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PowerBall · draw

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

ResultPowerBall

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 38
  5. 48
  6. 3

JackpotZAR 24,000,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 870 of 1,716 under them

← 2026-10-23All 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 27 Oct 2026, 23:01 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 4 5 38 48 + 327 Oct 2026, 23:01 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 October 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 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours98th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

3101times
489times
591times
38102times
48

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-27

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 4.8Mto 138k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Powerball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Powerball17%ZAR 831.8K
  • Match 322%ZAR 1M
  • Match 1 + Powerball19%ZAR 904.8K
  • 4 other tiers42%ZAR 2M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Powerball0≈ 0.06 by chance

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90times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

337times

Every number was expected about that many times after 869 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 (3, 38, 48) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 May 2023 — its closest relative in 869 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 October 2026): 4 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 4–5. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

48 had not appeared for 22 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
ZAR 24,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.1 by chanceno winners
  • Match 4 + Powerball14≈ 13 by chanceZAR 40,443
  • Match 4208≈ 255 by chanceZAR 2,000
  • Match 3 + Powerball581≈ 591 by chanceZAR 500
  • Match 2 + Powerball8,318≈ 8.5k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 310,436≈ 11k by chanceZAR 100
  • Match 1 + Powerball45,238≈ 44k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • Match 0 + Powerball72,910≈ 73k by chanceZAR 10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 10,436 winners, 7% fewer than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Powerball0ZAR 24,000,000
    Match 50ZAR 0.00
    Match 4 + Powerball14ZAR 40,443
    Match 4208ZAR 2,000
    Match 3 + Powerball581ZAR 500
    Match 310,436ZAR 100
    Match 2 + Powerball8,318ZAR 100
    Match 1 + Powerball45,238ZAR 20.00
    Match 0 + Powerball72,910ZAR 10.00
    Totals137,705—