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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 21 January 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 22

JackpotZAR 300,000

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 1,774 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-01-20All recent draws2024-01-22 →

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 feed1 4 18 19 2229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread27th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 246 of each

1254times
4239times
18241times
19236times
22

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 655kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 876.2Kto 173k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 1.7

Where the money went

  • 447%ZAR 413.3K
  • 317%ZAR 150.7K
  • 236%ZAR 312.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 50≈ 1.7 by chanceZAR 300,000
  2. 4

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259times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,773 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 (18, 19, 22) with the draw of 14 October 2023 — its closest relative in 1,773 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

64

The numbers add up to 64 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 11 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 1.7× 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 →
280≈ 269 by chance
ZAR 1,476
  • 37,929≈ 8.1k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 278,068≈ 78k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -86,277—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈655k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 7,929 winners, 2% fewer than the 8.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    50ZAR 300,000
    4280ZAR 1,476
    37,929ZAR 19.00
    278,068ZAR 4.00
    -86,277—