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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 428,049

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 870 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-07-27All recent draws2021-07-29 →

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 feed8 22 23 26 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 July 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

8112times
22134times
23117times
26113times
29

Prize breakdown · 2021-07-28

  • Lines in play≈ 767kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 202k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 428K
  • 317%ZAR 196.8K
  • 239%ZAR 457.2K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 98.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.0 by chance

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134times

Every number was expected about that many times after 869 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 (22, 23, 29) with the draw of 16 July 2021 — its closest relative in 869 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 July 2021): 22 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: 22–23. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 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 1.7× 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 428,049
  • 4285≈ 315 by chanceZAR 345
  • 39,373≈ 9.5k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 291,443≈ 91k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -101,102—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈767k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,373 winners, 1% fewer than the 9.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 428,049
    4285ZAR 345
    39,373ZAR 21.00
    291,443ZAR 5.00
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