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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 77,533,208
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 578 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 9 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 577 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 (20, 24, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 June 2023 — its closest relative in 577 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (5 January 2024): 43 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 132 — the 55th 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 →12 had not appeared for 36 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,168 winners, 7% more than the 1.1k 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 | 134,826 | ZAR 10.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 83,513 | ZAR 15.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 16,048 | ZAR 22.00 |
| Match 3 | 21,876 | ZAR 21.50 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 1,168 | ZAR 482 |
| Match 4 | 478 | ZAR 1,042 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 29 | ZAR 26,310 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | ZAR 77,533,208 |