZAR 10,060
4247ZAR 398
3 + PowerBall482ZAR 231
39,325ZAR 9.00
2 + PowerBall6,451ZAR 10.00
1 + PowerBall31,773ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall50,954ZAR 5.00
-99,247—