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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
PowerBall · draw
ResultPowerBall
JackpotZAR 76,982,121
The crowdHeld 5% 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 454 of 1,712 under them
SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.
This draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 November 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 453 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.
Frequency Explorer →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (3, 6, 22, 47) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 December 2018 — its closest relative in 453 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 4.7% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (28 October 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 107 — the 25th 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 →47 had not appeared for 11 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 →A line like this is played about 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 23,567 winners, 5% more than the 23k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 0 plus Bonus Ball | 146,280 | ZAR 10.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 89,886 | ZAR 15.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 17,527 | ZAR 22.00 |
| Match 3 | 23,567 | ZAR 21.80 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 1,201 | ZAR 512 |
| Match 4 | 533 | ZAR 1,021 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 34 | ZAR 9,436 |
| Match 5 | 2 | ZAR 256,166 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | ZAR 76,982,121 |