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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 8 January 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 13
  3. 14
  4. 17
  5. 25

JackpotZAR 500,000

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 669 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-01-07All recent draws2021-01-09 →

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 feed10 13 14 17 2529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd67th
  • low90th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread7th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 93 of each

1095times
1389times
14102times
1776times
25

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-08

  • Lines in play≈ 749kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 198k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 541%ZAR 500K
  • 315%ZAR 185K
  • 236%ZAR 446.2K
  • 1 other tier7.6%ZAR 93.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.0 by chance

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115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 668 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 (13, 17, 25) with the draw of 1 January 2021 — its closest relative in 668 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 January 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

79

The numbers add up to 79 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 7 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 1.2× 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 250,000
  • 4265≈ 308 by chanceZAR 353
  • 39,248≈ 9.2k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 289,247≈ 89k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -98,762—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈749k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,248 winners, 0% more than the 9.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 250,000
    4265ZAR 353
    39,248ZAR 20.00
    289,247ZAR 5.00
    -98,762—