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PowerBall · draw · plus

Friday, 21 April 2023

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 42
  5. 50
  6. 11

JackpotZAR 26,979,593

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 503 of 1,719 under them

← 2023-04-18All recent draws2023-04-25 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 2
    2. 3
    3. 6
    4. 12
    5. 49
    6. 10

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 feed10 20 23 42 50 + 1129 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 21 April 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd10th
  • low66th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

1042times
2060times
2341times
4246times
5052times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

1125times

Every number was expected about that many times after 502 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 (10, 20, 23) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 January 2019 — its closest relative in 502 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 April 2023): 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

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 70th 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

10 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 →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2023-04-21

  • Lines in play≈ 3.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.6Mto 344k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • 3 + PowerBall10%ZAR 169.9K
  • 1 + PowerBall23%ZAR 383.1K
  • 0 + PowerBall28%ZAR 460.4K
  • 5 other tiers38%ZAR 623.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.08 by chanceZAR 26,979,593
  2. 52≈ 1.4 by chanceZAR 70,769
  3. 4 + PowerBall13≈ 17 by chanceZAR 6,817
  4. 4288≈ 322 by chanceZAR 521
  5. 3 + PowerBall742≈ 746 by chanceZAR 229
  6. 2 + PowerBall10,103≈ 11k by chanceZAR 10.00
  7. 314,183≈ 14k by chanceZAR 10.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall54,733≈ 56k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall92,074≈ 92k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -172,138—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 2 + PowerBall — 10,103 winners, 6% fewer than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 26,979,593
52ZAR 70,769
4 + PowerBall13ZAR 6,817
4288ZAR 521
3 + PowerBall742ZAR 229
314,183ZAR 10.00
2 + PowerBall10,103ZAR 10.00
1 + PowerBall54,733ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall92,074ZAR 5.00
-172,138—