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PowerBall · draw · plus

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 17
  3. 23
  4. 32
  5. 48
  6. 16

JackpotZAR 4,372,080

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 720 of 1,718 under them

← 2025-05-16All recent draws2025-05-23 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 13
    2. 26
    3. 31
    4. 32
    5. 47
    6. 18

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 feed1 17 23 32 48 + 1629 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 20 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

179times
1761times
2359times
3261times
4873times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

1644times

Every number was expected about that many times after 719 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 (1, 23, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 October 2023 — its closest relative in 719 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2025): 48 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 41th 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

23 had not appeared for 17 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2025-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 3.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.7Mto 340k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • 3 + PowerBall11%ZAR 188.7K
  • 1 + PowerBall22%ZAR 381.9K
  • 0 + PowerBall26%ZAR 450.9K
  • 5 other tiers40%ZAR 688.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.07 by chanceZAR 4,372,080
  2. 53≈ 1.4 by chanceZAR 52,561
  3. 4 + PowerBall12≈ 17 by chanceZAR 8,228
  4. 4308≈ 316 by chanceZAR 543
  5. 3 + PowerBall723≈ 731 by chanceZAR 261
  6. 2 + PowerBall10,431≈ 10k by chanceZAR 11.00
  7. 313,676≈ 14k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall54,551≈ 55k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall90,176≈ 90k by chanceZAR 5.00
  10. -169,880—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 13,676 winners, 1% fewer than the 14k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 4,372,080
53ZAR 52,561
4 + PowerBall12ZAR 8,228
4308ZAR 543
3 + PowerBall723ZAR 261
313,676ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall10,431ZAR 11.00
1 + PowerBall54,551ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall90,176ZAR 5.00
-169,880—