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PowerBall · draw · plus

Friday, 24 March 2017

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Single source
  1. 17
  2. 25
  3. 29
  4. 36
  5. 41
  6. 14

JackpotZAR 43,274,720

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

Rules5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018draw 136 of 1,161 under them

← 2017-03-21All recent draws2017-03-28 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 5
    4. 13
    5. 15
    6. 11

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 feed17 25 29 36 41 + 1429 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 135 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 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread20th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

1720times
2515times
2919times
367times
4122times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

144times

Every number was expected about that many times after 135 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 (17, 25, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 July 2016 — its closest relative in 135 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 March 2017): 17 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 10 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-24

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.1Mto 265k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • 513%ZAR 397.6K
  • 1 + PowerBall20%ZAR 612.7K
  • 0 + PowerBall21%ZAR 636.9K
  • 5 other tiers47%ZAR 1.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.19 by chanceZAR 43,274,720
  2. 53≈ 3.7 by chanceZAR 132,527
  3. 4 + PowerBall46≈ 39 by chanceZAR 4,371
  4. 4730≈ 736 by chanceZAR 523
  5. 3 + PowerBall1,536≈ 1.5k by chanceZAR 238
  6. 2 + PowerBall19,331≈ 19k by chanceZAR 10.00
  7. 328,157≈ 29k by chanceZAR 11.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall87,534≈ 88k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall127,380≈ 127k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 28,157 winners, 2% fewer than the 29k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 43,274,720
53ZAR 132,527
4 + PowerBall46ZAR 4,371
4730ZAR 523
3 + PowerBall1,536ZAR 238
328,157ZAR 11.00
2 + PowerBall19,331ZAR 10.00
1 + PowerBall87,534ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall127,380ZAR 5.00
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