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PowerBall · draw

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

ResultPowerBall

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 41
  5. 47
  6. 5

JackpotZAR 12,000,000

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 868 of 1,714 under them

← 2026-10-16All recent drawsLatest on record

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 20 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 18 21 41 47 + 520 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

164times
1894times
2189times
4190times
47

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 2.2Mas 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 + Powerball18%ZAR 692.2K
  • Match 319%ZAR 720.7K
  • Match 1 + Powerball20%ZAR 777.9K
  • 4 other tiers44%ZAR 1.7M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0≈ 0.05 by chance

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84times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

547times

Every number was expected about that many times after 867 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 (18, 21, 47) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 July 2026 — its closest relative in 867 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 October 2026): 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

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 50th 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

1 had not appeared for 42 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 12,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.0 by chanceno winners
  • Match 4 + Powerball8≈ 12 by chanceZAR 63,278
  • Match 4153≈ 225 by chanceZAR 2,000
  • Match 3 + Powerball482≈ 522 by chanceZAR 500
  • Match 2 + Powerball6,922≈ 7.5k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 37,207≈ 9.9k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 1 + Powerball38,897≈ 39k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • Match 0 + Powerball64,409≈ 64k by chanceZAR 10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,207 winners, 27% fewer than the 9.9k 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 12,000,000
    Match 50ZAR 0.00
    Match 4 + Powerball8ZAR 63,278
    Match 4153ZAR 2,000
    Match 3 + Powerball482ZAR 500
    Match 37,207ZAR 100
    Match 2 + Powerball6,922ZAR 100
    Match 1 + Powerball38,897ZAR 20.00
    Match 0 + Powerball64,409ZAR 10.00
    Totals118,078—