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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 20 January 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 23
  5. 26

JackpotZAR 500,000

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 1,409 of 3,029 under them

← 2023-01-19All recent draws2023-01-21 →

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 10 23 2629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd10th
  • low67th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 196 of each

6226times
8192times
10216times
23188times
26

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 885kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 234k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • 445%ZAR 608.1K
  • 316%ZAR 210.5K
  • 239%ZAR 527.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 50≈ 2.3 by chanceZAR 500,000
  2. 4

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189times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,408 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 (6, 10, 23) with the draw of 6 December 2021 — its closest relative in 1,408 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2023): 23 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

73

The numbers add up to 73 — the 19th 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

10 had not appeared for 8 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 2.1× 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 →
355≈ 364 by chance
ZAR 1,713
  • 311,077≈ 11k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 2105,564≈ 106k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -116,996—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈885k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,077 winners, 1% more 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
    50ZAR 500,000
    4355ZAR 1,713
    311,077ZAR 19.00
    2105,564ZAR 5.00
    -116,996—