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Daily Lotto · draw

Monday, 8 April 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 14
  4. 28
  5. 31

JackpotZAR 512,869

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 1,852 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-04-07All recent draws2024-04-09 →

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 14 28 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 April 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum49th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 257 of each

8259times
11241times
14266times
28257times
31

Prize breakdown · 2024-04-08

  • Lines in play≈ 961kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 253k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 512.9K
  • 316%ZAR 231.8K
  • 240%ZAR 573K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 118.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.5 by chance

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249times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,851 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 (8, 11, 31) with the draw of 4 August 2023 — its closest relative in 1,851 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 April 2024): 14 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 48th 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

28 had not appeared for 12 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 512,869
  • 4329≈ 395 by chanceZAR 359
  • 311,590≈ 12k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 2114,602≈ 115k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -126,522—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈961k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,590 winners, 2% 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 512,869
    4329ZAR 359
    311,590ZAR 20.00
    2114,602ZAR 5.00
    -126,522—