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PowerBall · draw

Friday, 11 September 2020

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 10
  4. 12
  5. 49
  6. 18

JackpotZAR 87,788,003

The crowdHeld 14% 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 232 of 1,712 under them

← 2020-09-08All recent draws2020-09-15 →

Also drawn that day

  • plus
    1. 7
    2. 12
    3. 24
    4. 25
    5. 34
    6. 9

Where this result came from

SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 4 10 12 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community1 4 10 12 49 + 1828 Aug 2026, 21:01 UTC
  • Resolved on jackpot amount — raised 28 Aug 2026, 21:02 UTC, resolved 29 Aug 2026, 07:46 UTC.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap100th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread98th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

110times
426times
1023times
1215times
4931times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

1811times

Every number was expected about that many times after 231 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 (12, 49) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 May 2020 — its closest relative in 231 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 September 2020): 12 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 5th 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

1 had not appeared for 56 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2020-09-11

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 5.5Mto 265k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball11%ZAR 605.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23%ZAR 1.2M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%ZAR 1.4M
  • 5 other tiers41%ZAR 2.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.11 by chanceZAR 87,788,003
  2. Match 54≈ 2.2 by chanceZAR 126,173
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33≈ 26 by chanceZAR 9,577
  4. Match 4573≈ 486 by chanceZAR 935
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,142≈ 1.1k by chanceZAR 531
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,295≈ 16k by chanceZAR 23.30
  7. Match 324,355≈ 21k by chanceZAR 20.70
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,198≈ 85k by chanceZAR 15.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball138,907≈ 139k by chanceZAR 10.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈4.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 24,355 winners, 14% more than the 21k 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
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball138,907ZAR 10.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,198ZAR 15.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,295ZAR 23.30
Match 324,355ZAR 20.70
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,142ZAR 531
Match 4573ZAR 935
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33ZAR 9,577
Match 54ZAR 126,173
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 87,788,003