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PowerBall · draw · plus

Tuesday, 1 September 2020

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 31
  4. 33
  5. 45
  6. 11

JackpotZAR 34,879,358

The crowdHeld 10% less 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 229 of 1,718 under them

← 2020-08-28All recent draws2020-09-04 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 16
    2. 21
    3. 22
    4. 36
    5. 39
    6. 5

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 feed1 14 31 33 45 + 1129 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 1 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd90th
  • low34th
  • widest gap53th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread88th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

125times
1428times
3121times
3324times
4539times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

1111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 228 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 (1, 45) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 August 2020 — its closest relative in 228 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 August 2020): 14 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. No two numbers side by side. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 8 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2020-09-01

  • Lines in play≈ 4.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 2.2Mto 456k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • 3 + PowerBall10%ZAR 229.4K
  • 1 + PowerBall24%ZAR 518.5K
  • 0 + PowerBall28%ZAR 606.3K
  • 5 other tiers38%ZAR 843.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.10 by chanceZAR 34,879,358
  2. 51≈ 1.9 by chanceZAR 191,708
  3. 4 + PowerBall19≈ 22 by chanceZAR 6,318
  4. 4373≈ 424 by chanceZAR 545
  5. 3 + PowerBall914≈ 983 by chanceZAR 251
  6. 2 + PowerBall14,424≈ 14k by chanceZAR 10.00
  7. 316,767≈ 19k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall74,074≈ 74k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall121,253≈ 121k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -227,825—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈4.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 16,767 winners, 10% fewer than the 19k 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
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 34,879,358
51ZAR 191,708
4 + PowerBall19ZAR 6,318
4373ZAR 545
3 + PowerBall914ZAR 251
316,767ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall14,424ZAR 10.00
1 + PowerBall74,074ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall121,253ZAR 5.00
-227,825—