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PowerBall · draw

Friday, 17 July 2026

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 31
  4. 37
  5. 42
  6. 4

JackpotZAR 23,000,000

The crowdHeld 26% less 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 841 of 1,711 under them

← 2026-07-14All recent draws2026-07-21 →

Where this result came from

Sources2 independent sources agree, none of them official. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 9 31 37 42 + 46 Oct 2026, 20:41 UTC
  • Backup 3community6 9 31 37 42 + 428 Aug 2026, 21:01 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 July 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd66th
  • low34th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

680times
989times
3181times
3774times
42

Prize breakdown · 2026-07-17

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 4.8Mto 142k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Powerball18%ZAR 848.8K
  • Match 319%ZAR 890.1K
  • Match 1 + Powerball19%ZAR 918.0K
  • 4 other tiers44%ZAR 2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0≈ 0.06 by chance

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81times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

444times

Every number was expected about that many times after 840 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 →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (6, 9, 31, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 July 2024 — its closest relative in 840 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 8.6% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 July 2026): 9 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 4 repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 46th 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

6 had not appeared for 16 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 1.0× 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 →
ZAR 23,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.2 by chanceno winners
  • Match 4 + Powerball16≈ 14 by chanceZAR 40,670
  • Match 4200≈ 272 by chanceZAR 2,000
  • Match 3 + Powerball564≈ 631 by chanceZAR 500
  • Match 2 + Powerball8,488≈ 9.0k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 38,901≈ 12k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 1 + Powerball45,901≈ 47k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • Match 0 + Powerball77,834≈ 78k by chanceZAR 10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,901 winners, 26% fewer than the 12k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Powerball0ZAR 23,000,000
    Match 50ZAR 0.00
    Match 4 + Powerball16ZAR 40,670
    Match 4200ZAR 2,000
    Match 3 + Powerball564ZAR 500
    Match 38,901ZAR 100
    Match 2 + Powerball8,488ZAR 100
    Match 1 + Powerball45,901ZAR 20.00
    Match 0 + Powerball77,834ZAR 10.00
    Totals141,904—