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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 34

JackpotZAR 373,962

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 684 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-01-22All recent draws2021-01-24 →

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 23 24 26 3429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 95 of each

196times
2391times
2497times
2691times
34

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 663kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 174k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.8

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 374K
  • 316%ZAR 169K
  • 239%ZAR 395.6K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 86.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.8 by chanceZAR 373,962

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99times

Every number was expected about that many times after 683 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 (23, 24, 26) with the draw of 2 January 2021 — its closest relative in 683 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 January 2021): 23 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 6 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 →
  • 4203≈ 273 by chanceZAR 424
  • 37,684≈ 8.2k by chanceZAR 22.00
  • 279,111≈ 79k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -86,999—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈663k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 7,684 winners, 6% fewer than the 8.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 373,962
    4203ZAR 424
    37,684ZAR 22.00
    279,111ZAR 5.00
    -86,999—