LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇿🇦 0800 006 008all helplines →

Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 August 2019

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 16
  5. 26

JackpotZAR 377,033

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 161 of 3,029 under them

← 2019-08-16All recent draws2019-08-18 →

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 feed2 5 8 16 2629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd10th
  • low90th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

224times
526times
819times
1623times
26

Prize breakdown · 2019-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 710kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 975.2Kto 188k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 377K
  • 318%ZAR 172.7K
  • 235%ZAR 338.7K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 86.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.9 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

23times

Every number was expected about that many times after 160 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 (2, 5, 16) with the draw of 25 July 2019 — its closest relative in 160 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2019): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 13 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 377,033
  • 4309≈ 292 by chanceZAR 281
  • 39,087≈ 8.8k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 284,664≈ 85k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -94,061—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈710k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,087 winners, 4% more than the 8.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 377,033
    4309ZAR 281
    39,087ZAR 19.00
    284,664ZAR 4.00
    -94,061—