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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 23 May 2019

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 29
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 451,398

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

Rules5/36 · since Mar 2019draw 75 of 3,029 under them

← 2019-05-22All recent draws2019-05-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 16 17 29 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread99th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

112times
1613times
1710times
2912times
36

Prize breakdown · 2019-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 829kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 219k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 451.4K
  • 316%ZAR 205.9K
  • 239%ZAR 494.3K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 103.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.2 by chance

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12times

Every number was expected about that many times after 74 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 (1, 17, 36) with the draw of 12 May 2019 — its closest relative in 74 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 May 2019): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 225,699
  • 4305≈ 341 by chanceZAR 340
  • 310,295≈ 10k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 298,856≈ 99k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -109,458—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈829k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,295 winners, 1% more than the 10k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 225,699
    4305ZAR 340
    310,295ZAR 20.00
    298,856ZAR 5.00
    -109,458—