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PowerBall · draw · plus

Friday, 24 June 2016

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 20
  3. 33
  4. 34
  5. 41
  6. 2

JackpotZAR 5,190,911

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

Rules5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018draw 58 of 1,161 under them

← 2016-06-21All recent draws2016-06-28 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 1
    2. 7
    3. 9
    4. 21
    5. 43
    6. 9

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 feed16 20 33 34 41 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

PowerBall was a 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 57 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 June 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

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

  • sum85th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

164times
207times
333times
349times
4112times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

22times

Every number was expected about that many times after 57 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 2 of 5 numbers (16, 20) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 June 2016 — its closest relative in 57 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 June 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 23 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2016-06-24

  • Lines in play≈ 3.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 2.2Mto 179k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • 513%ZAR 297.9K
  • 1 + PowerBall18%ZAR 407K
  • 0 + PowerBall20%ZAR 436.3K
  • 5 other tiers49%ZAR 1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.13 by chanceZAR 5,190,911
  2. 53≈ 2.5 by chanceZAR 99,300
  3. 4 + PowerBall28≈ 27 by chanceZAR 5,379
  4. 4515≈ 504 by chanceZAR 555
  5. 3 + PowerBall971≈ 1.0k by chanceZAR 282
  6. 2 + PowerBall12,213≈ 13k by chanceZAR 12.00
  7. 320,191≈ 20k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall58,139≈ 61k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall87,267≈ 87k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 2 + PowerBall — 12,213 winners, 7% fewer than the 13k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 5,190,911
53ZAR 99,300
4 + PowerBall28ZAR 5,379
4515ZAR 555
3 + PowerBall971ZAR 282
320,191ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall12,213ZAR 12.00
1 + PowerBall58,139ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall87,267ZAR 5.00
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