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PowerBall · draw · plus

Tuesday, 26 May 2020

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 49
  6. 10

JackpotZAR 111,935,903

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 201 of 1,719 under them

← 2020-05-22All recent draws2020-05-29 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 15
    2. 25
    3. 34
    4. 39
    5. 42
    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 feed5 6 26 29 49 + 1029 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 26 May 2020 — 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 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd66th
  • low34th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread88th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

517times
615times
2616times
2921times
4913times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

107times

Every number was expected about that many times after 200 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 2 of 5 numbers (5, 6) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 May 2020 — its closest relative in 200 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 May 2020): 26 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 11 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2020-05-26

  • Lines in play≈ 2.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 234k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • 3 + PowerBall11%ZAR 124.4K
  • 1 + PowerBall23%ZAR 266.9K
  • 0 + PowerBall27%ZAR 307.3K
  • 5 other tiers39%ZAR 453.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.05 by chanceZAR 111,935,903
  2. 51≈ 0.96 by chanceZAR 103,583
  3. 4 + PowerBall5≈ 11 by chanceZAR 12,972
  4. 4237≈ 215 by chanceZAR 464
  5. 3 + PowerBall482≈ 498 by chanceZAR 258
  6. 2 + PowerBall7,180≈ 7.1k by chanceZAR 10.00
  7. 39,387≈ 9.5k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall38,130≈ 37k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall61,460≈ 61k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -116,882—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈2.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 1 + PowerBall — 38,130 winners, 2% more than the 37k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 111,935,903
51ZAR 103,583
4 + PowerBall5ZAR 12,972
4237ZAR 464
3 + PowerBall482ZAR 258
39,387ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall7,180ZAR 10.00
1 + PowerBall38,130ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall61,460ZAR 5.00
-116,882—