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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 May 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 25
  3. 29
  4. 34
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 400,000

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 1,166 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-05-20All recent draws2022-05-22 →

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 feed19 25 29 34 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd67th
  • low1th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread12th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 162 of each

19147times
25187times
29181times
34164times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 598kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 894.7Kto 158k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 1.6

Where the money went

  • 444%ZAR 394.3K
  • 316%ZAR 143.8K
  • 240%ZAR 356.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 50≈ 1.6 by chanceZAR 400,000
  2. 4

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176times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,165 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 (19, 29, 36) with the draw of 3 March 2022 — its closest relative in 1,165 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 May 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 99th 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

19 had not appeared for 23 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 →
227≈ 246 by chance
ZAR 1,737
  • 37,569≈ 7.4k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 271,312≈ 71k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -79,108—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈598k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 7,569 winners, 3% 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
    50ZAR 400,000
    4227ZAR 1,737
    37,569ZAR 19.00
    271,312ZAR 5.00
    -79,108—