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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 28

JackpotZAR 447,113

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 1,406 of 3,029 under them

← 2023-01-16All recent draws2023-01-18 →

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 13 18 21 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread32th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 195 of each

6225times
13182times
18191times
21200times
28

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 842kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 222k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 57 winnerschance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 447.1K
  • 316%ZAR 197.9K
  • 240%ZAR 501.8K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 102.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 57≈ 2.2 by chance

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197times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,405 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 (13, 18, 21, 28) with the draw of 27 April 2019 — its closest relative in 1,405 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 44% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2023): 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. No two numbers side by side. 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 63,873
  • 4395≈ 346 by chanceZAR 260
  • 310,416≈ 10k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 2100,368≈ 100k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -111,186—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈842k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,416 winners, 0% more 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
    57ZAR 63,873
    4395ZAR 260
    310,416ZAR 19.00
    2100,368ZAR 5.00
    -111,186—