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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 42,592,219
The crowdHeld 3% 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 700 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 11 March 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 699 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 (8, 30, 44) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 January 2024 — its closest relative in 699 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (7 March 2025): 28 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 158 — the 83th 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 →48 had not appeared for 23 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 1.0× 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.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈4.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,000 winners, 5% more than the 949 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 | 117,150 | ZAR 10.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 69,734 | ZAR 15.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 13,410 | ZAR 23.60 |
| Match 3 | 18,544 | ZAR 22.70 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 1,000 | ZAR 505 |
| Match 4 | 422 | ZAR 1,059 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 28 | ZAR 9,413 |
| Match 5 | 3 | ZAR 140,292 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | ZAR 42,592,219 |