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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 August 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 14
  5. 17

JackpotZAR 373,599

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 891 of 3,030 under them

← 2021-08-17All recent draws2021-08-19 →

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 10 11 14 1729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd33th
  • low99th
  • widest gap0th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 124 of each

8114times
10128times
11102times
14127times
17

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 712kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 188k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 535%ZAR 373.6K
  • 316%ZAR 171.2K
  • 240%ZAR 424.7K
  • 1 other tier8.1%ZAR 85.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 1.9 by chance

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102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 890 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 (10, 11, 14) with the draw of 27 March 2021 — its closest relative in 890 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 17 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 2.1× 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 186,799
  • 4265≈ 293 by chanceZAR 324
  • 38,562≈ 8.8k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 284,935≈ 85k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -93,764—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈712k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,562 winners, 3% fewer than the 8.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 186,799
    4265ZAR 324
    38,562ZAR 20.00
    284,935ZAR 5.00
    -93,764—