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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 3 April 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 262,623

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 1,118 of 3,030 under them

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

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 feed8 18 23 24 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 155 of each

8150times
18144times
23151times
24168times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-03

  • Lines in play≈ 496kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 739.9Kto 131k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 53 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • 535%ZAR 262.6K
  • 316%ZAR 121.2K
  • 240%ZAR 295.6K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 60.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 53≈ 1.3 by chanceZAR 87,541

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171times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,117 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 (18, 23, 24, 36) with the draw of 29 August 2020 — its closest relative in 1,117 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 April 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 30 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less 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 →
4
210≈ 204 by chance
ZAR 288
  • 36,381≈ 6.1k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 259,111≈ 59k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -65,705—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈496k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 6,381 winners, 4% more than the 6.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    53ZAR 87,541
    4210ZAR 288
    36,381ZAR 19.00
    259,111ZAR 5.00
    -65,705—