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PowerBall · draw · plus

Tuesday, 24 July 2018

plusPowerBall

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 26
  4. 41
  5. 50
  6. 16

JackpotZAR 9,591,558

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

Rules5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018draw 9 of 1,717 under them

← 2018-07-20All recent draws2018-07-27 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 9
    2. 15
    3. 18
    4. 24
    5. 29
    6. 19

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 feed6 17 26 41 50 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 July 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap40th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread88th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

60times
170times
260times
412times
500times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

160times

Every number was expected about that many times after 8 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 1 of 5 numbers (41) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 July 2018 — its closest relative in 8 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 July 2018): 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

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 65th 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

41 had not appeared for 2 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2018-07-24

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.1Mto 301k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • 5 + PowerBall0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • 3 + PowerBall11%ZAR 357.4K
  • 1 + PowerBall22%ZAR 680.5K
  • 0 + PowerBall25%ZAR 799.5K
  • 5 other tiers42%ZAR 1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 5 + PowerBall0≈ 0.13 by chanceZAR 9,591,558
  2. 54≈ 2.5 by chanceZAR 74,525
  3. 4 + PowerBall23≈ 29 by chanceZAR 8,116
  4. 4504≈ 559 by chanceZAR 628
  5. 3 + PowerBall1,272≈ 1.3k by chanceZAR 281
  6. 2 + PowerBall17,707≈ 19k by chanceZAR 12.00
  7. 324,164≈ 25k by chanceZAR 12.00
  8. 1 + PowerBall97,211≈ 97k by chanceZAR 7.00
  9. 0 + PowerBall159,899≈ 160k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 504 winners, 10% fewer than the 559 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
5 + PowerBall0ZAR 9,591,558
54ZAR 74,525
4 + PowerBall23ZAR 8,116
4504ZAR 628
3 + PowerBall1,272ZAR 281
324,164ZAR 12.00
2 + PowerBall17,707ZAR 12.00
1 + PowerBall97,211ZAR 7.00
0 + PowerBall159,899ZAR 5.00
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