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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 22 May 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 20
  5. 21

JackpotZAR 223,578

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 1,167 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-05-21All recent draws2022-05-23 →

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 feed1 4 6 20 2129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 162 of each

1160times
4155times
6183times
20171times
21

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-22

  • Lines in play≈ 432kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 581.7Kto 114k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.1

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 223.6K
  • 317%ZAR 100.7K
  • 235%ZAR 206.1K
  • 1 other tier8.8%ZAR 51.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.1 by chance

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162times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,166 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 (1, 4, 20, 21) with the draw of 30 January 2021 — its closest relative in 1,166 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 38% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

52

The numbers add up to 52 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 14 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 1.9× 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 223,578
  • 4188≈ 178 by chanceZAR 273
  • 35,300≈ 5.3k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 251,522≈ 52k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -57,011—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈432k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 5,300 winners, 1% fewer than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 223,578
    4188ZAR 273
    35,300ZAR 19.00
    251,522ZAR 4.00
    -57,011—