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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 21 December 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 17
  3. 20
  4. 30
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 426,489

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 1,016 of 3,030 under them

← 2021-12-20All recent draws2021-12-22 →

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 17 20 30 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

8133times
17117times
20149times
30140times
36

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 808kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 213k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 426.5K
  • 317%ZAR 189.1K
  • 235%ZAR 385.3K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 98K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.1 by chance

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153times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,015 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 (17, 20, 30) with the draw of 18 December 2021 — its closest relative in 1,015 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2021): 8, 20 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 79th 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

36 had not appeared for 9 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 0.9× 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 426,489
  • 4314≈ 332 by chanceZAR 312
  • 39,950≈ 10.0k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 296,324≈ 96k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -106,589—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈808k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,950 winners, 0% fewer than the 10.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 426,489
    4314ZAR 312
    39,950ZAR 19.00
    296,324ZAR 4.00
    -106,589—