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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 29 January 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 16
  5. 33

JackpotZAR 506,424

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 690 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-01-28All recent draws2021-01-30 →

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 9 12 16 3329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd33th
  • low90th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

297times
9101times
12116times
1692times
33

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-29

  • Lines in play≈ 959kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 252k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 506.4K
  • 316%ZAR 226.7K
  • 240%ZAR 571.7K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 116.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.5 by chance

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95times

Every number was expected about that many times after 689 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 (12, 16, 33) with the draw of 19 November 2020 — its closest relative in 689 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 January 2021): 12 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 17th 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

33 had not appeared for 15 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 506,424
  • 4367≈ 394 by chanceZAR 317
  • 311,334≈ 12k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 2114,336≈ 114k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -126,038—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈959k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,334 winners, 4% fewer than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 506,424
    4367ZAR 317
    311,334ZAR 20.00
    2114,336ZAR 5.00
    -126,038—