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PowerBall · draw · plus

Friday, 25 September 2020

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Single source
  1. 12
  2. 22
  3. 26
  4. 46
  5. 49
  6. 4

JackpotZAR 56,183,611

The crowdHeld 6% 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 236 of 1,719 under them

← 2020-09-22All recent draws2020-09-29 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 2
    2. 17
    3. 18
    4. 27
    5. 37
    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 feed12 22 26 46 49 + 429 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 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd10th
  • low34th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread59th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1223times
2229times
2618times
4621times
4915times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 12 of each

415times

Every number was expected about that many times after 235 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 (12, 46, 49) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 December 2019 — its closest relative in 235 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 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

155

The numbers add up to 155 — the 80th 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

26 had not appeared for 32 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 · 2020-09-25

  • Lines in play≈ 5.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 2.8Mto 559k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • 4 + PowerBall15%ZAR 413.3K
  • 1 + PowerBall22%ZAR 626K
  • 0 + PowerBall27%ZAR 748K
  • 4 other tiers36%ZAR 997.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.12 by chanceZAR 56,183,611
  2. 50≈ 2.3 by chanceno winners
  3. 4 + PowerBall31≈ 28 by chanceZAR 13,333
  4. 4453≈ 523 by chanceZAR 595
  5. 3 + PowerBall1,198≈ 1.2k by chanceZAR 254
  6. 2 + PowerBall16,957≈ 17k by chanceZAR 11.00
  7. 321,586≈ 23k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall89,431≈ 91k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall149,603≈ 150k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -279,259—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈5.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 453 winners, 13% fewer than the 523 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 56,183,611
50ZAR 0.00
4 + PowerBall31ZAR 13,333
4453ZAR 595
3 + PowerBall1,198ZAR 254
321,586ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall16,957ZAR 11.00
1 + PowerBall89,431ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall149,603ZAR 5.00
-279,259—