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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 27
  5. 33

JackpotZAR 440,000

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 1,407 of 3,029 under them

← 2023-01-17All recent draws2023-01-19 →

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 feed2 5 8 27 3329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 195 of each

2200times
5210times
8191times
27203times
33

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 756kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 200k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 58 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 541%ZAR 440K
  • 316%ZAR 172.3K
  • 234%ZAR 360.5K
  • 1 other tier8.5%ZAR 90.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 58≈ 2.0 by chance

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195times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,406 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 (5, 27, 33) with the draw of 9 November 2022 — its closest relative in 1,406 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 21th 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

33 had not appeared for 12 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 1.0× 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 55,000
  • 4339≈ 311 by chanceZAR 267
  • 39,572≈ 9.3k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 290,130≈ 90k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -100,049—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈756k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,572 winners, 3% more than the 9.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    58ZAR 55,000
    4339ZAR 267
    39,572ZAR 18.00
    290,130ZAR 4.00
    -100,049—