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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 4 August 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 31

JackpotZAR 556,205

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 1,605 of 3,029 under them

← 2023-08-03All recent draws2023-08-05 →

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 11 24 27 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 223 of each

8219times
11204times
24224times
27232times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-04

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.5Mto 272k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 55 winnerschance said 2.7

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 556.2K
  • 316%ZAR 247.2K
  • 240%ZAR 616.2K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 127.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 55≈ 2.7 by chance

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214times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,604 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 (8, 11, 24, 31) with the draw of 3 July 2023 — its closest relative in 1,604 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 49% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 August 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 64th 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

31 had not appeared for 23 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 1.8× 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 111,241
  • 4444≈ 425 by chanceZAR 288
  • 312,361≈ 13k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 2123,246≈ 123k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -136,056—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,361 winners, 3% fewer than the 13k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    55ZAR 111,241
    4444ZAR 288
    312,361ZAR 20.00
    2123,246ZAR 5.00
    -136,056—