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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 30 April 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 510,400

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 781 of 3,030 under them

← 2021-04-29All recent draws2021-05-01 →

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 8 20 28 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 April 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 108 of each

1113times
899times
20103times
28101times
29

Prize breakdown · 2021-04-30

  • Lines in play≈ 925kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 243k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 510.4K
  • 316%ZAR 227K
  • 239%ZAR 551.7K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 117.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.5 by chance

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124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 780 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, 20, 29) with the draw of 7 February 2021 — its closest relative in 780 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 12 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 1.9× 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 255,200
  • 4360≈ 381 by chanceZAR 326
  • 310,810≈ 11k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2110,346≈ 110k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -121,518—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈925k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,810 winners, 5% fewer than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 255,200
    4360ZAR 326
    310,810ZAR 21.00
    2110,346ZAR 5.00
    -121,518—