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Daily Lotto · draw

Monday, 3 January 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 25

JackpotZAR 326,976

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 1,028 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-01-02All recent draws2022-01-04 →

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 feed6 14 16 22 2529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd10th
  • low67th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 143 of each

6165times
14142times
16135times
22158times
25

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 603kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 906Kto 160k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 1.6

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 327K
  • 316%ZAR 144.5K
  • 240%ZAR 359.4K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 75.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 1.6 by chance

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163times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,027 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 (6, 22, 25) with the draw of 13 December 2021 — its closest relative in 1,027 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2022): 25 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

83

The numbers add up to 83 — the 33th 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

22 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 1.5× 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 163,488
  • 4259≈ 248 by chanceZAR 290
  • 37,607≈ 7.4k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 271,884≈ 72k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -79,752—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈603k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 7,607 winners, 2% more than the 7.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 163,488
    4259ZAR 290
    37,607ZAR 19.00
    271,884ZAR 5.00
    -79,752—