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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 26,975,613
The crowdHeld 4% 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 516 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 6 June 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 52 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 515 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 (3, 9, 44) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 July 2022 — its closest relative in 515 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (2 June 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 109 — the 28th 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 →15 had not appeared for 14 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈3.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 922 winners, 6% more than the 868 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 | 107,179 | ZAR 10.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 67,269 | ZAR 15.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 12,803 | ZAR 20.90 |
| Match 3 | 17,193 | ZAR 20.90 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 922 | ZAR 466 |
| Match 4 | 408 | ZAR 930 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 25 | ZAR 8,956 |
| Match 5 | 6 | ZAR 59,592 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | ZAR 26,975,613 |