SA PowerBall Friday draws: statistics & most drawn numbers

Only the 434 Friday draws since 22.06.2018: frequency, hot, cold and overdue numbers, sums and pairs. Do the draw days really differ? Our randomness test checks it (draw-day test: p = 0.15) – result: no difference beyond chance.

434 draws · 22.06.2018 – 16.10.2026 · Pro Statistics → Number frequency → Hot & Cold →

All draw days Tuesday Friday

Number frequency

How often has each number from 1 to 50 been drawn since 19 June 2018 (5 from 50)?

Expected: 43.4 / Number

1 31

2 39

3 44

4 44

5 41

6 44

7 37

8 45

9 53

10 42

11 42

12 48

13 43

14 37

15 45

16 49

17 45

18 46

19 58

20 48

21 43

22 54

23 26

24 55

25 48

26 33

27 49

28 40

29 47

30 38

31 44

32 34

33 38

34 38

35 44

36 38

37 47

38 47

39 42

40 44

41 47

42 37

43 51

44 40

45 39

46 38

47 48

48 44

49 54

50 42

Expected: 10.0 / Number

1 9

2 9

3 8

4 9

5 9

6 11

7 6

8 9

9 11

10 11

11 11

12 8

13 10

14 12

15 15

16 14

17 15

18 7

19 12

20 10

21 3

22 11

23 7

24 13

25 12

26 8

27 15

28 10

29 9

30 9

31 7

32 13

33 10

34 8

35 11

36 6

37 11

38 12

39 14

40 12

41 11

42 8

43 9

44 9

45 9

46 8

47 11

48 7

49 10

50 11

Expected: 5.0 / Number

1 4

2 5

3 3

4 6

5 3

6 5

7 3

8 6

9 6

10 4

11 7

12 3

13 4

14 6

15 6

16 7

17 9

18 4

19 6

20 5

21 1

22 6

23 3

24 6

25 7

26 5

27 9

28 7

29 5

30 4

31 5

32 4

33 4

34 3

35 6

36 4

37 7

38 8

39 9

40 5

41 4

42 4

43 6

44 2

45 5

46 3

47 2

48 4

49 4

50 6

Hot & Cold

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	19	58	2.7 %
2	24	55	2.5 %
3	22	54	2.5 %
4	49	54	2.5 %
5	9	53	2.4 %
6	43	51	2.4 %
7	16	49	2.3 %
8	27	49	2.3 %
9	12	48	2.2 %
10	20	48	2.2 %

Least drawn numbers

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	23	26	1.2 %
2	1	31	1.4 %
3	26	33	1.5 %
4	32	34	1.6 %
5	7	37	1.7 %
6	14	37	1.7 %
7	42	37	1.7 %
8	30	38	1.8 %
9	33	38	1.8 %
10	34	38	1.8 %

Overdue numbers

Numbers that have gone longest without being drawn (number of draws since they last appeared).

Number	draws	Last drawn
21	36	06.02.2026
18	32	06.03.2026
36	27	10.04.2026
41	25	24.04.2026
35	24	01.05.2026
1	23	08.05.2026
48	23	08.05.2026
29	22	15.05.2026
16	19	05.06.2026
30	18	12.06.2026
32	15	03.07.2026
12	14	10.07.2026
20	14	10.07.2026
23	14	10.07.2026
10	11	31.07.2026

Frequency: PowerBall (1–16)

The PowerBall is drawn separately from 1 to 16; you pick it yourself. 20 draws, Expected: 1.2.

1 1

2 0

3 2

4 3

5 1

6 2

7 0

8 0

9 0

10 2

11 2

12 1

13 3

14 0

15 2

16 1

Sum of the five numbers

Distribution of the sum of the five winning numbers (theoretically 15 to 240, mean 127.5). Observed: Ø 127.9, min 33, max 212.

15–7015 (3.5 %)

71–9039 (9.0 %)

91–11070 (16.1 %)

111–130107 (24.7 %)

131–150101 (23.3 %)

151–17060 (13.8 %)

171–19035 (8.1 %)

191–2407 (1.6 %)

Even / odd

How many even numbers does a draw contain?

0 even / 5 odd3.0 % (Expected 2.5 %)

1 even / 4 odd15.0 % (Expected 14.9 %)

2 even / 3 odd34.3 % (Expected 32.6 %)

3 even / 2 odd32.9 % (Expected 32.6 %)

4 even / 1 odd11.1 % (Expected 14.9 %)

5 even / 0 odd3.7 % (Expected 2.5 %)

Most frequent pairs

Pairs of numbers that have been drawn together most often in the same draw. Expected: 3.5.

Pair	Count
19 24	12
17 37	11
19 49	11
2 24	10
6 47	9
12 49	9
17 43	9
19 25	9
24 29	9
25 49	9
27 37	9
30 42	9
2 37	8
3 12	8
3 13	8

Distribution by decade

1–10420 (19.4 %)

11–20461 (21.2 %)

21–30433 (20.0 %)

31–40416 (19.2 %)

41–50440 (20.3 %)

Consecutive numbers

Share of draws containing at least two consecutive numbers (e.g. 23 and 24).

35.7 % with consecutive numbers (155), 279 without consecutive numbers · Expected: 35.3 %