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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 9 March 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 528,419

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 1,822 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-03-08All recent draws2024-03-10 →

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 feed11 16 18 20 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread15th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 253 of each

11234times
16246times
18247times
20248times
29

Prize breakdown · 2024-03-09

  • Lines in play≈ 993kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.5Mto 263k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.6

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 528.4K
  • 316%ZAR 239.1K
  • 240%ZAR 592.1K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 121.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.6 by chance

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261times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,821 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, 18, 20, 29) with the draw of 1 October 2021 — its closest relative in 1,821 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 March 2024): 11 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 52th 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

20 had not appeared for 8 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 1.6× 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 528,419
  • 4420≈ 408 by chanceZAR 289
  • 312,586≈ 12k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 2118,417≈ 118k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -131,424—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈993k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,586 winners, 3% 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 528,419
    4420ZAR 289
    312,586ZAR 19.00
    2118,417ZAR 5.00
    -131,424—