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PowerBall · draw

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 1
  2. 20
  3. 35
  4. 42
  5. 46
  6. 2

JackpotZAR 19,335,688

The crowdHeld 14% 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 392 of 1,712 under them

← 2022-03-25All recent draws2022-04-01 →

Also drawn that day

  • plus
    1. 9
    2. 12
    3. 27
    4. 37
    5. 46
    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 20 35 42 4629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community1 20 35 42 46 + 228 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 29 March 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread91th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

123times
2043times
3537times
4235times
4638times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

222times

Every number was expected about that many times after 391 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 (1, 20, 46) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 April 2019 — its closest relative in 391 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 March 2022): 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

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 69th 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 23 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2022-03-29

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 5.5Mto 260k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball11%ZAR 598.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23%ZAR 1.2M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%ZAR 1.4M
  • 5 other tiers40%ZAR 2.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chanceZAR 19,335,688
  2. Match 52≈ 2.2 by chanceZAR 249,311
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26≈ 26 by chanceZAR 12,009
  4. Match 4398≈ 497 by chanceZAR 1,330
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball946≈ 1.2k by chanceZAR 633
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,713≈ 17k by chanceZAR 25.50
  7. Match 318,796≈ 22k by chanceZAR 26.60
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,241≈ 87k by chanceZAR 15.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball142,169≈ 142k by chanceZAR 10.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈4.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 946 winners, 18% fewer than the 1.2k 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
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball142,169ZAR 10.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,241ZAR 15.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,713ZAR 25.50
Match 318,796ZAR 26.60
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball946ZAR 633
Match 4398ZAR 1,330
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26ZAR 12,009
Match 52ZAR 249,311
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 19,335,688