It’s time to look ahead to PowerBall and PowerBall Plus on Friday 16 January 2026. In a near-unprecedented run, after 23 consecutive rollovers, there is a New Year PowerBall winner waiting to be crowned. As such, your next opportunity to become a multimillionaire sees a combined jackpot of R198 million – R165 million for PowerBall and R33 million for PowerBall Plus.
While not quite at the highest ever, PowerBall and PowerBall Plus on Friday 16 January 2026 is climbing precariously close to the record. Back in February 2019, many may remember the lucky winner who walked away with R232 million. Almost cosmically, if the rollovers continue at the same pace, the PowerBall jackpot will be roughly the same in February, a seven-year anniversary of sorts. Wouldn’t that be prophetic?
POWERBALL AND POWERBALL PLUS ON FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2026
Nevertheless, let’s look back quickly to (yesterday’s) Tuesday 13 January’s unsuccessful PowerBall numbers. Total winnings accumulated to R185 million across PowerBall and PowerBall Plus. However, as we now know, no one picked the following:
TUESDAY’S POWERBALL NUMBERS
Draw date: 13 January 2026
POWERBALL NUMBERS
21, 32, 33, 39, 50
PowerBall: 03
POWERBALL PLUS NUMBERS
01, 02, 11, 15, 42
PowerBall: 13
Also, be sure to check out all of 2026’s other PowerBall results so far:
GOT TO BE IN IT, TO WIN IT
As The South African has covered before, PowerBall is drawn 104 times per year. So, statistically you’re far less likely to win – 42 million to one, compared to daily lotto draws. No wins and the jackpot rolling over is actually ITHUBA’s expected outcome. And lottery experts are quick to point out that studying numbers that’ve gone before is known as the ‘gambler’s fallacy.’
What was drawn yesterday or last week has zero bearing on the PowerBall and PowerBall Plus on Friday 16 January 2026. Each lottery draw is an independent event. The balls/machine don’t ‘remember’ previous draws. Fascinatingly, rollover frequency doesn’t make a win statistically more likely either – like a sort of law of averages that says it’s ‘due’ to payout …
R198-MILLION POWERBALL AND POWERBALL PLUS ON FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2026
However, what does increase odds of a winner for PowerBall and PowerBall Plus on Friday 16 January 2026 is ticket sales. You see, as the jackpots rise, so does the attention and publicity and this is likely to sell millions more tickets. More entrants means a higher probability that someone will win. Unfortunately, not that you specifically will be that winner.
So, as ever, here’s a reminder that tickets for PowerBall and PowerBall Plus on Friday 16 January 2026 are available right up until 20:30. Thirty minutes before the official draw at 21:00 which you can catch live on e.tv (channel 194). PowerBall and PowerBall Plus is a choice of five numbers from 1 to 50. And one PowerBall number from 1 to 20.
Entry is R5, plus an extra R2.50 for the PowerBall Plus. And if you’re unsure of what numbers to choose, you can always opt for an auto-generated Quick Pick. This was how the still-unclaimed R65-million New Year’s Eve Lotto jackpot was won.
NATIONAL LOTTERY VS BANKING APPS
There are myriad ways to enter PowerBall and PowerBall Plus on Friday 16 January 2026. According to statistics, the most frequent lotto winners in 2025 were through popular banking apps. However, you can always visit the National Lottery website or dial 1207529# and follow USSD prompts.
Likewise, the National Lottery Mobile App is very popular. Tickets are also available at your nearest participating retailers in-store. Just six numbers stand between you and a cool R198 million in winnings for the PowerBall and PowerBall Plus on Friday 16 January 2026. Fingers crossed for you!
