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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 23 August 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 434,714

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 1,260 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-08-22All recent draws2022-08-24 →

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 8 21 22 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

6201times
8170times
21178times
22189times
29

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-23

  • Lines in play≈ 826kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 218k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 434.7K
  • 317%ZAR 193.3K
  • 235%ZAR 394K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 100.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.2 by chance

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191times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,259 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 (8, 21, 22, 29) with the draw of 2 November 2021 — its closest relative in 1,259 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 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 1.8× 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 434,714
  • 4326≈ 340 by chanceZAR 307
  • 310,174≈ 10k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 298,512≈ 99k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -109,013—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈826k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,174 winners, 0% fewer than the 10k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 434,714
    4326ZAR 307
    310,174ZAR 19.00
    298,512ZAR 4.00
    -109,013—