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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 1 January 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 23
  3. 31
  4. 32
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 300,000

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 1,026 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-12-31All recent draws2022-01-02 →

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 feed17 23 31 32 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd67th
  • low10th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 142 of each

17122times
23136times
31137times
32141times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-01

  • Lines in play≈ 409kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 699.5Kto 108k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.1

Where the money went

  • 543%ZAR 300K
  • 315%ZAR 103.1K
  • 235%ZAR 244K
  • 1 other tier7.5%ZAR 52.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.1 by chance

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155times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,025 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 4 of 5 numbers (17, 23, 31, 32) with the draw of 1 September 2020 — its closest relative in 1,025 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 300,000
  • 4172≈ 168 by chanceZAR 305
  • 34,908≈ 5.0k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 248,792≈ 49k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -53,873—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈409k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 4,908 winners, 3% fewer than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 300,000
    4172ZAR 305
    34,908ZAR 21.00
    248,792ZAR 5.00
    -53,873—