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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 26,331,467
The crowdHeld 48% 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 485 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 17 February 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 484 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 3 of 5 numbers (4, 19, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 December 2022 — its closest relative in 484 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (14 February 2023): 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 50 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →24 had not appeared for 15 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈3.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 23,562 winners, 48% more than the 16k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 0 plus Bonus Ball | 103,328 | ZAR 10.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 64,729 | ZAR 15.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 13,226 | ZAR 21.10 |
| Match 3 | 23,562 | ZAR 15.70 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 1,059 | ZAR 419 |
| Match 4 | 539 | ZAR 729 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 39 | ZAR 5,941 |
| Match 5 | 3 | ZAR 123,339 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | ZAR 26,331,467 |