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PowerBall · draw

Friday, 15 March 2024

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 33
  6. 20

JackpotZAR 84,000,000

The crowdHeld 9% 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 597 of 1,712 under them

← 2024-03-12All recent draws2024-03-19 →

Also drawn that day

  • plus
    1. 3
    2. 6
    3. 29
    4. 32
    5. 44
    6. 19

Where this result came from

SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 9 20 22 3329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTCdiffers
  • Backup 3community4 9 20 22 33 + 2028 Aug 2026, 21:01 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

467times
961times
2070times
2260times
3349times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

2023times

Every number was expected about that many times after 596 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 (4, 9, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 May 2023 — its closest relative in 596 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 March 2024): 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

88

The numbers add up to 88 — the 10th 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

9 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 1.5× 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2024-03-15

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 6.1Mto 311k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball10%ZAR 639.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball25%ZAR 1.5M
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%ZAR 1.6M
  • 5 other tiers39%ZAR 2.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chanceZAR 84,000,000
  2. Match 51≈ 2.5 by chanceZAR 532,482
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33≈ 29 by chanceZAR 10,104
  4. Match 4642≈ 558 by chanceZAR 881
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,420≈ 1.3k by chanceZAR 450
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,311≈ 19k by chanceZAR 19.70
  7. Match 326,827≈ 25k by chanceZAR 19.80
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball102,167≈ 97k by chanceZAR 15.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball159,609≈ 160k by chanceZAR 10.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 642 winners, 15% more than the 558 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball159,609ZAR 10.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball102,167ZAR 15.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,311ZAR 19.70
Match 326,827ZAR 19.80
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,420ZAR 450
Match 4642ZAR 881
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33ZAR 10,104
Match 51ZAR 532,482
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0ZAR 84,000,000