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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 19

JackpotZAR 459,262

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 1,505 of 3,030 under them

← 2023-04-25All recent draws2023-04-27 →

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 feed7 8 11 17 1929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 April 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd90th
  • low90th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 209 of each

7190times
8204times
11183times
17179times
19

Prize breakdown · 2023-04-26

  • Lines in play≈ 933kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 248k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 459.3K
  • 317%ZAR 209.4K
  • 236%ZAR 444.8K
  • 1 other tier8.7%ZAR 105.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.5 by chance

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204times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,504 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 (7, 8, 17) with the draw of 25 January 2023 — its closest relative in 1,504 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 April 2023): 7 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 31 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 2.3× 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 459,262
  • 4373≈ 383 by chanceZAR 283
  • 312,318≈ 12k by chanceZAR 17.00
  • 2111,194≈ 111k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -123,886—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈933k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,318 winners, 7% more than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 459,262
    4373ZAR 283
    312,318ZAR 17.00
    2111,194ZAR 4.00
    -123,886—