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PowerBall · draw

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

ResultPowerBall

Verified
  1. 5
  2. 34
  3. 39
  4. 43
  5. 45
  6. 1

JackpotZAR 7,000,000

The crowdHeld 27% 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 852 of 1,711 under them

← 2026-08-21All recent draws2026-08-28 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed5 34 39 43 45 + 19 Oct 2026, 20:37 UTC
  • Backup 3community5 34 39 43 45 + 128 Aug 2026, 21:01 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd90th
  • low10th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread72th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

589times
3475times
3987times
4391times
45

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-25

  • Lines in play≈ 2.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.9Mto 118k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Powerball17%ZAR 684.5K
  • Match 319%ZAR 739.5K
  • Match 1 + Powerball19%ZAR 754.1K
  • 5 other tiers45%ZAR 1.8M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0≈ 0.05 by chance

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78times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

139times

Every number was expected about that many times after 851 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 3 of 5 numbers (39, 43, 45) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 April 2026 — its closest relative in 851 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2026): 5 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 89th 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

43 had not appeared for 20 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 7,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.0 by chanceZAR 190,061
  • Match 4 + Powerball5≈ 12 by chanceZAR 38,012
  • Match 4149≈ 230 by chanceZAR 2,000
  • Match 3 + Powerball452≈ 534 by chanceZAR 500
  • Match 2 + Powerball6,845≈ 7.6k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 37,395≈ 10k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 1 + Powerball37,703≈ 40k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • Match 0 + Powerball65,855≈ 66k by chanceZAR 10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,395 winners, 27% fewer than the 10k 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 7,000,000
    Match 52ZAR 190,061
    Match 4 + Powerball5ZAR 38,012
    Match 4149ZAR 2,000
    Match 3 + Powerball452ZAR 500
    Match 37,395ZAR 100
    Match 2 + Powerball6,845ZAR 100
    Match 1 + Powerball37,703ZAR 20.00
    Match 0 + Powerball65,855ZAR 10.00
    Totals118,406—