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Daily Lotto · draw

Monday, 15 May 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 17
  4. 29
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 387,606

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 1,524 of 3,030 under them

← 2023-05-14All recent draws2023-05-16 →

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 17 29 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread79th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 212 of each

2217times
5228times
17183times
29223times
32

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-15

  • Lines in play≈ 723kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 190k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 387.6K
  • 316%ZAR 172K
  • 240%ZAR 431.2K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 89.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 1.9 by chance

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217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,523 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 (2, 5, 17) with the draw of 29 September 2022 — its closest relative in 1,523 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2023): 32 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 36th 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

2 had not appeared for 27 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 193,803
  • 4323≈ 297 by chanceZAR 276
  • 38,601≈ 8.9k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 286,242≈ 86k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -95,168—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈723k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,601 winners, 4% fewer than the 8.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 193,803
    4323ZAR 276
    38,601ZAR 20.00
    286,242ZAR 5.00
    -95,168—