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PowerBall · draw · plus

Friday, 23 July 2021

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Single source
  1. 8
  2. 21
  3. 23
  4. 33
  5. 34
  6. 19

JackpotZAR 13,422,909

The crowdHeld 9% 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 321 of 1,719 under them

← 2021-07-20All recent draws2021-07-27 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 21
    2. 45
    3. 47
    4. 48
    5. 49
    6. 18

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 feed8 21 23 33 34 + 1929 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 23 July 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 32 of each

835times
2136times
2325times
3332times
3430times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

1916times

Every number was expected about that many times after 320 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 (21, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 July 2021 — its closest relative in 320 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 July 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 12 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2021-07-23

  • Lines in play≈ 6.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.6Mto 716k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • 3 + PowerBall11%ZAR 397.1K
  • 1 + PowerBall23%ZAR 813.8K
  • 0 + PowerBall26%ZAR 928.3K
  • 5 other tiers40%ZAR 1.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.15 by chanceZAR 13,422,909
  2. 51≈ 2.9 by chanceZAR 331,012
  3. 4 + PowerBall29≈ 34 by chanceZAR 7,147
  4. 4755≈ 650 by chanceZAR 465
  5. 3 + PowerBall1,539≈ 1.5k by chanceZAR 258
  6. 2 + PowerBall22,593≈ 22k by chanceZAR 11.00
  7. 331,144≈ 29k by chanceZAR 10.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall116,254≈ 113k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall185,661≈ 186k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -357,976—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈6.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 755 winners, 16% more than the 650 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
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 13,422,909
51ZAR 331,012
4 + PowerBall29ZAR 7,147
4755ZAR 465
3 + PowerBall1,539ZAR 258
331,144ZAR 10.00
2 + PowerBall22,593ZAR 11.00
1 + PowerBall116,254ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall185,661ZAR 5.00
-357,976—