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PowerBall · draw · plus

Tuesday, 25 August 2020

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 25
  4. 28
  5. 42
  6. 3

JackpotZAR 29,295,480

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 227 of 1,718 under them

← 2020-08-21All recent draws2020-08-28 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 7
    2. 20
    3. 32
    4. 34
    5. 48
    6. 1

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 feed2 11 25 28 42 + 329 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 25 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

223times
1120times
2525times
2830times
4216times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

39times

Every number was expected about that many times after 226 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 (2, 11, 42) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 June 2020 — its closest relative in 226 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2020): 2, 25 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 26th 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

42 had not appeared for 22 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 · 2020-08-25

  • Lines in play≈ 3.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 2Mto 413k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • 3 + PowerBall11%ZAR 209.4K
  • 1 + PowerBall24%ZAR 474.8K
  • 0 + PowerBall27%ZAR 538.7K
  • 5 other tiers39%ZAR 766.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.09 by chanceZAR 29,295,480
  2. 52≈ 1.7 by chanceZAR 87,368
  3. 4 + PowerBall24≈ 20 by chanceZAR 4,559
  4. 4380≈ 377 by chanceZAR 488
  5. 3 + PowerBall935≈ 873 by chanceZAR 224
  6. 2 + PowerBall13,115≈ 13k by chanceZAR 10.00
  7. 316,575≈ 17k by chanceZAR 10.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall67,824≈ 66k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall107,749≈ 108k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -206,604—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 + PowerBall — 935 winners, 7% more than the 873 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 29,295,480
52ZAR 87,368
4 + PowerBall24ZAR 4,559
4380ZAR 488
3 + PowerBall935ZAR 224
316,575ZAR 10.00
2 + PowerBall13,115ZAR 10.00
1 + PowerBall67,824ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall107,749ZAR 5.00
-206,604—