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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 2 January 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 19
  3. 27
  4. 30
  5. 33

JackpotZAR 509,049

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 1,755 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-01-01All recent draws2024-01-03 →

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 feed16 19 27 30 3329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd67th
  • low10th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread12th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 244 of each

16233times
19231times
27246times
30236times
33

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 944kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 249k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 509K
  • 316%ZAR 229.9K
  • 240%ZAR 562.9K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 116.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.5 by chance

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243times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,754 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 (16, 27, 30, 33) with the draw of 11 August 2023 — its closest relative in 1,754 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 93th 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

16 had not appeared for 7 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 509,049
  • 4395≈ 388 by chanceZAR 296
  • 311,494≈ 12k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 2112,571≈ 113k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -124,461—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈944k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,494 winners, 1% fewer 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 509,049
    4395ZAR 296
    311,494ZAR 20.00
    2112,571ZAR 5.00
    -124,461—