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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
PowerBall · draw
ResultPowerBall
JackpotZAR 52,197,283
The crowdHeld 4% 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 207 of 1,712 under them
SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.
This draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 June 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 206 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 →Shares 2 of 5 numbers (29, 41) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 June 2020 — its closest relative in 206 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (12 June 2020): 27 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 15 repeated (5% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 127 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →26 had not appeared for 29 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 →A line like this is played about 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more 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 →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈3.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 16,854 winners, 4% more than the 16k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 0 plus Bonus Ball | 104,832 | ZAR 10.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 65,692 | ZAR 15.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 12,329 | ZAR 23.40 |
| Match 3 | 16,854 | ZAR 22.80 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 825 | ZAR 557 |
| Match 4 | 378 | ZAR 1,076 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 12 | ZAR 19,990 |
| Match 5 | 1 | ZAR 383,063 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | ZAR 52,197,283 |