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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 12 August 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 27
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 521,238

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 1,249 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-08-11All recent draws2022-08-13 →

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 feed5 27 29 30 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd67th
  • low10th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread60th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 173 of each

5185times
27181times
29190times
30170times
32

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-12

  • Lines in play≈ 919kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 242k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • 537%ZAR 521.2K
  • 317%ZAR 236K
  • 238%ZAR 548.1K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 120K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 2.4 by chance

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171times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,248 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 (5, 29, 30, 32) with the draw of 24 April 2022 — its closest relative in 1,248 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 40% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 15 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 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 130,309
  • 4336≈ 378 by chanceZAR 357
  • 311,236≈ 11k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2109,611≈ 110k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -121,187—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈919k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,236 winners, 1% fewer than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    54ZAR 130,309
    4336ZAR 357
    311,236ZAR 21.00
    2109,611ZAR 5.00
    -121,187—