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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 21 April 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 463,896

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 1,500 of 3,030 under them

← 2023-04-20All recent draws2023-04-22 →

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 feed8 25 26 27 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 April 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 208 of each

8202times
25232times
26200times
27214times
32

Prize breakdown · 2023-04-21

  • Lines in play≈ 818kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 215k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • 537%ZAR 463.9K
  • 317%ZAR 210.7K
  • 238%ZAR 487.7K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 106.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.2 by chance

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207times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,499 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 (25, 26, 27, 32) with the draw of 21 May 2021 — its closest relative in 1,499 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 April 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26, 26–27. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 22 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 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 231,948
  • 4267≈ 336 by chanceZAR 400
  • 39,577≈ 10k by chanceZAR 22.00
  • 297,537≈ 98k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -107,383—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈818k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,577 winners, 5% 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
    52ZAR 231,948
    4267ZAR 400
    39,577ZAR 22.00
    297,537ZAR 5.00
    -107,383—